The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-29
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Famine Has Taken Possession of
the Western Part.


| Irish World.
| There is distress in the west of Ireland
| The crop on which the poor people entirely
depend has failed. The distress is growing
in intensity and widening in area. Famine
has invaded and taken possession of every
cabin In the afflicted districts. No food,
no work, no credit. The garments on their
| backs were exchanged for something TO
eat. The poor shopkeepers loaned DIS loEg
| as they were able TO give, and nov prac-
tically all business has ceased. Black ies-
pair has settled on the Inflated peasants,
| VINO resign themselves to death. The faith
| ers and mothers. God fearing peopic,
| might surrender themselves in NJ euce TO
the dreadful doom. but On it tears the
heart in them TO see their dear little inno-
cent ones wasting away and dying before
| their eyes for want of bread and :fAv
unable TO give it to them.
| The hope was entertained by them ,hat
| good friends in America would send relief
me local priests and the good sisters of
Charity, who are tireless in their labo, g
to tighten their sad lot and console their
pedsides held out that hope to them. They
nave written letters for publication ID the
irish World. mournfully descriptive of the
awful situation and appealing for assist
anee. These letters have been COMM, 10
this office for some months past. hut save
IN one or two instances, we have not rub
lished them.
1t was hard, indeed for the Irish r'o-l1
to shut its columns to those PLAINTIFF an
peals' but 1t was harder yet for US to e,-
pear in tho role Of the mendicant, even
On penaii OF suffering innocence. Perhaps
we ala wrong in letting our pride get The
better OF us, and many a pang has thn
remembrance of the failure to act brou.n.
10 our soul. Even death Ia prsfereLle TO
uishonor, and 1t did seem 10 us that il
would be dishonoring to the rae to 49,
cent our motherland every now ard hen
70 the world as the pauper among the ne
tons. Wv II"
But if We shut our columns 10 The an
peaiS lot those poor people we did not shin,
our hearts to them. God forbid, In =,
quiet way we RENTED a little, hoping TINT
perhaps some action taken by wha; calls
itseii the government over there toselhsr
MIN the voluntary contributions, might
uue mem over and at the same time snare
he irlsh name the humiliation that Mt
,aohes 10 the appeal of the beggar. Eut
pointed. ''' u'sap-
They asked the government In
give them little, only little OF tho
piunder that is yearly and shamelcsglv ev
.orted from Ireland in the way OF over
taxation. They asked for bread and have
,eoe'seu stone. And now tbcy turn TO
US iu America. We can not close oar
ears to their miserere. For us n dc sa
would he to put ourselves in line with the
neartiess alien government itself. which
WOULD gladly see not only those islanders
put the whole Irish race, perish from The
Men OF the Irish World. you were never
wanting in the past in responding to any
nppeal Tor good cause. BE true now 10
youf noble and generous past q tr.,a 70 |
aSu. Give! Tell the story to youf
s,,ion ana nave them give 80 out |
contribute. '"''I ''so
All donations will be acknuw,erged IA /
me columns of the Irish World nuhI,sbod
IN New York Give, and It shall be given |
~ Sou asain IN other ways, The prayers |
I'VE I'VE Tor and with those osoole. added IN |
,,', prayers OF the poor people their selves,
wiz count FOR you here and hereafter.