Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05
HOME RULE WATTS
Retirement Of Premier Discloses True
Value of Liberal Promises.
HOPE is AGAIN DEFERRED
Probable Successor is Bitter Foe of
Ireland's Aspirations.
PLIGHT OF DISTRICT BOARD
Organization Forced to Suspend Work
for Want of Funds.
ONE SOURCE OF IRISH WEALTH
salmon and Trout Fisheries I'm Inland
streams worth Nearly Two
Million Dollars
Year.
ONE SOURCE OF IRISH WEALTH

DUBLIN. April l)-Gradually
the true value Of the liberal protestations
OF friendship for Ireland is becoming known.
SO long as Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
continued to direct the policies of the lib
eral party there was ground for strong
hope that the promise OF home rule might
be kept, but now that It is probable that
"C.-B" is definitely out of politics. even
If he rccovcrs from hts present serious i'll
ness, there is very little chance of any
immediate legislation for Ireland. Mr..
Asquth. who is slated to succeed Sir Henry
as premier, is a bitter foe Of Irelands
aspirations and he even went the length of
declaring publicly before the last general
election that he for one would not sup
port a liberal home rule bill.
Plight of District Board.
The first fruits of the change Of policy
is seen in the plight of the Congested Dis
trict board, which has been forced to sus-
pend It's work for the time being for lacl;
OF funds. Mr.. Asquith Is in control OF the
treasury andl MIR. Birrell, the chief secre-
tary for ireland, who is credited with a
genuine desire to do something for the
country, declares that the treasury blocks
the way There never was a time when
there was more need of the work of the
board than the present Its history since
its formation In 1893 has been a disappoint-
ing one. So far It has only dealt with a
tenth of the land placed at its disposal and
the way in which it has been starved by
the English treasury Is shown by the fol-
lowing table Of the funds at its disposal
since its organization:
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The royal commission that is investigating
the condition of the Irish railways is al
ways learning something surprising. The
latest information which 1t has acquired is
about an opera bouffe railway in County
Donegal, which runs from Burtonpoint to
Letterkenny and which was built originally
for the benefit of the Burtonpoint fisher
men. Several witnesses informed the board,
.sowever. that the fishermen had given up
using II very soon, because they found that
it was 80 slow that the fish was spoiled
before It reached the market and they
could get It there quicker by cart. The rail-
way must be delight to tourists, however,
for another witness declared that there,wa
never any difficulty in haying the train
stopped at likely stream in order that
two" while 1t was said to be regular
occurrence for the engineer to stop the
train at a wayside public house while h,
and the guard got off and had a drink to-
gether
Railway Not quite Useless.
The railway is not quite useless. how
ever, for in reply to a question by one ot
the commissioners, a witness said that th'
people OF the district would miss it very
much because they always rode on it wher
the weather was too bad to use the roads
1t is announced that the king is to MAKE
a visit to Ireland during the coming sum
mer and that he will make a more extended
tour than any which he has made in this
country since his coronation. He will prob
ably stay "A few days i'm Dublin Castle
where he win hold court and levee, boil
Of which functions will be hailed will
JOY by the Dublin trades people. He viii
also visit Belfast, where he will be tn
guest of Lord Shaftesbury at Belfast cas-
tle the beautiful residence halfway u
the Cave hill From Belfast he will go t
Derry, whore he will be the guest of Ior
Londonderry and he is also expected t
spend a day or two at Baronscourt, nea
Strabane. the seat Of the duke of AbeI
corn. lie viii conclude his visit by spend
ing day or two with the marquis z
Waterford at Curraghmore. According t
present arrangements, the king will be &C
companied by the queen and the eide
children of the prince of wales.
One source of Irish wealth.
An interesting source OF Irish wealth, q
which too little is known, is its salmo
and troat fisheries in inland waters.
report which has Just been issued place
the annual value OF these fisheries at b.
tween S.50oOOO and $2OOOOOO. An agitatio
for the better preservation Of these fisf
cries has been set on foot and an appel
is TO be made TO the government to tak
them under its control
County Donegals most incorrisible pra,
tcal Joker was on trial for one of his jok,
at the Donegal assizes at Lifford the 9th,
day. He is Bernard Gallagher. and he
known throughout the length and breadt
Of the county as willie John" / tol
some time ago how willie John" galne
amusement and profit by posing as COZ
stabulary official and seizing all the fir
arms in a couple OF parishes and selir
them. He was not prosecuted for this b'
the joke which led to his appearance b.
fore The Judge was that of posing as
prodigal from Canada.
Tie called at the house OF Arabclla Ga
lagher Of Glentolsgh and introduced hin
self as her son who had run away tiir
years ago. lie said he had made a fortui
In Canada and had come home to spend
OF course nothing in the house was tC
good for him, and. as the noighbors gatl
cred to welcome the stranger, they a
RECOGNIZED him as Mrs. Gallagher's lor
lost son,
FutiIity of Trial.
Several offered small loans, which
accepted "unti he could have his Cam
dian money changed and after all Il
whisky I'm the house had been consum,
he went to bed in the best room. In Il
morning he went out for walk and d
not return, and little later Mrs. Cd
lsgher related the story OF her sons hom
coming 90 a visitor who knew "WH
John" and recognized bis work. The iu
which tried him was apparently struck
the humor Of the exploit, for they failed