The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-18
THE SUMMONS TO ROME.
RIsH CIRCLES REGARD IT AS A
MERE FORMALIrY.

The Star Says That It Ia a Final Effort
on the Part of the Vatican Co Assist
the Tory Party-rhe Nationalist Party
Unconcerned - Four Archbishops
Will Advocate the Party's Cause
Independently.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE EStar, Thomas
Power OConnor's paper, says it Is alleged
in clerical circles that the summoning to
Rome of the archbishops in ireland, is a
mere formaiity necessary to the fulillment
OF their duty, they presenting themselves to
the pope once every five years. Ireland,
however, the Star says, does not regard
their going as an Innocent and harmless af-
fair. The archbishops are commanded to
take with them their senior
suffragan bishops. This indicates
the pope's desire to assemble
at the vatican the representative council of
the Irish Catholic church, and that impor-
tant move is pending aud becomes more
significant when it is known that Bishop
O'Dwyer of Limerick will be at the vatican
some time before his colleagues arrive there
TO AID THE TORY PARTY.
The Star, continuing, says that the
be final effort on the part of the vatican
to assist the tories at a critical time. The
elections are near and prompt measures are
necessary to profit Lord Salisbury. The
vatican is convinced that it is to its interests
to maintain the tories in power, and feels
certain that liberal government
would not continue negotiations in
relation to Malayese- marriages. Beside,
the advisors of the popei bitterly resent the
n tha Irteh t, foir
from Rome. The irish party does not con-
Germ itself with anything the pope may do.
1t is convinced that four archbishops will
advocate the party's cause Independently as
nationalists, and not as ecclesiastics, and
they may prevent the vatican from making
a last and irretrievable error in its dealings
with Irish Catholics, but the coJerie of car
dinals ana monsignors at the call of the
English Catholic tories are now In the
ascendantin the papal council and it will be
nearly impossible to defeat their schemes,
which will eventually recoil on tory heads
and will not infict any injury upon the
movement for home rule for Ireland.
BALFoUR STATES HIS POLICY.
NEWCASTLE, Oct. 17.-At a meeting of
the Conservative Club to-day Mr.. Balfour
was welcomed with enthusiasm by 1900
persons. Resolutions were adopted praising
his course. Mr.. Bahour In his speech made
a general statement of his Irish policy. He
said that the condition of the country was
improving, its prosperity increasing and the
respect for law widening, though the opposi-
ton has been unable 10 disguise the satisfac-
tion with which they regarded anything
approaching the failure Of the action of the
government
AT a banquet in the evening, which was
attended by thousand persons, Mr.. Balfour
defended himself from John Morley's re-
proach of his not consulting the Parnellites
on the subject of remedial legislation on the
ground that the bulk Of that party were
ParnelPs nominees for his admirable fight
ing machine in the House of Commons, but
were opposed 10 any beneficial measure,
only desiring that Irish discomfort should
continue as fuel to their agitation.
PARNELLITEs CHARGED WITH sCURRILIIY.
Balfour said he had hastened for decade
TO the pointless scurrility which the Parnell-
ties had poured outin the House upon the oc-
cupants of thestreasury bench. Il was true
that some times this was relieved by bursts
Of eloquent inyective or power
full debating speeches: but he
had never heard any thing
approaching a suggestion dealing with the
real difficulties, such as the population
question in the west of Ireland so long
as that was the governing principle in Irish
IL WOuAG Do CakAlluhl luuhCJ 1OF
English statesmen to make Parnelites ar
biters of the English policy toward Ireland.
Not content with the negative attitude, the
Parnellites had q positive policy, attested
by their judges and proved by the
events of many years-a feeling of anarchy,
which would prove disastrous 30 Ireland.
THE TIPPERARY TRIAL
TIPPERARY, Oct. 1.-THE trial of the
defendants who are charged with conspir-
acy was continued before the magistrates
courts to-day. Two witnesses testified that
they were present at the time the explosion
occurred at the rent office of the Smith
Barry estate in September, 1899, on which
occasion the building was set on fire and
destroyed, together with all the private
papers containsd therein. There was a
crowd at the fire, but they absolutely re-
fused TO lend their assistance in quenching
the flames.
A tenant named Quinlan testified that he
lived on a farm belonging to h-Barry,
which had been occupied by his father and
afterward by himself, the total period of
their tenancy being ninety years. Neither
he nor his neighbors, he said, had ever been
molested until last December, after he had
paid his rent; then four shots were fired
Into his house, striking the wall above a
sarvautis bad