The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23
new FIGHT FOR HONE RULE.
The MCCaTthyiteS Throw a BOmbShelI
Into The Liberal Camp.


Ireland Is Strongly Reahirmed - A |
Possibility That the Liberals and Con-
servatives Nay Agree Upon Plan to |
Get the Home Rule Question Out of
the Way-Famine Threatening Certain |
Sections of Ireland.
London. Dec 22-The leaders of the
McCarthyite section of the Irish parlia-
mentary party have thrown a bomb
shell into the liberal camp by serving no
tice upon the government through John
Morley, chief secretary for ireland, that
no further dependence. in their opinion.
can be placed upon the vote of the Irish
party unless the principle home rule
Tor Ireland is strongly reafirmed in the
qneen's speech on the reassembling of
parliament and in other ways officially
announced as the first plank in the plat
form Of the liberal party. These de-
mdnds, it is explained by the Irish lead
ers, have been necessitated by the pro-
found sensation which has been Gre
ated in the Irish ranks by the declapa-
tion made by William McEwan, liberal
member for the central division of Edin-
bursh, in recent speech in the Scotch
capital that the home rule bill was dead,
and that it would be impossible to carry
the country with that measure as the
first or even as one Of the principal is
sues oontended for by the liberal party.
This declaration was received with great
cheering by Mr.. McEwan's hearers, in
dicating that they were of the same
opinion. The speaker went on to say
that the Irish ought to be content with
a merely local government and not haggle
Tor an Independent parliamentary gov
ernment in the face of the inevitable
The fact that the country was once car
ried upon the issue of a parliamentry
government for Ireland. he argued. was
no reason why it should be assumed. in
view OF the changed conditions. that it
could be carried again. A merely local
government, he had no doubt could be
tions.
This declaration is thought to mean that
the conservatives for the sake Of finally
dlsposing of the Irish question and allow
ing q good part of the session to be de-
voted to other measures would gladly
agree to support such a bill As q mat
ter or fact there is good reason to be-
HeVe that the tory leaders are eager to
confer with some of the foremost liberal
pafnamentarians with view of arriving
at an understanding as to the foregoing
basis Robert Wallace, member of par
lament for the east division of Edinburgh
followed AIR. McEWan in the same vein
and the views he expressed as to the hone
lessness of again committing the country
to absolute home rule for Ireland, with a
applauded
Whether or not Mr.. McEwan's address
was officially inspired, it certainly has had
the effect to throw the ardent home rule
liberals into a state Of CONSERVATION to
incense the McCarthyite wing of the Irish
party and to plunge the Parnellites into a
sea of exquisite delight. The latter fac
ton OF the Irish party have all along pre-
dlcted that the ministry would break their
pledge to pursue the home rule policy of
Mr.. Gladstone to the end and the de-
confirming their prediction
IN the meantime communications on the
subject are passing between Mr.. Morley
ana Lord Roseberry with a view of form
ulating some plan which viii be satisfac-
tory to the McCarthyites and at the same
time viii not commit the government to a
re-introduction Of home rule bill before
parliament is dissolved. This fact furn-
lshes indubitable evidence that the min
istry are alarmed at the turn affairs have
taken, ana also induces the belief that the
address of Mr.. hcEwan was officially in
spired. 1t is probable that the coming CON
gress Of the National Liberal Federation
will uphold this view in the passage of a
resolution setting forth that it is impos-
slble to restore confidence in the ranks of
the Irish party as it is felt that Mr.. Nc
EVAN gave voice to the opinion of a large
section of the liberal party
Mr.. Morley is reported to have asked
thecabinet to give official assent, and
i
lament and a subsequent act by that
body, to some decisive measures to allie
Yiate the sufferings of the people in GER
tain sections OF Ireland through the i'm
pending famine. In consequence of the
total loss of at least one-half of the po-
tato crop in Conemara, Galway, Glare, and
Sligo, the distress among the peasantry is
already urgent. The poor law relief, ac-
cording to Freeman's Journal, is to-
tally inadequate to meet the needs con
seQuent upon the calamity. The people are
starving and the government must inter-
vene by giving them work. or advancing
them loans upon future crops
The newly born distrust among the
Irish in regard to the ministrys home rule
policy, together with the unexpected
check on the internal prosperity Of Ire
land through the failure of the crops, has
rewakened the activity of the Fenians
The liberal press seek to belittle the mat
ter, some of the papers totally denying
the resurrection of Fenianism and others
asserting that the new movement is con-
lined to small group Of extremists in
Paris and New York. The known facts,
however, prove the contrary and orders
have been issued from Dublin castle with
in the last few weeks renewing the old
time precaution against Fenians Invinci-
bles and other physical force Irishmen
and reviving the old system for the de-
lection of criminals.
The report that it is the intention Of the
government to release the dynamiter John
DAILY and other Irish political prisoners
at an early date, or at all, for that mat
ter, is without foundation, in fact MIR
Morley has advised, and Home Secretary
Asquith has successfully opposed any
movement toward amnesty TO these Of
Tenders and it may be positively asserted
that none of them viii be set at liberty
One of the delegates who has arrived
here from Armenia to lay before the Brit
ish authorities and the British public the
circumstances of the outrages in Armenia
will proceed to Hawarden next week to
submit to Mr.. Gladstone fun evidence Of
the atrocities committed by the Turkish
troops, tribes and natives in that pert of
the sultan's dOminions. This evidence has
been obtained from the Armenian com
mittee with a view of inducing Mr. Glad
stone to issue a manifesto on the subject
The committee express themselves CRATE
full for Mr.. Gladstone's letter, but think
that it does not go far enough. They now
want a resonant appeal to the world from
the statesman, who so successfully en-
listed sympathy in christendom in behalf
of Bulgaria and it is expected that the
premier will within few days issue an ad- !
dress denouncing the Armenian horrors,
and calling on all Christian nations to
take immediate steps, not only to sup
press the present outrages, but make it
impossible for such atrocities ever to oc- |
According to the Live Stock Journal.
leuro-pneumonia has been detected in
cattle from the United States landed at
Antwerp. This statement is corroborated
nv reports from other sources.
The final break down of Lord Randolph !