The Washington herald., 1907-08-18
By sEUMAs MACMANUs

hear It. said Lord BalfouT OF Burleigh,
in the course OF his Grafton upon the ed
ueation bill, This, however, was not quite
SO bad as the bull which the Speaker Of
the House Of Commons turned loose wnen
he said THE honorable member shakes
his head, but / can assure him there Is
nothing in H." Probably enough. there
was a great deal more unconscious truth
than politeness in the observation.
If Mohammed had lived in ireland and
learned 10 agitate. he could have induced
the mountain 70 como to him eventually.
This is evident from the fact that land
lords have begun to come to meetings OF
the United Irish League. The daily press
Of the other day says that Col Pilking-
ton. a local landlord, attended a meeting
OF the TyTrelispass branch Of the United
Irish League last Sunday. and conferred
with the members as TO the splitting up
Of grass ranch on his estate. No man,
be said would be more glad than he 70
| see those having uneconomic holdings get
ting more land: in fact ne would Ike 20
see the country looking Ike a chessboard
with farms dotted over IL.
Mr. Ginnel, NJ. p has had an interview
with the estates commissioners regarding
the Pilkington estate. The commission
ers stated that they were willing 70 send
an inspector 10 meet Col. Pilldngton. with
view to coming 10 an arrangement re-
garding the division Of the lands.
Day by day. from one port OF ths
country and another come significant lit
tie items. indicative Of the new revolt
against the Parliamentary party Irish
town. in Mayo famous as being the place
where the first Land League meeting was
held. by Michael Davitt, and Oughterard,
in Galway are the latest TO line Up IN
the rebel ranks. Here are the little items
anent them. just as they appear. crushed
away In a corner Of a Dublin daily:
% Writing 10 the Secretary Irishtown
County Mayo branch Z. L l.. Mr. Jo-
seph Devlin, NJ. P. secretary OF the Ma
tional Directory, says: II shall thank you
to get into communication with the sec
Jetary OF your divisional executive with
the view TO assist him in arranging a
great Home Rule demonstration in your
division for the purpose Of demanding the
restoration to Ireland OF the fullest meas
ure OF national self government. When
/ arrangements are complete for this dem
onstration you can then arrange for the
holding at as early date as possible Of
| the meeting for the purpose stated &"
/ The Irishtown branch of the league de-
clined 10 approach the execution on the
subject 90 The Outerard District Council
/ yesterday. by a majority passed q resolu-
/ ton, on the motion Of Mr.. P. J. O'MaIley,
! congratulatiDg Mr.. Dolan, NJ P, on the
noble stand he has taken for Irish ma
/ tiOnality, and hoping that in the coming
/ contest which was being forced upon
/ him, that all that are good and true
| amongst the men Of North Leitrim viii
/ flock 70 his standard and help him 70
deliver q crushing blow to Whiggery in
/ Ireland" Mr. Dolan. Il will be remem-
4 bered. is one Of the NJ P.'s who resigned
! because Disguised with parliamentary
politics, and who Is now contesting his
old division as q Sim Fem candidate,
who, If elected. viii remain to work for
j Ireland in Ireland