Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11
Landlords and Tenants MingIe
With Unusual FriendIiness
To Advance Cause.
WILLIAM o'BRlEN AGAIN
VIII Have Support of Twenty Nation
nllsts and a Number OF Unionists
Revival of Marine.
Especial to The News.D

| Aonach, or fair, which has now
become a regular annual feature Oh
the life of the Irish coloay in the
| English capital. II may seem httle
strange to begin n letter from Dublin
with a reference to a function IN Lon
! don. but In this case II is Juspflcd tor
| I saw things there which any IRISH
man would have been willing TO swear
| were impossible only half dozen years
| ago.
] Tho main feature of the Aonach was
| the evidence of the wonderful drawing
| together OF all the elements In irish
life In enthusiastic work for Ireland
The Aonach Is organized by the Gaelic
league which certainly cannot be ac-
cused OF shoneensm. but it was opened
by Lord Dunraven, Il great Irish land
lord. who made a speech not surpassed
in real patriotism by any have ever
heard Beside him stood the Hon.
William Gibson, the heir to an irish
peerage, clad in the saffron Kilt ana
shawl, fastened with the Tara brooch,
the traditional garb of the Gael In
fact. this Is Mr. Gibson's everyday
dress. More remarkable even than
this, Mr.. Gibson followed Lord Dun
raven With a speech In Irish, and
when he translated it into English for
the benefit of the few people present
who did not understand the OLD
tongue, he apologized for using a
language which he declared was dis
tasteful to him and must be equally dis
tasteful to most of his hearers wan
dering about the booths and stalls one
heard a great deal more Irish than
English and II was evident that the
language revival has come to stay.
On the second day of the Aonach
speeches were made by Lord McDon-
nell, better known as "Sir Anthony.
who not long ago was permanent under
secretary at tho castle and by Lord
Monteagle, another great Irish land
lord.
HAILED WITH DELIGHT.
Everyone of these speakers, either
landlords themselves or belonging TO
the landlord class. hailed with delight
the success of the land purchase policy
In ireland. and the resulting fact that
tho bitterness between the farmers
and the gentry had almost passed
away Everyone of them declared thut
the day had come when all could work
together for the revival of irish nation
alfty and the industrial development OF
the country.
Another significant occurrence this
week shows the change that Is coni-
ing over the country. The county coun-
eli of Kilkenny, one of the most ma
tlonalistic counties in Ireland. passed a
resolution asking Walter Long. NJ. p
the leader of the Irish Unionists In
parliament, to arrange deputat1on OF
Irish peers to protest to the house OF
lords against the passage of the British
budget which increases the taxation of
ireland In the most inequitable man
ner and Mr.. Long has consented to do
SO. In fact, the attitude of the Irish
party on the budget has done more to
con usolidate all factions than anything
else while l am afraid 1t has weakened
the party Itself temporarily nm
convinced, however. that the outcome
will be TO strengthen greatly the ma
tlonal movement. Public bodies all over
Ireland have been passing resolutions
| denouncng the action of the party In
refusing to vote one way or the other
| on the budget and declaring that the
| time has come for the severance of the
4 alliance with the English Liberals. 1t
/ is also stated with how much truth
am unable to say. that William OBrlen
| is about to re-entcr Irish politics as an
| independent, and that he has pledges
| of support from at least 20 men who
| are at present Irish nationalist mem
| bers of parliament. l am also told that
a number OF the Unionists Will rally
to his support and accept his Nation
alism in return for more progressive
Industrial policy. 1 don't for a moment
| imagine that the Irish party viii be
broken up or split. There will be a
little bitterness at first no doubt, but
the end of II all will be stronger and
more united party embracing all the
| best clements in Irish life, many OF
| whom have been excluded from the
public service in the past by mistaken
| differences on religious and national
| questions.
A NOVEL EVICTION.
We are quito accustomed in Ireland
to eyictions in the country districts,
during which the unfortunate tenants
| household goods are carried out and
piled on the roadside for him TO leave
or carry away as he pleases. but an
eviction OF this kind In Sackville street
Dublin, which has been described o.
the finest street in the world. Is a de-
| cided novelty. Some time ago PatTlck
Foley started business as a jcweler
side by side with n large foreign firm
In tho same line. Foley prospcred and
his neighbors, jealous of his success
made ovcrtures to his landlord and Sc
cured his premises by Offering a much
higher rent. Then they served notice on
| him to quit, but Foley refused to &c
and his case was taken up by the
| Town Tenants league. Foley fortified
his store. but early one morning the
hailiffs and police arrived in force and
carried the fort by storm, and carried
out Foley's goods and fixtures to the
street. There they remained all day In
spite OF the frantic efforts OF the police
to induce Foley to move them. Foley
refused and the police had no power To
touch them onco they were out of the
building. The only authority that could
interfere was the Dtsblln corporation
but as the corporation was In sympathy
with Foley, nothing WAS done When
| night came. however, the police tr1-
| umphcd They threatened to withdraw
all protection from the goods, and as
the stock was valuabl Foley capitu-
lated and removed It to a place of safe
ty.
The Irish Cooperative Shipowncrs
society. which has been formed thi.
week, may be the herald of q reyiva.
off-shoot of the Irish Co operative
nccrire and maintain q fleet OF vessels
ports. and for coastIng and inland wa
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