The Irish standard., 1909-03-13

'ber for East Down daughter and Nas
ttonal1st cheers). He at oH3 events
would have given it ,nore distinctive.
lS Irish flavor. cannot help thinking
that tho sympathy of the noble lord fCr
ireland, as evidenced by his speech,
is of tho kind often called in1rertinent
"a mess which somebody ought tO
wipe up at the, earliest possible moment
as Something Coming Between the
Wind and his Nobility."5 Composition
cries Of "Oh" and Nationalist :cheersj..-
The first question ! have to deal with,
Is as 10 what is, the actuaI state OF
ireland. Then OH the heels of that, no
doubt, comes the question as to what
have the Government. done antI what
good would result were they to but into
operation tho Grimes Act. II ann. lEp -.,
Ing to lay on the Table Of the &IIausesa
pretis Of the police reports On L taa
condition Of Ireland. As eyerybedy
lrnows Ireland always has berii ,ri,tssr
the microscopic Of tie police lNatIorfs-
alist CRIES Of Hear, hear.'D The fight
Ion. gentleman proceeded to read sa q
summary Of the state OF eact, county,
reminding the House that every !sl-s
dictable offense In Ireland was callel
en- outrage. Antrim, Armagh, Carlow,
Cavan, Donegal, Dublin, Co. Fern,a.
nagh. Kildare, Kilkenny. Lout,l, Mayc.,3
Monaghan. Tyrone, Waterford, and
Wexford were among those in q ger q
orally peaceful condition, but Clare waai
hi a troublesome state. Apparently the
county was settling down, but was
long way yet from being iii a satis-G
factory condition. Owing to the nuns
ber Of places where agrarian troub!eS
existed brutal outrages were reported
The East Riding Of Galway was s5rri-a
settled, and some Of the POLICE weIs
dangerously injured. Owing to the res
storation of evicted tenants, some parts
fof the county showed Improvement. IN
Kings County boycotting and intimiss
dation continued unabated owing to thsis
'anti-grazing agitation. Combination
against the payment Of rent on SONS
estates existed in Roscommon, and tho
general condition OF the South Riding
rof Tipperary could not be regarded
,as satisfactory. sligo was still in sn \
unsatisfactory state. The year thir sg
teen;# threatening letters or noticas,
424; last year, 233; intimidation. Fl 80
cases; last year, 81; injury to property.
.15o cases; last year, 49,: other offenses.,
1876; last year 25-sioWing In 1885 Il
total Of 1906 cases, as agains:s a, total
last year Of LIS. III 1855 a total SOss
1,5O6 cases, as against Z, total last year
of ITS. The boycotting figures are
On the LIST January, 1885, wholly boy-
cotted, N5, persons; partially boNcottad.
716; total, s91. In 1867 there were. 14J
wholly boycottedsand 1853 partially 3boy-
cotted persons, making a total of q l0.s
On the list Of January, 1909, there wcra'
f15 wholly, 10 partially, and III nninors
boycotted persons, making IN all ia
persons. There were on the 81 & t,ds HI
December 1887, under constant police
protection, 252 persons, and under prrr. -sSS -,ssS
lection. by patrols. 7o4 "a total ef
on the s1st Of December, 1908, stherosS
were. ~ under constant protection, end
270 under protect tion% by pa atrol tets',s
OF 5344, as against a total OF 965, n
isterial and Nationalist cheers J. sieays@
the House TO draw their own inference
fYoma that.
& independence ID i plant ofs slpis99Sss
growth. 1T win take Y very slonE
to grow under the oper ti6ns of
ordinary law. Your Coercion sSNls!
stop III ats once ttsati ionalist chestss,:255
Everything worth striving ssolss;s
''be at once brutal ana ruslly5 AZ sS ID
stoyed by "A hastty ADJ ptior ssI
|ciori.s So far sass tie ~
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