The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12
WELCOME d b IRISHMES
~. o.sp,rn HIS FRIENDS
HEARTILY lREETED'

tHshL from III
New Cork dispatch.l
William o'BrItn, John Dillon, Timothy
Harrington, and L. ID. Sullivan have ar
rived in New YSSk by the steamer La
Champagne. They were nset down the
bay by large delegation ofNrishmen on
board the tugboat john T.. Moore, when
was chartered by the Irish societies Oh
the city OF New York.
Mr.. O'Brlen in response TO congratula-
tions upon his escape from the British
authorities i'm Ireland said Mr. Dillon
and himself had been six days on yacht
before they reached France. They
were joined at Havre by Mr.. and Mrs:
Sullivan and Mr.. Harrington, who sailed
with them. Mr.. Sullivan was very en-
thusastic at the prospects OF home rule
for Ireland
Mr.. O'Brien said that out OF the forty
by-elections held In Great Britain since
the assembling of the present Parllamens
fourteen had been won by the Glad
stonian or Home Rule party. This was
a fair indication, he said, OF the feeling
OF the British people on the home rule
question. He believed the Tories would
be forced TO dissolve Parliament sooner
than they anticipated. The Government,
he said, was not taking proper measures
for the relief of the famine-stricken DIS
tricts in Ireland. They first denied that
n famine existed, and now they admitted
that there was deep distress in the coun-
try by proposing measures Tor their
relief.
Mr. O'Brien stated that there was alb
solute unity in the ranks of the Parlia-
mentary party and among the people
The old taunt Of instability OF purpose
could no longer be thrown at Ireland.
1t was unnecessary TO say much about
his and Mr.. Dillon's reasons for leaving
Ireland in the peculiar manner they did
They were well watched by police and
spies, and their footsteps were being con-
tinually logged while in the country.
When they took a special train at Linn
erick the police took another special
train in order to keep them continually
in sight. The conduct of the police was
ludicrous as well as outrageous. Yet
they were caught mapping. Neither
brides nor threats induced any one to tell
the police Of their departure. and Bal
tours system of espionage was wasted.
1.-THE Government cannot trust its own
servants, continued Mr.. O'Brien. "Why,
on the day before we were arrested Mr..
Dillon wrote TO me informing me what
was going to take place, although it was
opposed to be Castle secret Balfour
may attempt TO brand us as criminals,
but would he try to have us extradited as
such either from France or the United
States?
"Balfour has stated his intentions very
plainly in a speech in the House Of
Commons. His object is TO strain the
tenants defense fund until he breaks it.
Seven thousand persons have been evict-
ed and eco, 600 have been spent"
Mr.. O'Brien then said that in view OF
all the circumstances, the condition OF
the peasantry and the hostility of tho
Government TO any plan that would bet
ter their condition, he and his colleagues
decided to appeal TO the American peo-
pie and state their appeal in person.
They had believed that while the appeal
on their trial was pending they would
have time to come TO this country and
return.
"The essence of Tory policy in Ire
land" he continued ais land purchase
on the landlords own terms. To effect
this the tenants combination had 10 be
stamped out The tenants once smashed
and disorganized, und, terror of ccer-
ciOn, n cabinet Of landlords and landlord
tribunals could arrange the rest at will.
IL was with view TO crushing the ten
tions, batonings and police outrages
took place, and il was to prevent that
that the Irish representatives came here.
"The whole strength Of coercion for
the last four years had been directed TO
inflicting vengeance upon them and ut
terly discriminating them by way Of
warning TO the rest of the Irish tenant
~. The Irish people, on the other hand,
have made these mems cause their own.
They have determined at all hazards not
70 let them fall prey 10 the vengeance
Of the landlords and coercionists. The
latest and most signal proof Of this de-
termination is the case of New Tippera-
ry, whore the population of a whole
town and Of two neighboring estates had
given up their homes and farms en- maSse
rather than let their rents be used by
their landlords
zone of our chief objects i'm America
will be to explain the character Of the
struggles in ireland and the system Of
coercion in force there. / believe Ameri-
cans will BE- electrified when they hear
the story of Tipperary. For the present
the question of national fighting fund
and the question of q charitable fund
are wholly separate. Nobody with less
than Mr.. Balfours capacity for heart
less Jokes could affect to deny or make
light of it.
"Ihe Irish party are watching the
situation with the utmost solcitude.
They have called for a bill suspendng
evictions for non-payment of rent on
small holdings in the distressed districts.
measure of this kind combined with a
large system of public wishes and a
more liberal administration of the poor
laws would go far TO avert any danger
OF general famine. The opinion of the
Irish party is that any general American
fund poured into Ireland at this time
would probably have the effect of con-
firming Mr.. Balfour in his policy OF
leaving the relief of distress to private
initiative and afterwards Boosting that
the distress was imaginary, while the
large sums disbursed with an imperfect
knowledge of the circumstances Of the
country would inevitably find their way
into the pockets of the landlords.