The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-09-27

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very decided on this point. as also are
the bishops and the parish priests, who
follow closely their lead. The reasons
publicly gwen for this course are thai
in 1885 Ireland promised America she
would not come begging again, also
| that it is an outrage TO ask Americans
to spend money TO furnish employ ment
for destitute Irishno Ell. which it is the
obvious duty of the British government
to DO.
| 1t is further said that charity demor.
alizes the Irish cottler and leads him
to believe that. no matter what trouble
comes. either God or the Americans
| will provide. Tberaal reasons for the
opposition Of the Nationalists to appeals
! for charity are chat it will seriously dis
organize their plan Of camDa1gn. Some
of the leaders are frank enough to ad
NIT that the prospects OF distress should
be used as a thumbscrew ON Baifour for
! all it is worth, and that the respon
sib,lity for it or remedies for ii should
be thrown entirely upon the shoulders
of the government, where it belongs.
They look upon it as a great political
opportunity. Balfour must either
change his tactics and adopt their
means of relief or the cottiers will
starve and the whole civilized world
howl him down with indignation.
Only as last resort, when Baifour has
evolved his plan of relief and stands Or
falls bv it, will the Irish leaders consent
to public appeals for aid.
John Dillon said this week in a
speech that the Irish race throughout
the globe is sick of appeals for aims by
men who disgrace themselves and their
country by slavishlv handing ever these
aims to the pockets nf the landlords.
Balfour is shrewd enough to see this
move Of opposition and TO check mateit.
Lhave met his special a{ents in various
parts of the country this week. looking
up methods for giving the destitute
citizeas employ nlent by making public
improvements. Que Of these agents,
MIR. Jackson, NJ f.. left here to night
tor Scotland with special information
about several spots for light railways
He also took several samples from
potato 6s!ds tor Balfour to see. Jack
son told me that while earlv reports Of
the failure of the crops were exaggerated
~, rnl hx,1 n 1c Nya no
ment to relieve the distress would be
verv great. but in previous seasons Of
distress the government schemes for
relief have nowhere near met the diff
Guilty, There is no reason to think
they wIlldo SO this time. In the famine
sof 1862 the government spent a million
and half of dollars in public works,
but another $1 500 600 had to be raised
by the public to save the staryin
people. In the famine Of As the govern
ment spent over 10000 900 on public
works, but still $50. 600 .OO0 we're raised
by the public, q large portionsof which
came from America. sf
8altour's main remedy this wear will
be to build three, or possibly more.
parrow-guage railways, which he has
been promising TO build for three years.
but unless he carries this remedy to
an extreme and builds railways in re
mote regions where there is no par I
ticular use for them a very small portion
Of the distressed people will benefit by
them. Ia the first place, unless q good
deaf Of red tape is pushed aside, the
railways cannot begin to build before
March or April, when ii vii be- too late.
IN the next p,ace. large proportion OF
the money thus appropriated Will surely
he swallowed up by jobbers aud pro
moters. The other remedy BalfOur has
In view and means to push hard affects
Americans more seriously. That re
medy is emf ration. He lntimates that.
at least quarter OF a million of people
can be shipped from the west Of ireland
to our shores. He. knows that hase are
not the sort Of people we want. he
KnisfOrtunes OF years have drained the
vest coast Of ireland OF Its young mon
and women. leaving DothinG but mud
nuts there flied with the aged and in#
firm BIT 6uC. Nv Su1ppiux THESE p6Opld
Is Canada and letting them get across:
the Canad liam border as best they car. &
BalfOnr hcpes TO eyade our immigration
laws. sS. # 53$a ,sss. 4. B. i.
- Arrangements are alreadvin ia progress
tcIhis effect. Ralfour has Immediate
command ofs q fund OF 81 .000,O 900 voted
him by byparliamentfO for this purpose some M
time ago, but which he has not used
IA has as much more At his sdiapo oS8l IN.
excess III money voted for other public
purposes Id Ireland, but which he eau "a I
easily turn ia this account However.
III is not D lack tn money which will
llpsets this plan, but the determi nation M
81 tIae part ofs stnsse Old eople, VINO are g 4
I'm, last remnants OF n the pure t1eiticS
race 4 r1t StO setnig crate ThTee parish g D
Drit.ets .sll tIae cona tested striete snidss
ma l,l,ts even Ifs they llset1 tleir
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