Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-07
IRELAND'S TRIALS.
Rema ks of an English Peer
on the Subject.
AN EvER-REoURRING DIFFICULTY.

Mistakes That Are Made In Trying to
Solve IA Curious Statement as to
Rents I'm England and Erip-The Tip
perary Trial Continues To BE Prolific
of Lively Scenes-Meeting of the Lead
ing Nationaiists-Dillon on the Food
suppiy-A Priest in Trouble.
CHICAGO, Oct. Lord Braye, Roman
Catholic peer, who has taken prominent
part in all the semi-political movements
Of the English Roman Catholic church
of late years, and whose name has been
prominent also in the efforts of the Roman
Catholic aristocracy of England to re-
open diplomatic negotiations between the
Vatican and court of st. james, WAS in
the city for a few hours yesterday, and, of
couse, the argus eyed and receptive inter-
viewer was "onto" him straightway. He
submitted gracefully, aud after saying
that diplomatic relations between Eng
land and the Vatican were not probable
for some years, repudiated the idea that
the move in that direction was melted by
desire to bring the papal influence to
the solution of the Irish problem He
complained that the fact of mans be
ing Roman Catholic in England made
him the subject of suspicion as party to
the Irish agitation, which he declared was
an unjust suspicion.
Hard Question to Answer.
"What is thought will be the 7 aobable
outcome of the Irish agitation
THAT is a problem which | cannot at
tempt to answer Since the days of Queen
Elizabeth there has been an Irish ques-
ton, about which English statesmen
have held contrary views The letters of
Lord Bacon TEEN with opinions rs to a
solution, any of which might almost be
an editorial in a newspaper of to-day
Three centuries ago there was the same
difficulty owing to the mixing up of pol
tiles and religion. Since that time every
minister who has attempted to solve the
Irish problem has fallen into the same
blunder. By mistaken notion of the
needs of Ireland, treating them from the
religious standpoint, succeeding minis.
tiers have failed to accomplish that which
they sought to achieve. The present agi-
tation owes its success largely to the fact
that those in charge have steered clear of
any distinctly religious question, and have
confined themselves purely to the politi-
cal issue
Land In England and Ireland.
rs the prospect of a famine in Ireland
as imminent as reported?"
Il cannot say with any degree of au-
thority as to that. But generally speak
ing the condition of the Irish farmers has
been much better than that of their Eng
oh iurh hn
Rents in England have deprecated to
far greater extent than in Ireland. Years
ago the English land owners found them
selves compelled to accept reduced rents
and the reduction has gone on increasing
from year 10 year until now they are glad
to accept whatever they can get. The
tendency in England is toward the forma-
ton of big cities The diff .rence bet ween
the Irish and English farmer is that the
former agitates his grievances while the
latter 9rumbles to himself and to his
landlord, but his grumblng goes no
further.
English and Irish Rents.
And a strange thing is shown in the
relative value of land in Ireland and Eng
land to-day. Almost any English land
owner would be glad to exchange his Eng
lish farm lands for au equal area in Ire
land. Rents are more certain in Ireland
than in England. Notwithstanding the no.
rent agitation. The English people as n
rule have no fault to find with the dis
tinctly agrarian phase of this agitation.
As long there is no attempt to disrupt
the union between the two countries, the
sympathies of the English people are de
cidedly in favor of the agitation. But
when the union is menaced, English SEN
timent is rs strong to-day as ever it was
against such a proposal.