Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-06
BRITAIN RESTORES
ARMS IN IRELAND
Liberal Government Decides Car
rying of Weapons Need
Not Be Restricted
INCREASE AMONG TOURISTS
Thousands of Wealthy Americans
Arrange for Invasion of
Emerald Isle
INCREASE AMONG TOURISTS

| DObhlNv aug, Or rom llle COlloLiD-
ulary office in Dublin castle there has
| been issued a notice to each police sta
tion in ireland in connection with the
! restoration of arms and ammunition
! surrendered under the peace preserVa-
| ton acts of 1881 and 1886.
| In this notice il is stated that the
| Irish government has approved of for
NAL notice being given to each of the
owners Cor their legal representatives,
of arms and ammunition surrendered
under these acts and still held by the
| constabulary that their weapons and
| ammunition will be destroyed unless
! within one month of the service of the
notice application is made to the local
! district inspector for their restoration
| Lists of all arms and ammunition sur
rendered will be forwarded to county
| inspectors so that owners may be noti-
fed, and similar notices, it is stated
should be given to owners of any sur
rendered arms and ammunition now
stored in she counties.
Applications for the restoration Of
arms or ammunition which have been
seized or forfeited under the acts al
ready mentioned will not be enter
tanned, and where reasonable doubt
exists as to the return of any arms or
ammunition the question must be re-
ferred to the inspector general of con-
stabulary for instructions.
This notice, which is of course at
tributed to Secretary Birrell, has Great
ed tremendous sensation all through
Ireland, as it practically means the re-
turn of all seized firearms to the people.
For many years the cOnstabulary depot
at Phoenix Park has been an armory of
all sorts of weapons collected by the
police in all parts of the country under
the provisions of the peace preservation
act.
RESTRICTIONS NOT NECESSARY
The Liberal government has now
come to the conclusion that 1t is no
longer necessary to restrict the free
carrying of arms in Ireland, and ac-
cordingly it has decided to restore the
weapons retained by the police. So
back they are going, lock, stock and
bareback by the cartload-to their
delighted owners. There was no de-
mand for this concession. 1t is said
that in some parts of the country the
shop keepers are doing roaring trade
in selling revolvers.
The Unionists say that Mr.. Birrell is
determined to pretend that this is the
best of all possible worlds, that his
land bill has stopped cattle driving,
that his administration has been a COM
plete success, and has restored peace,
love and harmony to Ireland. The re-
suit OF this determination is that the
astonished peasantry are getting back
| their guns, carriage paid, by the con-
| stabulary.
Gently promoted attorney general, in
opening Kerry assizes last Friday, said
there is in the Irish character, espe-
cially in the inhabitants of the south
and west, a certain melodramatic ele-
ment and some persons seem to take
pleasure in writing bloodthirsty epis-
ties and making bloodthirsty speeches,
which mean very little and are not in
tended to mean very much.
ut is very unfortunate for our ma
tional reputation" he added, that this
should be so, for some of our English
neighbors of a more serious turn of
mind take these things most serious
ly when brought to their notice. They
take it into their heads that the coun-
try is seething in disorder, when it is
perfectly peaceable.
"This is the case in this country at
present. l think we can disregard
these few cases of threatening letters
as of no Importance, or anything like
an indication of disturbance in the
country"
BOYCOTTING DISCONTINUED
At the opening of the North Upper
ary assizes the lord chief justice, ad-
dressing the grand jury, said there
We're only three cases to go before
them, which, so far as related to me
functions of a grand jury, presented
no difficulty. He was particularly
gratified to find that the cruel and un-
christian form of crime known as boy
cottng had ceased in that county, at
least for the present. This he as
cribed to the admirable eXertions of
the episcorate.
/ # the tide of tourist traffic in Ire
land this year should be large beyond
all precedent the fact can be accounted
for by wholly abnormal conditions No
on, needs to be told that the number
of summer visitors to Irish health re-
sorts and places of scenic and historic
interest is in the main governed by
the magnitude of the exodus of health
and pleasure seekers from the United
States. couple of years ago Irish
carrying companies, hotel keepers and
shopkeepers We're reminded that a fin
ancial crisis in the United States had
an intimate bearing on the tourist sea-
ron in Ireland. There was a marked
decrease in the number of American
visitors and this year the better off
classes of American citizens are do
ing themselves proud" after period
in which caution had to be exercised.
Every other day enc reads of stately
liners arriving at this side carrying
thousands of tourists, and all the avail
able accommodation is booked until
lcte in the tutumn for return passages.
But the abandonment of Queenstown
as a port of call by the fast Cunard-
ers has to be considered. In a year
when there should have been a sub
stantial increase in the number of first
and second class American travellers
arriving at Queenstown, falling off
of several thousands took place in the
first two months, the money loss be-
inc estimated at 100000.
FRIENDLY INVASION OF ERIN
1t is fortunate. under these circum-
stances, that this year a number of
enthusiastic rish-Americans should
have combined for the purpose of pro-
noting a friendly invasion of the old
country There is evidence that the
movement inaugurated by the associa-
tion of which r. ]. Kilkenny of Wash
ihgton is president has helped to slim
ulate the desire which brings so many
thousands of Americans to this coun-
try every year. But for this impetus
the effect of the Cunard companys
decision would be more keeny felt by
all in this country who reckon the
American tourist traffic as one of their
assets More than any other traveller,
the American values speed The rapid
ity with which he "does" cities, coun-
tries and continents has become a by
word and he villas a matter of COURSE