The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-01
THE DUBLIN EXPLOSION.
ITS CONSTITUENCY has BEEy 4
BITTER PdRTY FEUD
And the Huilabaloo Raised by the Event
Portrays the Uneyentfuiness of
British Holiday Life.

LONDON. Dec. Sl.-The ueventfulness
Of British holiday life has been shown
by the hullabaloo raised about the explo-
sion near Dublin Castle. There is now
little doubt that the bomb was placed
near the detectives Office by somebody
with private grievance against Synnott
or one of his colleagues. The explosion
wouldehaye received only passing notice
here had It not been for the York Times
and Standard. whose editors at once
began to beat the big drum and proclaim
with all pQsitiveness that the Irish had
begun another campaign of extermina-
ton against the English people. The
Gladstonians were driven then TO accus-
Ing the Tories of having originated the
dynamite plot merely TO blight the pros
poets OF Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill
The consequence has been bitter party
feud, during which a comparatively tri-
vial occurrence has been magnihed to a
political outrage Of the first dimensions.
The people Of London might get consid-
erabie amusement from this If the police
and officials had not caught the infection
VI A'dA anu rIl abOul guar Llllk anu spy
ing and prying IN a manner unprece-
dented since the attempt to blow up the
tower. A person cannot even approach
tho postal officials 10 inquire after lost
letters without being subjected to an in
quis.tion. A man. bearing the stamp Of
Scotland Yard. stops him at the entrance
Of the building to learn his business. II
the visitor has a bundle, he must sub
init it to inspection or leave it outside.
II he hesitates at all about stating his
business In full TO an apparently un-
authorized official. he must pay for his
temerity by giving his pedigree, his resi-
derce. his purpose In visiting London. and
bis plans for the next six months.
At the Bank Of ENGLAND every step IN
the building is watched. At St. Pauls
cathedral tourists have been so harassed
that but half the usual number Of vis-
itOrs now venture within its walls Down
ing street Is a nest Of policemen In citizens
clothes In Westminster abbey formerly
quite free from public surveillance. the
most reputable country squire cannot
pass his afternoon in peace. hut must
be shadowed at every turn. The Custom
House and the Tower have double the
force of watchmen formerly employed.
In short. every public building I'm the city
is guarded as il has not been guarded
thin the memory Of American residents
OF London. But one or two more eXplo-
sions would be needed to inaugurlte an
official reign OF terror. such as even
Paris. with her RavachOl and Francois.
has not known 5ince 1872. The fear early
in the week that the Anarchist colony in
London might take advantage Of the sit
uation 10 set of a few bombs has already
been relieved by the discovery that the
TO gffx htrf
score last spring from Paris, Berne and
Zurich. are quietly slipping back to the
Continent. The agitatOrs started for
Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
now the less lurid lights ere gradually re-
moving 10 the French capital. Neither
the London nor the Paris police are in
doubt as to the meaning of this move
ment The explosion at the prefecture
Of police on Thursday was intended by
the Anarchists TO be but the first gun
in a hot campaign against all CIder and
government in France.
The peculiar danger TO Paris from this
campaign comes from Nihilstic sources.
The Nihiists of Paris have been waiting
for an opportunity to avenge themselves
on the French Government for its severity
TO Russia Nihiiists i'm 1889. when it prose-
cUted and imprisoned several OF them for
making their bombs within the French
border. They have money ana influence
in high quarters. and have therefore such
facilities fer spreading destruction as the
Anarchists could never command. From
them the Anarchists can pro cure gratis
all the explosives and Internal machircs
desired. as well as Information how the
campaign can be conducted most advan-
taeeously. Several Nihilists are believed
20 have been implicated in the explosion
Of Thursday, but So far the police have
been unable 10 lay hands on them. The
Nihlists believe that by ovArthrowing the
present Government they Will not only
show their power and thus warn other
Governments against Interfering with
them but also will put an end TO the alli-
ance between the Car and the French
nation. The Paris police have made an
effort 10 conceal the truth while they
work without success, by arresting
Eoulangist agent
The object of this move is 20 bolster the
Cabinet. The police believe that by at
taching the first odium OF the explosion
to an aLti-gOVernment party, they VIII
strengthen, temporarily at least, the
hands of n. Ribot
While Russia is swinging from France,
Italy is drifting slowly away from the
Triple Alliance. The latest developments
Of this movement is the more friendly
attitude OF King Humbcrt and his Cabinet
toward the Vatican. I'm fact on January
lst the Government viii have a new news
paper organ devoted exclusively to the
cultivation OF better relations between
the Catholic Church and 10 the Roman
State The name OF the newspaper will
he Public sentiment