Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-05-24
DISGUST In IRELAND
Landlords and Tenants Are Much Dis.
pleased Over Land Act
BILL FILLS NEEDS OF COUNTRY
Unionist Government Fails to Pro.
vide Enough Money.
PEOPLE SEE RELIEF SLIP AWAY
Still They Are Compelled to Submit
- Heavy Taxation
PROPOSED NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Lord DuhrRven Calls Upon Owners
and Renters to Meet 90 De-
mand Recognition from
England.
PEOPLE SEE RELIEF SLIP AVA!
Still They Are Compelled to Submit
- Heavy Taxation.
PROPOSED NATIONAL CONFERENCE


DUBLIN. May Cspecial)-Now that
the home rule question has been removed
for the time being from the arena OF prac-
tica politics public attention in Ireland is
being focused on the disgraceful break
down OF the land purchase act. This act
was passed by a unionist government ard
has worked so well that In the districts
weber It has been applied there has been
almost a total disappearance of agrarian
discomfort 1t has satisfied both landlords
and tenants, and now that the liberal
government has allowed 1t to break down
for want of financial support. both land
lords and tenants are united In denouncing
the government. Lord Dunraven has sent
a letter. to the leading Irish newspapers
pointing out that Ireland is being robbed
by England and calling for a union of all
classes OF Irishmen to insist on their
rights. He gives some figures of the over
taxation OF Ireland which, coming from a
unionlst peer. are very striking. For in
stance, he declares that the annual taxed
revenue from Ireland is about one-eleventh
OF that from Great Britain. while her taxa
Bile capacity is estimated by no one at more
than one-twenteth of that of Great Britain.
Ireland, he declares. is paying in imperial
taxes about $l5.OOO,OOO a year more than
she ought to pay, and is getting nothing in
return, and now scheme for the berefit
OF all classes to which the government is
pledged is allowed TO break down for the
want Of just that sum every year. Lord
Dunraven calls for conference Of land
lords and tenants with representatives of
the various local public bodies in ireland
compel England to recognize the rights of
the Irish people. ..
Emigration Serious Question.
1t is an encouraging sign of the chang
ing times In Ireland that the synod Of the
Irish Protestant Episcopal church is found
debating means for stopping the emlgra-
tion which is draining the life blood of Ire
land. The Irish Protestant church Is be-
coming more ard more an Irish organiza-
tion II is no longer q state-endowed
church, differed by Englishmen and used
az part OF the machinery for the EnglIsh
government Of Ireland Its present posi-
ton is in sharp contrast to that which
It assumed in the time OF the great clear
ances" after the famine OF 1s47 when
Archbishop Whately, an Englishman, who
was sent over to administer the see Of
Dublin at a salary of $4,000 year, drawn
from the Irish people, placed himself at the
head Of organisation whose object was
and to provide the funds for doing so out
Of the income tax.
The attitude of the Irish Roman Catholic
hierarchy to the new university bill is
summed up by the Most Rev. DR.. ODwyer.
In substance. I'VE don't quite like 1t, but
ought we to refuse it1r What the bishops
object to il that while a separate uni
verslty Is provided in Dublin for Catholics.
there Is no guarantee that II will remain
Catholic. The scheme provides for the In
clusion OF two bishops In the temporary
senate. but there Is no guarantee that they
will be continued OF that their successors
(will be- members OF tho same faith. In fact
Nhe bill provides for a number of purely
secular universities so arranged at the
d, start that the various denominations will
each have control Of one. This seems fair
enough to begin with. but tho result will
probably be a series OF chickering's and
9uRrreis as the seats the various gov
srning bodies fall vacant. and It is found
that there Is no provision to continue the
religious coEtrol I'VE are," said DR..
oDwyer. very much In the position OF the
man going home with his horse unsold
from the fair. We are disposed to take
less than we would have taken early in the
day. but we should consider carefully
NHNNA0A ~ 10 bOoO pOASy W klNc the AMI
mai away or not"
Joker Thrills Belfast.
practical Joker has given Belfast o
thrin which lasted a whole day. The
Belfast corporation maintains a number OF
large drodgers which keep the ship camel
clear and a few days ago one Of these
brought up what seemed to be the head
less body of a man. The news was tele-
phoned TO the local newspapers and there
was all the material for horrible murder
mystery. The body" was carefully
carried TO the mortuary and a doctor was
sent for When he came he at once gave
Il as his professional opinion that the
body" had once belonged TO a wax works
and that he did not think there had been
any murder In the meantime. however
all the local papers had come out with
columns OF theories about the murder
mystery and It has taken them several
days to explain to their readers how II
really happened.
An excellent scheme for the training ir
housewifery OF the factory girls Of the
northern towns has been started in Lursar
and Banbridge by Miss Mary Irwin,
local philanthrCpist Miss Irwin estimates
that there are 400 girls employed in th'
factories of these two towns, who. from
the nature OF their work. have never beer
able 20 obtain any training in the care OF
home CT in the bringing up OF children
EvsRins classes have been staI tel. d
which practical lessons eEe given and a
which the girls are trained to become
working mems wives. There must be a
least 5000 women similarly situated in th'
factory towns OF the north OF ireland and
Il II proposed TO extend the scheme gradu
ally as funds become available. LurgaI
and cambridge have been selected becaus,
they are typical small factory towns II
which tho results can be seen more readily
than In a large manufacturing center lik,
belfast.
The retirement of Sir Anthony Mac
Donnell from the post OF under-secretaTy
FOR ireland marks the end OF another ex
pertinent In governing ireland according
q irish IDEAS" Sir Anthony Is an Irish