, 1890-10-02
THE TYRANT BALFOUR.
John Morley Meroilessiy scores HI,
Heartless Policy,

Heartless Policy.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-John Morley spoke
at st. Helens tonight to large audi
ence. He gave a graphic account of his
experiences during his recent tour of
Ireland. He gave instances illustrating
the arbitrary and tyrannical methods of
the Irish authorities. A week ago John
Dillon went TO address his constituen IS
in East Mayo. Dillon found the plat
form of the station surrounded by police
and military, and was told If he used
illegal language it would be the magis-
trate's duty to disperse the meeting.
Now this simply meant that the magis
trate would be the judge as to whether
Dillon's language was legal or illegal.
and in the second place-what appeared
almost incredible--it meant If Dillon
used language that the magistrate con-
sidered illegal, 1t was the magistrate $
duty to disperse 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 pic
lures. The proceedings OF the last fort
night in Tipperary would have the in
evitable effect of rally ing every national
list, lay and clerical, and once more
closing the ranks of tho nationalists. :.
He (Morley) had been criticised for
goingto Ireland. Balfour would neither
go to Ireland himself nor let anyone
else. He (Morley) went to Tippsrary
because he felt that the proceedings
there marked the turning point in a
great battle, and because he felt that the
government was going to drive a nail
into its own coffin, and he wanted to see
the first blow of the hammer.
When he arrived at Tipperary the
people :were few in number, and no
obstruction was offered. He never saw
such an act of folly as the attitude of the
au tn critics. Colonel Caddell stated in he
courtroom that it was one of the most
disorderly gatherings he ever witnessed.
Three or four English ladies, who oc-
| cupied front seats in the courtroom,
laughed at the absurdity of Caddelr 5
statement.
1t had been asserted that he Morley
and his companions were followed to
the court entrance by an immense null
titude. This was absolutely denied. At
no time did the armed men delending =
| the courthouse number less than three
to one against the civilians. 1t was as
| lnSlElllllGhub ullN u CEpNu US
he ever saw in his life. The police re-
fused admission to the townsmen, and
he saw solicitor flung violently from
| the gates and assaulted. o. Brien went
out with Dillon and Harrison and pro-
tested against the exclusion OF the
people. The police drew their
| batons without Shadow of prov
ocation, and blood began to flow
freely. He saw no stones thrown. He
would undertake to say that couple oil
English constables would have done
every thing necessary to guard the ac.
cess to the court. Harrison went out to
the constables and expostulated, but
the only reply was blow on his head
causing the blood to flow freely. lie
(Balfour) saw q constable strike Re
porter keatine a murderous blow on the
mouth, drawing blood and knocking
him from the wall.
Outside the gates the police used their
batons ferociously upon the heads and
bodies OF the defenseless townsmen, sew
eral of whom were brought in dripping
| with blood. He (Morley) went to Col
Caddell and told him that he ought &c
open the gates and admit the people
Then he went into the court room, but
| found nobody there, except two resid eni
magistrates and few reporters. After
the gates were opened and every body
who wished to enter had been adm ittcd
| Tue court TOOH1 was iot HlleU, WUlle tUS
tumultuous throng of which Colonel
Ceddell had spoken was as quiet and
orderly as il In church. The riotine
was wholly on one side. If Caddell had
acted in the first place as he did in def
erence to his (Morley's) wishes, there
would not have been title of disorder.
The whole thing was a clumsy blunder
but to commit q biunder when dealing
| will armed men was crime.
If Balfour produced in the comm ons
what was published as the official yer.
sion of the atfray he Morley would
riddle 1t to pieces In ten minutes. Bal
four's system was responsible for these
scenes. Through three and half years
Balfour had defended every act of the
executive through thick and thin, ri ght
or wrong, from the odious and wicked
slaughter at Mitchellstown onward.
Balfour always refused to institute any
effective public inquiry. He dlways
denied the truth OF the charges made
against the police. He always refused
to believe the word of an Irish member
OF parliament, and thus the Irish people
had been left wholly at the mercy OF
the authorities without any supervision,
without help and without hope. No
worder the Irish people did not respect
the law No wonder they hated the
government which inspired such abuse
of executive forcel
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