The Washington herald., 1906-11-11
Special conespondenee washington Herald.

Special coresPonderee Washington Herald.
Dublin, Oct. Sl.-It is great pity that
the momentous question Of the reinstate-
ment of the evicted Irish tenants should
be made the subject Of a bitter quarrel
between Irish leaders and politicians
when all hands should be united in press
ing 10 a settlement some practical meas
ures for their relief. Their plight is
most pitiable. They have been appro-
priately termed the wounded soldiers
of the land war" To their courage and
sacrifice is due all the land reforms that
have been won for Ireland Yet thou
sands Of them have not yet been re-
stored 10 their old holdings, and are Iy-
/ ing in abject misery and destitution.
/ On the invitation Of the Cork Evicted
/ Tenants Association. the members Of the
Land Conference Of 1902 met to consider
/ the matter. The only absentee was John
Redmond, who declined TO cOuntenance
! the conference. It's report has Just been
! issued. There is no space to describe the
scheme in detail. Among other things. IL
calls upon the government TO devote the
whole OF the S1.2J0,009 which Is ear-marked
under the purchase act for the carrying
/ out Of migration schemes and the en-
! iargement Of holdings. as well as the
! restoration OF the evicted tenants, solely
TO the latter purpose, since Il Is clear
! that vastly greater sum viii be requir-
ed when the problem Of congestion Is
dealt with
Dillon and O'BrIen Clash.
/ Mr. Dillon devotes four columns in the
1 Dublin Freeman 20 an attempt 20 demon
strate that the scheme IS uuworkable and
valueless. and he charges that the report
/ is the outcome of plot for the destruc-
/ ton Of the Irish party, and for placing
Irish politics in control Of Lord Dunraven
and his revolution friends And in his
paper, the Irish People, William OBrien
anthematizes and Dulverizes Blr. Dillon
/ throughout a dozen columns or more.
Whatever the rights and wrongs Of the
controversy between them, the spectacle
/ is q deDlOrable one.
! As regards the scheme propOunded by
/ the conference for the sake CT the
/ wTetched eVicted tenants. one must hope
/ that Mr.. O'Brien's view Of it is right, and
Mr. Dillons wrong. Mr.. O'Brien declares
/ that IT provides for a speedy and sstisfse-
/ tory settlement Of the matter. Address
/ ing a monster meeting a Cork he advised
the eviCted tenants TO refrain from any
uAcL bcLAlLE LUl LElE ltEAL ElA lLDiAttlo ktaak
/ the government may be given a fair
chance. In return, he said, Il make the
/ pledge 10 You here to-day. If the autumn
session IS allowed TO pass without any &C
ton. and if in six months this question is
/ left in the dereliCt ConditiOn-in the same
! feeble, exasperating way in which # has
I been left for the last two years. for one
will be with the eyicted tenants heart and
/ soul in any protest no matter how ex-
I R-F-,
make against either the landlords or the
grabbers. or the estates commissioners, or
the government. or whoever else may be
responsible for dashing the cup Of hope
again from the evicted tenants Of Ire
land"
Will Introduce Baseball.
Another step toward the Americaniza-
ion Of Ireland viii take place next year.
Arrangements are row in progress to in
troduce the game Of baseball. Cricket IS
practically boycotted in Leinster, Munster,
and Connaught and in many OF the towns
and villages in Ulster. 1t is considered
to be of English origin and its support IS
entirely confined TO what is described as
the garrison clement in Ireland The
young athletes Of the country have been
looking out for some pastime that VIII
help them cultivate their muscles and
stamina during the summer months and
baseball is their choice. The suggestion
has come from Richard Burke, wealthy
San Francisco man. who has settled at
Nenagh in the County Tipperary. where
he has done much TO encourage sport in
various forms in the South Of Ireland.
He believes that baseball had its origin in
the old Irish game OF FOUNDERS" IF
we revive the old Irish game Of FOUNDERS
in Ireland in its modern FORM he says,
in a short time we would see as little
cricket in Ireland as in America If it
is taken up enthusiastically by the young
men OF the country, as I believe il viii
be in a few years, we shall see the cham
pion baseball nine of Ireland challenging
the United States for the championship
of the world
Reject Orders Written in Gaelic.
The new college that has just been es-
tablished in Dublin for the training OF
teachers IN the Gaelic language and liter
ature has already found itself famous.
The Illuminating magnates who control
the local gas supply evidently see dan
ger in such an enterprise as an Irish
college and they are determined that
they viii not be a party toward spread
ing the light" either in the way OF gas
or education The requisition for the sup
ply or light was written in Gaelic, and
the directors Of the gas company prompt
ly said, No; IL you want light for your
obsolete old language you must request
supply through the medium OF lesSble
Anglo-Saxon." "CapituIate" is not In
scTibed on the banner OF the Gaelic Re
viyalists. with the result that the college
has at the moment been obliged TO fall
back on the modest oil lamp as an illumi-
nant
A provincial newspaper Of rather pro-
nounced nationalist sympathies has had
similar experience. Its proprietOrs con-
ceived the idea OF removing the head Of
nee TO Dublin. but the gas company, act
Ing on the same principle as that die
tated by their policy in connection with
the Irish college. declined 10 supply light.
Unless the application for il was made
in English, the editorial brain must in
this latter case continues 10 draw its in
spiration from high flash American oil.
+. y. CULLEN.