The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-08
IRELAND WILL HAVE FAMINE
No Such Appalling Prospect Before for
Many Years.
THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING NOTHING,
Lord saIisbury's speech mt the Lord May
or's Banquet Monday Evening-Pro-
gress of Negotiations for Confer
ence on the Turkish Question.

LONDON, Nov. THE everlasting
Irish question is coming In an acute form,
through the old and too familiar oc-
currence Of ar irish famine. The Bishop
of Raphoe. i'm a recent appeal for sub
scriptions in aid of the irish party fund'
spoke of the bleak prospects before the
agricultural population as operating
AGAINST the fund. The Bishop hardly
seems to have realized how desperate
the Mutation is. The correspondent ot
tbe Manchester Guardian, one OF the
most trustworthy and least sensational
rsners IN ENGLAND, declares that no
eucb appalling prospect has presented
itself curing The present scne' @loi' ~o'i-
c,rriuc reports show tadt tie lioiohbt tu
.,nd continuous rains of the autumn
b,,e ruined the clcps iIom Norm 10
south. The rich lower lands have peen
oooded for weeks at time wnen the
harvest ought TO have been proceeding.
stacked corn ana nay stacks nave been
submerged. and potatoes are rotting IN
me fields. In the poore. hill lands the
small farmer ond cotter population are
AGAIN face TO face with one OF those taii-
ms of the potato crop which mas 100
often brought the uttermost horrors OF
starvation ana famine and distress
among them.
DOING NOTHING.
As usual. the Government Is DONG
nothing. W.
lne irish socretary's tour in the west
and Northwest occurred before the bad
weather set i'm. and at a time when httie
could be predicted of the harvcsts. since
then he has obtained reports from ohlclal
sourcos-frOm landlord sources-Whlch
can only be described as misleading. Inc
farmers on many OF the large estates
have apprised their landlord s agents tnat
no rent can be paid this year because no
rent has been earned. But the landlords
have entered into a combination Tor
Wholesale pressure on the tenants. Using
their utmost privileges under the land act,
they are applying for ejcctment DEGREES
by the thousands. and an eviction cam
paign such as has rarely ever been witt
messed in Ireland is now in progress IN
many districts As soon as the risors
OF winter sets in. the demand for relief
Will be clamorous. The Government Will
be compelled TO intervene before Parlia-
mcnt opens. or face an accusation OF
reckless indifference TO suffering such as
ought 10 OVerwholm any English minis
try. With this famine impending. COM
bincd with the revelations or the Foreign
Relations Commission, showing how Ire
land is annually bled of millions Of money
70 the advantage Of Great Britain. #
VIII be 10 wonder IL Irish discortont ae-
sumes more active form than mere
Jaober over legislation for home rule.
The leading weekly papers re-ocho the
opinions expressed by the daily papers
ON The election Of Mr.. Mckinley to the
American presidency
LORD MAYOIcS BANQUET.
Lord salisbury in his speech az the
Huild Han on Monday on the occasion
oil the banquet, 10 Doe given by tie new
or London, Will not accord
Ing 10 the belief Of the mIuistcri4lists.
make any alluslon TO the abandonment
py Great Butoin of The Island of Cy-
prUs
IL is highly probable. however. that
Lord Salisbury will. in his speech att
tack the Porte as destroying the value
OF the Angio-Turkish Convention Of ISIS.
under which Cyprus was turned over 10
the British for administrative purposes.
The negotiations for the holding OF a
conference Of the Powers ON the Tur.
kish question progress on the lines be-
fore mentioned. i'm this cable corresoon-
dence' that IS to say, the proposals made
by Lord Salisbury that the clauses Of
the treaty Of Paris giving the Porte
power To refuse the passage Of the Dar-
danelles to warships. shall be rescinded.
that the administration Of the Turkish
provinces shall be under the supervision
OF the European Powers. and that Tho
consideration by any conference on these
proposals shall not include any reference
to the British occupation Of Egypt
Judging from the best information OBJ
iainablc. it is believed tnat the Car s.
influence has brought about an arrange
mcnt or the Anglo-French differences
=, garding Egypt. This implies prolcn-
CATION OF the British occupation Of Egypt
with a free hand TO extend it 20 the
whole Of the Upper Nile.