Evening journal., 1890-11-03

a friends carriage to Dalkoy, supped at
the house Of Mr.. Healy, and that night at
midnight we were rowed aboard the yacht
St. Patrick, which set sail in a gale, from
Kingstown at once. While we were being
provisioned, just before the start, the coast
guard came alongside and questioned
Capt. Murphy. Sheriff Clancy, Of Dublin,
was with us.
Becalmed Almost a Week.
Eve escaped detection and sailed for the
Welsh coast, where we lay three days be-
calmed, within pistol shot Of the shore
and in full view of the coast guards. Then
we were becalmed three days more right
in the course Of English shipping in the
Channel, and if half the scrutiny had been
given to us that was exercised in searching
outbound vessels we would have been de-
tected sure. We reached the French coast
in the evening of the seventh day and went
TO Paris"
Plans of the visitors.
Mr.. O'Brien then read a statement of the
object OF the visit of himself and Mr.. Dill
lon, which is made at the desire and upor'
the authority of Mr.. Parnell, and predicted
that a general election would occur iB
Great britain in less than two years. After
remaining here until Nov the visitors
ton, Newark and Jersey city. They will
then hold series OF meetings here and af-
forwards divide into two or three parties
and make a tour of the country.
Their Statement to the Public.
The statement prepared and issued to
the public by Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon
states that the party IN Ireland are more
united and determined than ever. They
believe in Mr., Parnelrs policy, and are
prepared to undergo any sacrifice in pur-
suing that policy steadfastly. 1T is not
necessary for us to say that we did not
quit Tipperary to evade the sentence Of the
'removables' We should be only perma-
nently banishing ourselves from the coun-
try and disgracing our cause before the
English people, who loathe cowardice of
all things"
Dared Not Ask Extradition.
Previous to their departure from Ireland
/ they were shadowed by the police in their
every movement, but the result showed
that the whole population were on the side
/ or the Nationalists, since neither threats
nor bribes on the part Of the government
/ availed to procure for the police the slight
/ est hint Of their movements or where
| abouts. Mr.. Balfour had placed them on
the footing of the most desperate criminals,
vet he dared not ask their extradition from
France or America.
1.-The Tipperary prosecutions were in
| tended to prevent our American mission,
Our escape was determined on TO carry it
| out. The keynote of Mr. Balfour's recent
policy was struck in a speech in the house
Of commons, in which he was forced to
confess that all his hopes for the success
of coercion now lay in multiplying evic-
tions to such an extent as to swallow up
the eyicted tenants fund.
Eviotions by Wholesale.
ain pursuance of this policy the govern
ment and the landlords have been engaged
for the past few months in completely
clearing whole estates Of their population.
The last batch of evictions completed the
depopulation OF Ponsonby's estate, which
once contained over 1000 souls. In this
way about 800 families. or about 1000
persons, have been evicted for the special
purpose of saddling the evicted tenants
fund with the cost of feeding, housing and
maintaining them.
1 BaIfour's Little Game.
"Mr. Balfour knew we meditated an ap-
peal 10 America, and II we could be stop
ped he calculated that nothing could avert
bankruptcy and break down among the
tenants combinations before our country
men IN America could realize the govern
ment's game. Hetfce the Tipperary arrests
on the eve of our departure on charge
grounded upon stale newspaper articles
and speeches ranging over a period Of
fifteen months. The home council deliber
ately delayed the proceedings, while the
} evictions were every week increasing and
our resources running out. We waited a
Tipperary so long as there seemed the leas
chance Of facing prompt disposal Of thu
charges.
"As soon as the governments tactics