Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-04-20
ACCUSED TAKEN FROM HOME FOR TRIAL
Irish Leaders Accuse Government of
Doing Nothing for Relief of Ten
ants and Abandoning Land
Purchase Act.

Copyright 1902, by Press Publishing Col
DUBLIN, April 19.-(New York World
sblegrRm-Special Telegram. l--Ireland
will celebrate the coronation OF Edward
VII as it celebrated the first jubilee OF
Queen Victoria-with jails full Of political
prisoners convicted by what is considered
there mockery OF law. With unbridled
police rule TO eXasperate the people, the
Irish leaders can no longer be responsible
for consequences.
Never has coercion. been so gratuitously
applied in Ireland as by Irish Secretary
wyndhams proclaiming nine counties under
the crimes act Never has it caused such
bitter resentment Being called upon in
the House OF Commons by John Redmond
and the Irish to Justify his action, Mr..
WyndhRm utterly failed to make out a
case for eXtortional legislation. He was
only able TO give seven cases of real boy
cotting throughout ireland, admitting that
no crimes of violence or of serious char
acter had arisen from the agrarisn ques-
tion and could not deny that, taken all
around ireland has less crime than any
other country in Europe at present, and
has had less for some time back.
object of Coercion.
The real object OF the coercion is to
crush the league and thus enable the land
lords to get higher rates for the purchase
of their holdings than the United Irish
league advises the tenants to pay. The
issuing OF the proclamation putting the
crimes act in force was due to the infu-
ence Of Lord Londonderry, now in the
cabinet. who is the leader OF the Irish
landlord party and to the melting and the
gross exaggeration Of circumstances by GER
tain London newspapers, whose pictures OF
conditions in Ireland Secretary Wyndham
himself acknowledged we're ridiculous
traversties OF the truth.
In order TO coerce the tenants into pay
ing more than the market price for their
holdings the British cabinet has suspended
trial by jury in nine counties. which have
], 500, 600 Inhabitants whose liberties are
placed as the mercy OF two police magis-
trates who never were known TO scquit
anybody who, without legal knowledge,
have jurisdiction in a vague charge Of con-
spiracy and who, IL they fail TO convict
may be Immediately transferred or dis
missed.
Taken from Home for Trial.
Moreover, no one charged with any Of
fense indictable before jury can be tried
in his own county. but at the request Of
the attorney general venue must be
changed to any other part Of ireland.
Under this power nationalist tenants,
whom there was no chance for oonvicting
anywhere else. have been taken to Belfast
TO be tried by an orange jury.
In short, every nationalist in those nine
counties is deprived OF every constitutional
right and is placed absolutely In the power
of any policeman who considers him in
fuential among his fellows and chooses to
trump up any kind Of charge to bring
him before the removable magistrates. The
government does not even make any pre-
tense OF doing anything for the admitted
grievances Of tenants, and the land pur-
chase bill introduced in the House Of Com
mons before Easter was dropped stimuli
taneously with the adoption Of coercion. In
fact. Il was never intended to pass the
land bill