The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-30
John Morley Hotly Denounces
the Tipperary Outrage.
JUSTICE UNKNOWN IN IRELAND.
Hassing Of Russian Troops on Armen-
ian Border Scares Turks.


LONDON, Sept 29.-John Morley spoke
at st. Helens tonight to q large audience.
He gave graphic account of his expert
ences during his recent tour of Ireland.
He gave instances illustrating the arbi-
trary and tyrannical methods of the Irish
authorities. A week ago John Dillon went
to address his constituents in East Mayo.
Dillon found the platform of the station
surrounded by police and military,
and was told that If he used IL
legal languageit would be the magistrates
duty to disperse the meeting. Now this
simply means that the magistrate would
be the judge as to whether Dillon's Ian
guage was legal Or illegal, and in the sec
ond place. what appeared almost incredi-
Bile, 1t meant that if Dillon used language
that the magistrate considered illegal it
was the magistrates duty to disperss the
meeting with baton and rifle.
The Tipperary prosecutions had cruelty
blighted the hopes of the Unionists and
given the lie to their rose-colored pictures.
The proceedings of the last fortnight in
Tipperary would have the inevitable eff
feet Of rallying every Nationalist. lay and
clerical. and once more close the ranks of
the Nationallsts.
He (Morley) bad been criticized for going
to Ireland. Balfour would neither 90 to
Ireland himself nor let anyone else He
(Morley) went to Tipperary because he
felt that the proceedings there marked the
turning point in great battle, and because
he felt that the government was going to
drive nail into its own coffin, and he
wanted to see the first blow of the ham,
mer.
When he arrived at Tipperary the gath
ering of the people was few in number, and
no obstruction was offered. He never saw
such an act of folly as the attitude of the
authorities. Colonel Cardell stated in the
courtroom that it was one of the most dis
orderly gatherings he ever witnessed.
Three or four English ladies who occupied
front seats in the courtroom laughed at the
absurdity of Cardell's statement 1t had
been asserted that be Morley and his COM
panions were followed to the court en-
trance by an immense multitude.
This he absolutely denied. At no
time did the armed men defending the
courthouse number less than three to one
against the civilians. It was as insignifi-
cant and harmless crowd as he ever saw
in his life. The police refused admission
to the townsmen, and he saw q solicitor
flung violently from the gates and assault
ed. O'Brien, with Dillon and Harrington.
protested against the exclusion of the peo-
pie. The police drew their batons without
shadow of provocation, and blood began
to flow freely. He saw no stones thrown.
He would undertake to say that q couple
Of English constables would have done ev-
erything necessary to guard the access to
the courthouse.
Harrington went out to the constables
and expostulated, but their only reply was
blow on the head, causing blood to flow
freely. He Morley saw constable strike
Reporter Keating . murderous blow on
the mouth, drawing blood and knocking
him from the wall. Outside the gates the
police used their batons upon the heads
and bodies of the defenseless townsmen,
several of whom were brought in dripping
with blood. He (Morley) went to Colonel
Cardell and told him he ought to open the
gates and admit the people. Then he wen
into the courtroom, but found no one
there except two resident magistrates and
q few reporters. After the gates were
opened and everybody who wished to enter
admitted, the courtroom was not filed.
while the "tumultuous throng" OF which
Colonel Cardell had spoken was as quiet
and orderly as if in church. The rioting
was wholly on one side. If Cardell had
acted in the first place as he did in defer
ence to his (Morley's) wishes. there would
not have been 1.-THE of the disorder. The
whole thing was clumsy blunder. but to
commit q blunder when dealing with
armed men was crime. If BaIfour pro-
duced in the commons what was pub
lished as an official version of the fray, he
Morley would riddle it to pieces in ten
minutes.
The resort to batons was deplorabie
and lawless and cowardly outrage. Bal
four's system was responsible for these
scenes. Through three and half years
Balfour defended every act of the execu-
tive, through thick and thin, right or
wrong, from the odious and wicked
slaughter at Michelstown onward. Balfour
always refused 10 institute an effective
public inquiry, always derfied the truth
of charges against the police. He always
refused to believe the word of Irish members
OF parliament, and thus the Irish people
had been left wholly at the mercy of the
authorities, without any supervision, with
out help and without hope. No wonder
the Irish people did not respect-no won-
der they hated the government
which inspired such abuse of the executive
power.
DUBLIN, Sept. CIT is likely that the
last has not been heard of the collision be-
tween the police and the people in front of
the courthouse at Tipperary last Thurs
day. 1t is reported that the government
intends TO prosecute many of the persons
who were present for inciting riot
TiPPERARy TRIAL
DUBLIN, Sept. 29.-In the case of Dillon.
O'Brien and others today, Timothy Healy
addressed the court on behalf of the d.
fendants. He referred to the refusal Of
the magistrates to consider the proprietv
of Shannon's Withdrawing from the case
and announced that in view of this the
defendants would apply to the high
court of justice Of Dublin tomorrow for 4
writ to prohibit the present magistrates
from proceeding in the case. on the ground
OF bias against the defendants.
When Healy resumed his seat Romas.
the crown representative, said be could not
consent to suspension of the hearing pend
ing the proposed application by the defense
to the high court.
Thereupon the introd uction OF testimony
for the prosecution began, and the rest of
the day was taken up in the reading Of the
speeches made BY the defendants on various
occasions, which the crown alleged were Of
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