The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-24
BOTH SIDES DEFIANT
OF IRELAND Is HOSTILE
TO ENGLAND
REBELLION HELD UNSUITABLE
MIR. Wyndham, Chief Secretary for
Ireland, BIuntIy Says No Con-
cessiOns VIII BE Made to
Home Rule AgitatOrs.

LONDON, Jan. 23-The debate on the
address in reply to the speech from the
throne was resumed in the house of COM
mons today by John Redmond, the Irish
Nationalist leader, who moved an amend
ment raising the whole question of Irish
grievances. He declared that instead OF
remedying admitted wrongs, the govern
ment had gotten back to the cd methods
of coercion. The Irish people would yet
teach Mr.. Wyndham (the chief secretary
for lreland) to repent his rash refusal
to grant the reasonable demands of Ire
land in regard to the compulsory sale and
purchase of land. There was no country
in the world where crime was less fire.
quent than in Ireland, yet the coercion
act had been resurrected after decade
and had been ruthlessly applied. Scores.
including members of the house of COM
mons, had been unjustifabIy imprisoned.
and trial by jury had been abolished The
whole intellect of Ireland was against
the government and Under such circuIn-
stances resistance to the government was
duty and rebellian became merely a
question of expeddency. Though a hun
dred years had passed since the union,
English rule in Ireland still rested upon
force and corruption. The Irish would
never be well affected until they were
masters of their own country.
John =. Hayden Qrish Nationalist) sec
onded the amendment
Will Make No Concessions.
Replying to Mr.. Redmond, Mr.. Wynd-
ham traversed almost all of his state
ments, and declared that no government
expected to settle the Irish question, but
only hoped to do a little toward i'm
proving it. He said that the land act
of 1881 was too drastic a measure hay
ing produced a litigious war which had
ruined many people The strongest ar
gument against introducing compulsion
INTO the purchase and sale of land, Mr.
Wyndham said, was that such action
would provoke every landlord. and every
tenant to fight from court to court in
every disputable point He reiterated
his conviction that the power of the Irish
league was declining, that it had onlv
seVenty-four branches and that it was
having a prejudicia1 effect upon eco
MONIES. The present agitation declar-
ed Mr.. Wyndham, was the work of a
few determined persons. and no man who
was not cur would hesitate to take such
steps as were open to him to suppress
this wretched form of bullying the gov
eminent. He was determined. he said.
while dealing justly with Ireland. to fight
Tor liberty and the protection of property.
Explaining Execution of Scheeper..
The war secretary, Mr.. Broderick, was
asked by William Redmond whv Com
mandant Scheepers was executed last
Saturday at GRAF Reinet. Cape Colony.
The secretary replied that Scheepers was
shot because he had been convicted of
various offenses against the usages of
war, including several cold-blooded muir
ders of natives and the fogging Of a
white man. Mr.. Broderick added that
the fact that Commandant Seheepers was
a prisoner of war carried no exemption
from trial for murder and other viola
lions of the rules of war.
Mr.. Balfour, the government leader in
the house, parted an interesting question
put by Mr.. Laurin Q4iberaD, as to
whether any proposal in behalf of the
leaders of the Beers with view Of
bringing about settlement of the war
mad been received by the government
since the negotiations between Kitchener
and Gen. Botha. =
NO proposal of that kind" said Mr.
Baltour, has reached us on the part of
anyone able to speak for the leaders Of
the Boer forces'' =
Tne eVasive reply OF the government
leader was taken to be a confirmation
OF the reports that proposals had been
received from the Boer delegates in Ell
rope, put had been rejected.