Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
inst Of Measures in Direction Of Homs
Rule by Instsllmsnta
CASTLE GOVERNMENT is UNDER FIRE
Belief Expressed that Changes win Be
Made in tystsm.
IRISH usIoNIsTs BLcOMlSe UNEASY
Irish Times Makes Bitter Comment on
speech of Permanent Under
Secretary, sayins Il was
Iu-Advtsed.

The Bee. e.l-bOmethlnB OF nuttef mas peen
caused by the rather cryptic utterances Of
Sir Antony MacDonnell. permanent under
secretary for Ireland at a recent banquet
here. What. it is being asked, did Sir An
tony mean when he expressed his firm
belief that the next session Of Parliament
would sec the fruition of many of those
hopes which the best Irishmen had for
years entertained7" Many there are who
think the answer is to be found in the
management made by ministers In the
n - speech at the opening of Parlia-
- sIlat they have under considera-
"ooplans for improving and effecting
Snomics In the government OF ireland
and introducing into It means for associ-
ating the people with the conduct of Irish
affairs."
Il is known that since that time in
Quiries have been on foot, and Il is now
quite certain that an Irish government bill
will be the principal measure before Par
lament in the session of 1907. Unionists
profess 10 believe that this may be the
FIRST OF the home rule installment" sys-
tenn. More than once, however, the prime
minister has stated that attempt will
be made to pass home rule without frst
appealing to the country and that what
the government has in view IL ito give
Ireland large measure OF management In
'ment OF the policy which the unionists
have themselves pursued
Bill Being Prepared.
There is good ground for supposlng that
the bill is In an advanced state Of prepara-
ton by the responsible heads of the Irish
J Office. Nothing is known about the char
Rcter ,of the measure, but the impression
IL that a bold assault will be made upon
asyhst is known castle government in
Ireland AT Dublin castle there are. It is
stated. no fewer than forty-one different
govern departments. Some Of these
are comparatively unimportant, but many
OF them are important What is believed
10 be In contemplation is the coordination
OF most Of these departments, placing them
under the control of some kind OF popu-
larly-elected central counrik-- The-natipnr
aiist leaders themselves do not hesitate to
say that sooner or later they will be able
10 force large sized home rule CONCESSIONS
out of the government. .e., 500
Freeman's journal thus anticipates the
action Of the government: "The current Of
events points to the introduction next ses-
sion of an Irish measure at least In the
direction OF home rule The larger the
measure the better. not merely for Ire
land, but for the government. Tho cabinet
needs only a little courage to settle the
may be followed with advantage"
Comment on speech.
Commenting on Sir Antony MacDonnells
speech, the Irish Times says "A good
many people are certain to take Sir An
tony as meaning that next year is 20 give
US home rule, or. at least. something SC
very near It that the Irish people car
turn II into home rule without difhculty-
in fact, sort of Transvaal constitution
sir Antony's cryptic pronouncement will
NIL Irish unionists with uneasy suspicion
and II that suspicion should prove to have
been groundless. then there is all the les:
justification for the speech II II should alsC
MI the nationalists with hopes which ar'
doomed TO be disappointed, then the speech
will have to be condemned reail,
grave error both OF taste and Judgment
There is considerable alarm over th'
possibilities Of potato famine and SOM
Of the farmers fear that the situation will
gradually become In another season as bat
as that of more than half a century ago
The potato blight is bad especially among
the fields and gardens in the counties O
> Wexford and Waterford. Along the seq
coast more especially has the blight show
itself unmIstakably In the withered stalk
and decaying leaves, and, in some in
stances, the baneful smell that IL given ou
by the deeayins tubers. Heavy sea fog
have been prevalent for the last thre
weeks. and more inland even. the dens
vapors have not lifted until late in tn
morning, and to this cause some OF tn
mischief is attributed
Spraying stops Blight.
where spraying has been rssorted 60. tn
blight has not shown itself so markedly
ana in many instances where a portio
only OF the field has been sprayed an
another part not. the former has escape
while the latter has not. Potatoes-th
ordinary srowth-are now selling freely 1
the market towns from pence TO . pene
- the stone weight Other crops. howevei
are doing well.
The new town hall in Belfast was for
maIly opened by Lord Aberdeen. the Ior
lieutenant OF ireland. The new buildinI
which is such a contrast 10 the old re
brick town hall near the river. marks IN
emerEence OF the northern capital frol
that Of more or less provincial town int
the position og one of the great cities {
the world. When the plan and expense
the building were nrst adumbrated. theI
were loud cries from many quarters this
the scheme was too large for Belfast, b,
fts promoters very wisely proceeded Wit
n. and they have worked II out 10 n
permanent credit OF the town. The pos
tion OF the new building-the finest now
RaIfaat-ls on the site Of the ola Linz