The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
AFFAIRS IN IRELAND
BY SEUMAS MACMANUS
BY SEUMAS MACMANUS.


Mount Charles. County Donegal, Ire
land. July l6.-The first blow struck by
Mr.. Redmond in his new campaign has
been a crusher-to himself T. p. O'COn-
nor, IL is we'll known, inspired the policy
of c0ntesting English boroughs in which
there was a fair Irish vote. Jarrow.
Northern English constituency, has just
been contested-and lost. Lost also is
the sg-mpathy OF the English Labor
party. Jarrow was a labor constituency.
The Labor party put up for it, against
the Liberals. an Irish Labor man and
Home Ruler, Pete Curran, man much
esteemed by English workingmen. He
natura,," expected the support OF ali
Irish workingmen in the division. An
Irish Nationalist candidate had no chance
Of winning. but The putting up OF one
might lose the constituency to the Labor
man Alderman O'Hanlon. Of Jarrow,
nevertheless, was in a wildcat enterprise,
put up and run by Mr.. Redmond. The
Labor party, which has been as strenuous
home-rulers as the Irish party them
selves, were highly irritated Alderman
O'Hanlon polled 1000 and same odd votes,
coming at the bottom of the poll, Pete
Curran. with 5000 votes headed the poll,
beating both the Liberal candidate. and.
by the skin Of his teeth, the Conservative,
The Labor party is perilously near be
ing estranged from home rule by Mr..
Redmond's foolish and impolitic play to
the gallery.
Aftec long and persistent effort on the
part OF the Orange N. P's from Ulster
to have convent and monasteries open to
government inspection, Mr.. Corbett, N.
P. succeeded, lately. in getting a first
reading In Parliament for a convent IN
spection bill Mr.. Corbetts bill proposes
10 appoint a commission of seven TO in
quire into the property or income Of mo-
nastie institutions and conyents. their
numbers since 1880. and respective situa-
tions and character. and to determine
what regulations are needed with respect
10 converts In Great Britain. The COM
miss.Oners. il is suggested. are to be ap-
pointed by the lord chancellor of Eng
land, the speaker Of the House Of Com
mons, the lord chief justice Of England.
two by the Catholic poor schools commit
tee. one by the charity commissioners
for England and Wales. and one by the
commissioners in lunacy, and they should
have full powers TO enforce the attend
ance of witnesses. of examining them on
oath. and OF compelling the production Of
documents. and punishing persons guilty
OF contempt.
A very fine sample of the stuff with
which sympathetic" English statesmen
have so long and so successfully cajoled
thousands of our sinlylt Irish people was
given utterance 10 by our chief secretary.
BirreI, in an after T-1inne~ speech ON DO
rninion Day, Sir Wufrid Laurier, Of Can
ada. being the guest of honor, and Lord
Strathcona trying 10 fill the chair
Speaking with deep emotion" say the
newspapers. Mr.. Birrell imploTed them
I do beseech you, in all your dreams Of
empire, great and glorious rs they are
don't leave Ireland out of account
(Cheers) Your dreams will be somewhat
of a sham in their realization if Ireland
is not taken into account in your hopes
loud applause) If her sons, with their
talent and genius. which so eminently At
them for serving the empire. are disre
garded, your dream will be incomplete
As my last word. I would say. Don't
leave ireland out" loud and prolonged
cheers) Mr.. Birren. too. az this din
ner propounded a new and final solution
for Irelands woes. It IS the establishing
of a transatlantic line between Canada
and the County Mayo. God help us And
with such statesmen guiding our des-
TIMES, people still wonder why Ireland
lags,
The lockers strike in Belfast is de-
veloping interestingly. The carriers Of Bel
fast have gone out, in sympathy, and It
is threatened that other trades bodies
will do likewise derry City lockers also
threaten to show practical sympathy with
their brothers in Belfast This is the
first important trades union development
Ireland or at least the north of Ireland,
has known. The strike looks promising,
for the men seem gritty and sturdy. One
Of the strangest and most promising
things in connection with It is that it has
suddenly Widened the outlook of the
Orange wOrkingmen Of Belfast, making
them fraternize. as they did not before,
with their Catholic brethren. For the
first time In a hundred years. British
troops (Who were wont TO receive abjeCt
worship were, the other day Kissed and
stoned in the streets Of most loyal Bel
fast Truly, these be strange times.
A London correspondent Of an Irish
paper says that the estate of Buffers
Court at Beaconsfeld in Buckingham
shire famous as the residence of Ed
mund Burke, will be offered for sale
this month The estate was bought by
the great statesman from the Waller
family. one Of whose most noted men,
bers, the poet OF that name. is ike
Burke himself. buried in the picturesque
churchyard at BeacOns1eld- The estate.
which consists Of about 800 acres, viii
10 some extent sink its interesting as
sociations, as it is to be split up into
building plots. At present the estate is
the property Of Lord Grenfell. com
mander OF the forces in ireland.
I suppose the memory Of Allen, Lar
kin. and OBrien, the Manchester
Martyrs" viii live as long as does Irish
patriotism Mgr Gadd. Vicar-GeneraI
OF Stafford. who attended the three men
on the scanold, died the other day and
Is believed to have carried with him to
the grave a secret pertaining to the
death OF O'Brien Mgr Gadd jumped
into the PIT after the bolt had been
opened and the ropes cut. 1t was freely
stated at the time that he noticed signs
Of life In the body OF Michael O'Brien,
and that he had jumped in 20 assure
himself Of this. Whatever the cause,
Father Gadd. as he then was. leaned over
the body for some time, and from the