Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-01
RELIEF OF TENANTS
Eyicted by Tory Landlords in
Ireland to EmbarraSs
the Liberals Is
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.
Thirty thousand Notices to Quit
Pending, Which, if Enforced,
WILL CAUSE A BITTER LAND WAR
The Gladstone Government Is Called on for
Grant of Money.
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.
WILL CAUSE A BITTER LAND WAR
KoNG0 CROWDS ENGLAND IN AFRICA

COPYRIGHT. 1892. BY y. Y. ASSOCIATED PRESS.
LONDON, Sept. 30.-The Irish eviction
question and the evacuation of Uganda
were the main matters discussed at yester-
day and to-day's Cabinet Councils. de-
cision concerning Uganda was postponed
because of the more urgent necessity for a
solution of the difficulty in the way of afford
ing relief for the evicted tenants in Ireland.
John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ire
land is understood to have advised tenn
porary grant of money on the ground that
the commission to examine into the evic-
tions cannot complete its inquiry in time to
prepare a bill to be introduced at the open
ing OF Parliament He said that while the
commission was deliberating the evicted
tenants would suffer.
The Irish Ericted Tenants Associate on
asks in the interim grant of $3.50, 900, with
due representation on the commission. Mr..
Morley has promised that the association
shall be represented in the commission, but
retrained from pledging himself on the
grant until he had consulted the Cabinet
Winter Increases the Tenants Clamor.
1t is learned that the Ministers are in-
clined to concede moiety of the evicted
tenants demands, but refuse to immedi-
ately sanction any portion of the proposed
grant Mr.. Morley will now be able to
communicate to the Nationalist leaders the
intentions Of the Ministers, whose assent to
the grant will be accelerated by duly nursaf
public clamor over the sufferings of the
evlcted tenants as winter approaches.
Another subject mooted by the Cabinet
was the appointment OF an Irish Under
Secretary. 1t was announced a month ago
that well-known politician, George Fot-
trell, who was once legal adviser to the
Land Commission, was MIR. Morley's own
selection for this office. There is some
Ministerial opposition, however, and this
appears likely to balk Mr.. Fottrell's ap-
pointment. Mr.. RIdgway has not yet re-
signed the post. though he is ignored by
the present Chief Secretary. Mr.. Glad
stone wants former Under Secretary, Sir
Robert Hamilton, now Governor of Tas-
mania, to come home and resume his old
place. If Sir Robert consents, it will only
be in Difference to the solicitations of Mr.
Gladstone, who deems him the best man for
the critical transition period.
Tory Landlords Aggravate the Situation.
The gravity Of the eviction troubles be-
comes more intense under the action of
Tory landlords. The number of evicted
tenants now reaches 4, 500. The number OF
eviction notices pending under the act of
1887 reaches almost 80, 900. Many of these
are formal, but the tenants, unless they pay
their arrears within six months after they
receive notice, are liable to be ousted or
become mere caretakers of their own farms.
If the landlords mean to try to foil the
Liberal policy by wholesale evictions, there
will be bitter land war. The Ministerial
circle is confident that the Cabinet will not
hesitate to sanction the boldest measures
the Irish Executive may require to foil the
Unionist tactics.
Whatever may be the effect of the Nc
Carthyite manifesto in America, it has
fallen fiat here. The Liberal press gave it
scant comment, while the Conservative pa
pers dub it "a mendicant whine, its grand
iloquence of language failing to conceal its
real character; an appeal for funds to enable
the anti-Parnellites to live in comfort in
London throughout the next session"
Temperance Legislation Is Wanted.
The Government. believing that legisla-
tion on the liquor traffic will be impo ssible
during the next session, proposes to try to
satlty the eager demands of the temp erance
advocates by appointing a select committee
on the subject The committee will not
take evidence regarding the evils of in
temperance, but will simply report on the
best legislative means to curb the traffic.
Lord Rosebery's example, in resigning
the practice of his colleagues ir the Cabi-
net. Mr.. Fowler, the President of the
Local Government Board, remains in the
directorates of eight companies, and Mr.
Mundell, the President of the Board of
Trade, remains in the directorate of seven
companies. Among members of the Gov
ernment outside of the Cabinet, Lord Rib
blesdale is a director in seven companies
and Mr.. Woodhall a director in six CONNIE
nies. Mr.. Marjoribanks alone is concerned
in the liquor trade, being a director of
brewery.
Mr.. Labouchere, who persistently de-
nounced Conservative Ministers for taking
part in company spoils, leads a strong line
OF attack on the Liberal Ministers, IL of
whom retain directorships.
The Kongo Encroaching on British Domains
The appearance of the Belgian expedition
under Van Kerckhove on the Upper Nile,
within the British sphere of influence, has
led the English Foreign Office to intimate
that Belgium must withdraw the expedition
King Leopold, however, is using his per-
sonal influence with the British court and
the managers of the East African Company
to induce Lord Rosebery to consent to the
absorption of part of the Upper Nile coun-
try into the Kongo State. King Leopold
cites the fact that Lord Salisbury, when in
formed of the proposed expedition, offered
no objection, but documents in the Foreign
Office show that Lord Salisbury afterward,
on finding that the Belgians aimed to obtain
an outlet on the Upper Nile for the Kongo
State, formally intimated that the whole of
the Nile provinces were in the British
sphere and that the presence of Belgian
forces would not be tole rated.
Secretary Rusk's proclamation, declaring
the United States free from pleuro-pneu-
monia, has not yet officially reached the
Board of Agriculture here. The board off,
cials, however, accept the declaration as
valid and appear ready to respond to the
United States authorities application for