Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-12
MICHAEL DAVITT
Scores British Administration
and its Criminal Hypocrisy.
DAMNING CONTRAST Between
English and Irish Criminal Calen-
dars-The Facts Cited and Quota
tions Made From the Omcial Rec
Ords.

Mr. Michael Davitt writes from Dakey
Dear Sir-Reference to Irish crime.
agrarian OF otherwise, in the speeches of
English ministers are Intentionally insult
ing to US as a people They are meant to
convey to English audiences the impress
sion that we are prone to the commission of
crime, and that it is only by the strong
exercise Of the restraining arm Of English
law that this country is kept from an out
break Of general felony 1t was in this
sense that the apologists for the Jameson
Raid was applauded in Exeter last night by
an audience of Primrose Danes when he
referred to the practical freedom Of this
country at present from agrarian offenses
An English audience listened to a homily
on Irish crime from a politician who was
the interested defender of a gang of men
who plotted aud attempted to carry out one
Of the greatest burglares of history-the
Raid on the Rand Mines-is in every sense
worthy Of a nation of moral and political
hypocrites Bill Sykes on the Ten Com
mandments would not offer US a more con-
sistently English moral performance than
Mr. Wyndham lecturing Ireland and Irish.
men on their bad qualities from an English
city.
The Chief Secretary's speech was de-
iiveied in Exeter and have had the cur.
iosity to look up the criminal records of
Devoushire for the past year in order to
understand the kind of moral atmosphere
in which MT Wyndham and his Primrose
DaGies sit ia Judgement upon US. I find
these figures Part l. Criminal Statistics,
1900, page I4S) Attempt to murder I man
slaughter ?; felonious woundng, 2; at
tempts to commit unnatural offenses, 2; in
decency with males ?; rape and indecent
assault on females 8; dehlement of girls
under sixteen, 2; sacrilege, Y burglary and
house breaking, 20; larceny 45o; arson, 2.
In all, for one English county for one year
total of s67 indictabe offenses.
/ will next give your readers a few figures
as to the record Of moral England for
the same year which find in the same blue
book (psge 1867 Murders, I2I convictions
for same, 65, leaving 80 murders unpun-
ished attempted murders II; manslaughter,
2oi felOnious woundng, 25o; malicious
wounding. IooI rapes, indecent assaults on
females aud deflement of young girls, I, 33o;
unnatural ofenses, 200; bgamy, us.
A report of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children, at page A, says that
Io,7oo children were 'immorally outraged"
in England and Wales, 3o7,9o4 neglected
and starved" 50, 26o assaulted and i'll
treated" " and that 1856 were found to be
sufferers in other ways since that society
commenced its humane labors
There were a total of 10000 indictable
ohenses committed in England and Wales
last year, for which crimes s3,35Q persons
were apprehended, leaving over 20, 600
crimes unpunished
In the category of offenses against prop
erty with violence, which would bear some
comparison to agrarian crime in Ireland,
there were 1854 of such crimes in the one
year in England aud Wales, for which, how
ever, only 2,S54 persons were apprehended,
leaving the enormous number Of 4, goo Of
these crimes unpublished. blue book,
page 1886
II is IN every sense becoming in a repre-
sentative of these people to talk about
Irish crime at English meetings Mr.
Wyndham s impertinences about the Irish
party and political funds come with equal
propriety from politician in the receipt of
$4,000 a year for his services in Dublin
Castle. He belongs to party which has
used its power and majority in Parliament
to pass the Agricultural Rating Act that has
relieved the supporters OF the Tory Minis
try to the extent of near .GIo, ,ooo, 900 out Of
the general taxes of Great Britain. II was
also Mr.. Wyndham's party which presented
to their Irish landlord hackers the annual
relief Of some 635o,ooo in the matter of
rates in connection with the County Gov
eminent Act