The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-27
Ireland's Hopeful Outlook.

Ireland's Hopeful Outlook.
/, (From the New York Wrold)
Dublin. Nov. 29-Ireland is on the
threshold of great events. if one NAV
| ITSl To numerous 9ortentS
/ rl mere are those who believe that King
| EDWARD. who always has shown svn1na9
| my with the Irish claims. has used ms
| t,lluehce to convince the Balfour gov
! eIllinent that a continuance of the nres-
t SIlt system OF governing Ireland against
instead OF for the Irish peoDIe Consti-
tuIeS grave menace TO the eInpirc
w nSn' Sir Antony MacdonneIl was re-
| Gently appointed under secretary for Ire
lalia' the KING sent for Viceroy Dudley
! anu MacaoDnell and had a long confer
ence with them at Buckingham palace.
since tthen. on every public accession in
lIeldild, the Vlceroy has spoken in the
NH Tber CoH &c terms to the people
Work OF the United Irish party in par
! lament and the country the Irish uues-
tloh is now entering the most important
Phase since Gladstone adopted home rule
Nloeroy Dudley's recent utterances so
tuearly point to a big move in the direc-
tlon OF home rule that the London
ZINES alarmed at the outlook, has Sc
AGely rebuked him. telling him that his
outlcs are ornamental and that he has
tions.
But, of course, the vicerov would not
| 'sEGNN'ANso
stance OF the government he represents.
one OF the most significant pronounce
m t.[ ne has made runs thus:
40 not mold the view that great
empire should be run as a huge regi-
illent In which each nation should lose its
IAulFIQu3llty and be brought under a
common system of discipline and drill.
sential. portion of nations life. and
sympathetic treatment would helm them
TO enable her to provide her own consti-
tI IN ana play her own special part in
tne l1e OF the empire.
II is upon that principle that I shall
Try SO far as | can, TO proceed during
my term of office believing firmly that
any hatioraI development, to be lasting
and healthy, must be spontaneous. must
be promoted with full and constant re-
gard to the special conditions of the
country which it affects"
Equally significant is the TACT that
there is serious split in the landlord
party; Lord Dunraven and other lead
Ins landlords, with Chief Secretary
Wytndham's aid, have arranged for a
conference with their tenants represent
atlVeS, IN spite of the denunciations OF
the Duke OF Abercorn Lord London
derry and the Orange landlords who
hltnerto nave bossed the landlord party,
and the Irish government
At this hopeful moment a somewhat
unfortunate question has arisen to tenn.
porarily cloud the prospect
Inc Irish bishops have intimated
9lsapnrove the action of the Irish party
IN Withdrawing from parliament during
me autumn session, taking no part lii
the debates on the ministerial educatio /
Dill which affects the Catholic schools In
England -
The reply of the Irish party, through
us CHAIRMAN, John Redmond, is this:
Inc party supported this bill from
June to the August adjournment in its
critical stages, and the bill being per
Iectiy saIe IN the autumn session. the
Pdrtyl Wlthd"ew to Ireland to carry on
the work of the United Irish league in
order to resist coercion and force the
government to bring forward it's big land
plIl at the next session. The Catholic
schools in England have, therefore, suf-
Tered nothing through the party"s abb
Sence, as they could have gained nothing
oy ITS presence at Westminster, while tho
partys fight against coercion in Ireland
would necessarily have been less effec-
tive If 1t had attended parliament giving
Supertluous support to a ministry which
mas been grossly abusing it's powers in
an attempt to break down the league or
ganlnzation in Ireland
The effect of the policy of the Irish
party mas been to cause Chief Secrc-
tary Xyndham to promise a land bill
Ior the next session, which he says will
seIue the land question once for all
Whlie the indomitabls stand made
against coercion throughout the country
Where the league members undeterred
py ne2vy sentences os common GRIM
sun holding meetings, has resulted in
convincing Wyndham that coercion is
useless and in compelling him to under
take to reform the administration al
Dublinc satle.
The action of the Irish Catholic bish-
ops is regarded with regret and main
by the irish party, whose members. how
ever recoGnize that the bishops in their
eceleslastlcal capacity could not refuse
odrulnal Naughans appeal to bring pres
sure TO pear on the Irish party to sup
port the education bill But the Irish
party Knows, that the bishops will give no
support to the half dozen discredited fac
lioIlsts LED by Mr. Healy, who, with the
:d OF the English unionist press, is us
ing the bishops intervention to hammer
the PARTY in its fight against coercion.
MT redmond and the Irish partv know
mat II the pressure of the league on the
irish government is relaxed now the
value OF next years land bill will he less |
ened proportionately, and the Dublin cas- !
Tie reforms, now admitted to be neces- |
sary. would be dropped
AT the same time, in Difference to the
wish of the bishops, if, when the edu-
cation bill CONS back to the house of
commons from the house of lords. the
irish members see any chance of inn
proving 1t in respect to the Catholic
SCHOOLS. they will be summoned back tai
w estmlnster by Mr. Redmond to press
party is the merest moonshiren The nres-
ent party is absolutely solid Even Mr.
Healy has disclained any such project
ious fiasco. ,