The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
Gerald BaIfour Will Make a
@:.,c:-..: i: !. Tour of Distressed
:. .>,s-.. S. =. :*= p tstricts. .'
ACTION OF THE WCERoY
+. =. =. .=...=.=. CRITICIZED. FL i
Days. Candidacy. for Mayor of
81 Limerick May. Be the Cause
81 Z. = Of. Lively Riots.

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NEW. YORK; n. Y, Oct, "a World
cab!efrom London says: The directing of
American attention to the gloomy out
Look IN. Ireland is gratefully recognized
and: warmly comm ended. by all Irish
NationaIists,. W no say it forced the gravity
of the situation upon the British rulers of
: Ireland. " ~. ;e.+s<.. =.
i. *Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ire
land purposes making a personal tour of
The. distressed districts. The special state
-ments from he Irish Catholic hierarchy
and British statenen. are exciting much
interest here. " .
=. Tine, Iris Nfceroy's Optimistic message
pronounctng the reports of crop failures
.exaggeratad# 4 IS criticized, as misleading. 2.
+ Swift Nj NsffI;. NJ. p, presiding at the
LATEST me ettng of the National Federation
at DubliAr denounced Earl Cadogan, Lord
Lieutenant; because. ."by his exclusive
= com m nn: cation be has broken a promise,
publicly made: that he never commune
cate TO the press on any public event, and
IN oreoyer: when the NiceroY. penned that
;: Tnessage. he had Information from only
:123:of .rhe 2 r9 districts in Ireland affected
by the potato blight. j.
: The latest novelty in Irish politics Is q
speech by John Howard ParneH, NJ. P; at
a. a.meetiirg OF :Redni ond's League in Duplin,
advocat ting the establishment of a royal
residence in Ireland. This is d nionist
:. nostrqm. for wean1ng people from home
rule.- ... r..
: The candidacy. for the mayoralty OF Lin.
. erfok# of Jonn Daily, who served thirteen
years for completely in an alleged plot to
blow up the House of Commons during a
!. session, is one OF the most remark able ema-
nations from the seething ca auldron of Irish
politics. DalyzwiIl not be. qualified as a
burgess of-Limerick until Move m Der, when
.thenominee Of his party now sitting in:the
cor poration Will. be retired so Daily may
take. his place: -: -; :
-. Redmond s:new organization, ; the Inde-
. pendent. League, is opposing. Daily. This
has. caused intense feeling and violentdis-
.sension In. the extreme party. Daly's
election appears oubtful now. although
at the outset it was thought he would have.
Balkover. H is pursuing his candidacy
with resoIute yigor, and holds public meet
ings nightly. =. J.:
Collisions between rival factions. are so
frequent that the present Nationalist
Mayor OF Limerick has assented to police
order. prohibiting bands from parading
the city atnight until after the election.
Fierce riotihg is: expected before that, as
Limerick is the only Irish city where the
old faction fighting spirit still survives :
The situation IS comnIicated further by
: the difference between various sections OF
the Nationalists over preparations for the
centenary. OF 1898. On Tuesday night a
centenary committee took possession,
against the order of the corporation, of
certain: rooms TO hold their meetings:
The police were called in to eject them,
and members OF. the committee are prose
cutting the police for the alleged Illegal
interference. -: Il: -