The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-20
IRISH LEAGUE
MEETINGS ARE
NOT MOLESTED
Vast Importance OF
the Movement.
PLENTY OF LAND FOR ALL
BUT CONCESSIONS MUST BE
MADE BY LARGE HOLDERS.
Clancy Reviews the Happenings Of a
Week at Dublin and Tells of
Matters of General In
terest in Ireland.
PLENTY OF LAND FOR ALL
BUT CONCESSIONS MUST BE
MADE BY LARGE HOLDERS.
BY j. j. CLANCY, Nj. p.
Special Correspondence of The Call.

DUBLIN. Nov. 5.-The Government
seems to be taking a lesson in common
sense. AS 1 have mentioned in previous
letters they have been doing their best
of late to give Importance to the United
Irish League movement by proclaiming
the meetings of that body. The result of
such action was TO make the meetings
larger and larger, and. as matter of
fact. since the prOclamati0ns began to be
issued the movement has begun steadily
to assume larger and larger dimensions.
This fact seems to have considerably al
fected the minds of the Castle authori-
ties. for last Sunday one of the greatest
meetings yet held in support of the objects
OF the league-at CastIerea in the Coun-
~ of Roscommon-tOok place without
any interference on the part Of the po-
lice, though there was as much reason
for interfering with it as there was for
doing so in the case of any demonstration
with which the Castle has concerned it
self. The Castlerea meeting was really
large, the speeches were even more out
spoken than any previously delivered,
and the danger to the large graZlerS
whose lands the league desires to see dl-
vided up among the people, if there has
ever been any danger to them personally,
was quite as great The future of the
movement now depends on the Govern
ment. II the policy adopted in regard
TO the CastleTea meeting continues 70 oe
that OF the Caste-that is, of the Gov
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Will go on quietly.
Ii not, there may easily be such a state
OF public disturbance and disorder as Will
attract the attention not only OF Ireland
as a whole, but of Great Britain and
America as we'll. The object aimed at is
TO give additional land TO the small hold
ers in the 'cOngested" districts. Those
people are at present compelled to live
on such small patches of land as cannot
sutlce for the maintenance Of their fam
Ines. While All around are vast tracts OF
grazing land IN the possession OF sheep
ana cattle. To compel those small holo-
els 10 depend on their actual means OF
subsistence Is pTacucaIIy 10 condemn
them TO perpetual starvation ara 10 TAKE
that course would be mOnSJrouS IN view
OF the tact mentioned that there is plenty
OF land TO gave Inem, II only the srazlers
are bought out fortunately there IS
chance as the result OF the present move
171enr mar the Government VIII devote
pUrUlpn OF the next session TO dealing Dy
Iegls4ation with TINS question IN a more
OF less Sd satisfactory manner.
We have had d visit TINS week IN DUB
lin from SIR John LuDDOch, NJ. 2, the DIS
tlnguIsned banker ana scientist OF Lon
don. lie came over here TO deliver the
inaugural lecture at the opening meeting
OF our newest organlzauon-lhe irish
Bankers Institute. ms is BODY com
posed OF the leadlng men III 4TeldAu COl!-
nected with the banking business, ana 1t
was much wanted Tor the purpose OF
bringing together at intervals all inter
este6 in' that branch of commerce. Hith-
erto those persons nave never nad any
means of communicating with one anothef
on questions affecting them as bankers,
and Yet very serious questions nave arisen
regarding which 1t Is absolutely neceS-
sary that legislation should take place
The Bankers Institute Will supply IlS
necessary means of discussing all such
questions. Sir John Lubboch, however,
in his address did not deal with those
matters, but preferred, on the contrary,
10 give an historical retrospect of the MS
tory OF banking in all the countries Oh
the world. and the consequence was that,
though he made some interesting reIeT-
enceS to the ancient currency Oh the lano,
Nv tod a
is that he is man of much and varied
information, but he is so duh ana IN
Interesting speaker Ina eiie oT e. - -
he says seem commonplace nave my :
self had experience of him Tor several
years in the House of Commons, ana L
know as a matter of fact that, despite
all his books on scientific and monetary
subjects, he is usually listened to by but
q small audience, and then only with
impatience. 1t may, consequently, be as
sumed that he did not take Well in
the dining hall of Trinity College, Dub,
speakers. But his address was interest
ing all the same, and the proceedings
which ensued brought out some Of the
leading commercial and business men IN
Dublin Among them the most prominent,
undoubtedly, vas the Rignt non nia A5aef !.
the leading citizen of Dublin from social
and commercial point of view He is a
builder and contractor by trade, but ne Is
also chairman or president of the Hfber-
MAN Bank and the leading member OF
the Dublin Corporation: In politics ne
Parnellite. This last mentioned fact
which of course, was brought home to S11
John Lubbock. must have CONSIDERABLY
disenchanted and disguised him; for ne Is
most determined Unionist and his idea
as well as that of all men like him IT
London. is that all persons Of wealth ano
substance in ireland, and especially In
Dublin. belong to the Unionist party
Nor is Alderman Meade by any means
the only man of the kind in the National.
ist ranks. Indeed, the fact Is that al
but a few of the class are Home Rulers
Nl6 r q
years ago when the Maquis Of Ripon anc
John Morley visited Ireland.
Next to the demonstration in honor o.
Wolfe Tone in August and the Parnel
demonstration last month. must pc reck
oned that in the town Of WeXford thls
that county fell fighting that year in de
fence of home and liberty. Probably
Is 900 people assembled on the occasion Il
" assist in laying the foundation stone OF
monument in commemoration Of the Wex
ford martyrs. The whole population o
the town and district, in fact. turned gu
with bands and banners. and the enthu
siasm was unbounded. When we remem
Der the history Of Wexford the fact /
scarcely wonderful 1t was the scene o
one Of the most terrible massacres O
Cromwell. and in 9S the market place o
the old town was the scene of a some
what similar massacre. The result is tina
the Inhabitants Of the town from that da!
TO this regard England or rather English
rule with the utmost detestation and nor
rof and are ready at this time at any mo
ment to manifest the fact to all thu
World. ne chief speakers in WEXFORD
this week We're Mr. John Redmond anC
his brother, William: but in addition tt
them was the historian Of '98. the Rev
Father Kavanagh the Franciscan fra,
whose portrait The Call published a shor
time ago. I need not summarize tn,
speeches The plain meaning or the Who'll,
affair is that Wexford at least is quite al
rebellious against English rule as 1t wa
one hundred years ago. and that 1t lack
only the means and opportunity to Civ
proof of the fact This. however. is al
true of every part of ireland outside of
small part of Ulster as it is of Wexford
and the Government knows it well
though Mr.. Chamberlain talked in Amer
lea as if the local government act ha'
settled the Irish question: and though tn
Lord Lieutenant. Lord Cadogan. spok
the other day in Belfast Of the loyalty
Of Ireland This county is at presen
peaceable and quiet-more peaceable an
quiet probably. than 1t has been for
hundred years-but those who know tn
Yennle hest know that they are only wall