The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-06-15
Things Are Gettinng( Warm in Ireland and
the Government Will Soon be Con-
fronted With Trouble.
Unionists Are Now Predicting That the
Ministry is Doomed and That They
Will Soon Be in Power Again.

government. At a special meeting held
this week John O'Dowd, the chairman.
said that seven weeks ago the Irish
party secured a second reading of the
Irish land bill and their duty would
be to make it hot for the government
both in the House of Commons and on
the green hills of Ireland if they did
not pass that bill.
Henry Brennan, the e-chairman,
characterized the Radicals as the big
gest enemies of Ireland inasmuch as
they had offered a bogus Irish council
bill. The Irish people, he said, would
not allow themselves to be humbugged
any longer by the Radical majority
and Ireland would not longer accept
the Infamous government of Dublin
Castle. Let every one raise the flag
and organize his constituents and fight
if need be at the point of the bayonet
until their lost parliament is restored
to them. In the future, Mr.. Brennan
said, they should not pin their faith to
any English government They should
bind themselves together and keep
their powder dry.
The Suns correspondent. in Ireland
writes: up to date in the anti grazing
war the people have won almost every
case where cattle were driven from
ranches. The graziers have given up
the lands in dispute and the peasants
await the slicing up of the fields among
them. In several cases the defendants
brought in by the police have been
sent to trial or to Jail because they
would not give bail and their neighbors
have undertaken the work of tilling
their grounds and looking after their
farms as was done in the earlier Land
League days.
"Roscommon has led the way in or
ganizing defense fund. The County
Councils, a modified form of home rule
granted few years ago. have started
a fund and money is coming in freely.
oners. and where convictions are Sc
cured to providing for the families of
men sent to Jail.
1.-TWO American delegates have been
through the West and saw the condi-
tions under which the people live.
They agree with the peasants in the
steps they have taken. Here and there
in the West I found clusters of cabins.
Each was provided with as much land
as a few blankets would cover. while
for miles around the country is grazed
by cattle. The peasants want the
grazing land divided so that they may
have adequate farms. In order to Sc
cure this division they are driving cat
tie away from the ranches so that the
lands may be left unproductive and
compelled to sell.
when the State began to purchase
the farms and make the people Gov
ernment tenants it was predicted that
the peasants would one day revolt and
refuse to pay rent. Up to last year
the Government tenants paid their
rents promptly; but it is a significant
fact that within the last few months
the Land Commissioners of Dublin.
who are responsible for the collection
of rents, have received numerous let
ters from farmers stating that owing
to the bad times they will not be able
to pay when the next rents are due
Great fairs in the South Of Ireland
have just been held and as result Of
the anti-grazing movement they have
been failures. At those fairs the cat
tlemen bought stock to place upon the
grazing ranches. Owing to the agita-
ton the graziers did not turn up in
the usual numbers and prices ruled
low The owners refused to sell at
the prices offered and most Of the cat
tie were driven home again.
IN many parts of Connaught where
the grazing lands have been divided