The record-union., 1897-01-10
Great Britain Taking Steps to Relieve
the Sufferers.
Ivory, the Alleged Dynamiter, Said to
be Sure of Conviction, and Will No
Doubt Receive Long Sentence-A
Hard Fight to be Made in Parlia.
ment Over the Queens Speech in
Reference to Ireland.

LONDON, JAM 9.-It appears that
England has at last awakened from it's
apathy regarding the Indian famine
sufferers and that measures will be
taken to alleviate the distress, not
withstanding the purblind attitude Of
the Indian Government, which does
not, or will not, see that the situa-
tion is one of the worst it has ever had
to confront The bold official reports
from the famine districts fail to reveal,
nay even be said to conceal, the terrible
perspective of suffering which lies be-
hind the natives. The Government Of
India and the India Office are doing
what they can to prevent information
frem independent sources from reach
ing the public, and in response TO in
quirieS as to the truth of statements
appearing i'm the native newspapers of
India simply declare them to be exag-
gerationS or perverSionS of fact The
official aim in attempting to minimize
the calamity can only be supposed to
be due to anxiety to escape censure for
lametable want Of foresight. But
the truth is now gradually leaking out
and all the advices received here fully
confirm the summary of the situation
Cahled exclusively to the United Asso-
ciated Presses last week Private and
Independent advices concur in stating
that thousands of persons are dying
from starvation or from weakness that
prevents them from aSsimilating the
food they can obtain 1t is known that
in the district of Jabalpur alone, dis
lrict which had population of 1000, :
O0C, 10000 persons have died. Thou
sands of others will have to perish de-
spite any efforts that may be made to
succor them. There are people living in
remote districts far from the railroads
and other lines of communication to
whom it would be impossible to carry
food until the death lists are enormous
ly swollen. sS
Large as the existing Indian relief
system is, 1T is entirely unable to meet
famine period which, it is estimated,
VIII extend over the whole of 1897.
Cablegrams from the Viceroy of India
have been received here telling cheer
fully of rains that have fallen in sew
eral parts of the country, but of what
possible use are rains to a people with
starvation staring them in the faceo
TEey cannot sit down and wait for
crops to grow, ripen and be haryes ted,
but 1T appears that the Indian Govern
ment, with incomprehensible fatuity.
has acted on the belief that rain and
not food was wanting OF course. rain
Will prevent a recurrence of the famine.
but what is wanted now is food. and
tnai r1ght speedily, to save thousands
upon thousands OF men, women and
chlfdren from torturing DEATH
The Indian Office authorities here,
acting or unfounded presumption that
&c aid was required aside from that
which would be given by the Indian
Government, checked the Lord Mayor
or London from starting a famine fund.
but as the advices now at hand show
that the arrangements for fighting the
famine are entirely Inadequate. the
Lord Mayor, at the request of Lord
george Hamilton, Secretary of State
Tor india, has opened a fund that prom
ises to reach large figure.
me question of a national relief grant
Will be raised in Parliament.
INTENSE anxiety is manifested in Irish
ClrcieS concerning the probable fate of
EDWARD j. Ivory, the dynamite suspect.
VINO VIII be brought to trial next week.
AS the indictment has already been
found there will be no preliminary de-
lay. Although an eminent arrav Of
counsel has been engaged in his behalf
the net has been so clrselv woven
around the unfortunate man bv the
New York traitors and spies. of whom
ne rs the Vlctim, that there is rot
shadow of doubt Of his conviction.
iss 4
ne mas peen made the tool of a number
OF so-called representative Irishmen in
America, who think nothing of wreck
Ing lie so that they may have fresh
material for demagogic proclamations
concerning the hatred of the British
people Tor the Irish, and for new ap-
peals to the ignorant and credulous for
funds. There is absolutely NO ouestion
but that Ivory was BETRAYED to the
British detectives by the very men i'm
New York and Brooklyn who induced
him to undertake the so-called mission.
and 1t is also fact that these same
men have advised him to make a spread
eagle patriotic speech in the dock.
wbich they can use in their next pro
clamation to the Irish race,
ivory may get off with ten years. but
ne is more likely to get TWENTY-FIVE.
EXTRAORDINARY precautions will be
taken to insure the safety of Jones. the
spy, upon whose evidence the case
against Ivory mainly rests. He has
been in strict seclusion since the Police
Court proceedings, and will be kept at
Scotland Yard during the forthcoming
trial. being escorted to and from the
court every day by an armed and
mounted guard.
The return of number of prominent
politicians to London from the various
places where they spent the Christmas
holidays, and the renwed activity at
the several political clubs, indicate the
oIening OF the parliamentary session.
Before the session opens three Cabinet
councils will be held. The first meeting
of the Ministers will be devoted to set
Ting the details of the work of the ses-
son.
AT the second meeting, which it is ex-
pected will be summoned for January
18th, the Queens speech opening the
session will be prepared. and at the
third meeting the general line to be