Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-03
Discomfort IN IRELAND
MAI" MCBRIDE is FOR WAR
ON ENGLAND.
Cattle Driving Resumed Apparently
as a Protest Against the Form
of the Land Act.
Foreign Correspondence Of The star.

Foreign Correspondence or Inc STAR.
DUBLIN, December "a. 1850.
The Kilkenny People contains a report
of speech which Maj. MrBride is
stated to have made at the celebration in
Kilkenny OF the fortysecond anniversary
of the death of the Manchester martyrs"
Maj" Mcbride is reported to have said:
'.Fireside critics have written and
spoken of the killing of Sergt. Brett as
murder. 1t was not murder; 10 my mimi
it was quite justifiable. as Ireland and
England were practically at war. and the
pity of it is that the gallant lads who
effected the rescue Of Col. Kelly and
Capt Deasy wasted good ammunition
firing into the air. instead of into the
heads of the bowling English dogs who
were snarling at their heels"
Later in his speech Maj" Mcbride is
reported to have said, in reference TO
Irishmen joining the army:
Il appeal to you most earnestly to do
all in your power to prevent your coun-
trymen from entering the degraded Brit
ish army. If you prevent 100 men from
en!isting you do nearly as good work.
il not quite SO exciting, as If You shot
500 men on the field of battle. and also
you are making the path smooth for the
approac ching conquest of England by Ger
many. Let one Of your notices De NO
recruits for England
Referring to the prospect of a German
invasion. Mai" Mcbride said: Should
they land in Ireland they will be received
with willing hearts and strong hands.
and should England be their destination
IL is to be hoped that they VIII lind time
to disembark 100000 rifles and few
score of ammunition for the same in this
country. and twelve months later this
land will be as free as the Lord God
meant it should be-"
Cattle DRIVING Resumed.
The promised winter campaign has be-
gun, and members of parliament and
league organizers are vying with one
another i'm their denunciations OF land
Iordism ana all its works. As protest
apparently against the form in which the
land bill has become an act. cattle diiv-
ing has been resumed all over the coun-
try Mr. Birrell had his chance, and has
failed TO satisfy expectations. WITHIN 4
cattle were scattered over portions Of
four counties. At GUNNER. Galway.
seventy-two buiocks were cleared OFT a
large ranch. and at Shinrone. Kings
several miles. In Tipperary the hazel
was piled 70 such purposes that COLI
siderable number out Of herd OF FORTY!
five buIlocks removed from the lands or .
Kilbarron were not recovered for several
DAYS. Westmeath has been the scene or
two extensive drives. Some eighty cat
tie were driven off the grass lands at
I.acken and Rathganny. and fifty more
off the Tyfarnham ranch, all in the Null
tyfarnham district. No arrests are re-
corded in connection with these exploits.
Compared to Ahab.
The Kyle. Kings county. branch Of the
United Irish League has passed the fol-
lowing upon the action OF a farmer who
had taken the grass on certain unten-
anted lands in the district: ANY black
leg or grazier who thus disturbs the
blessed peace is little better than the
Inflated Ahab. who brought on himself
the vengeance of the Almighty by covet-
ing Naboth's garden which is the first
case Of grabbing mentioned in the Scrip
lures
At a special court at Galway the other
day James Delaney. member Of the Gal
circulating a printed handful calling
upon all country and town people not to
purchase any meat from a certain BUTCH
er (whose name was given) until he had
surrendered his grazing farms. The docu-
ment also adjured the public to leave
dresses were set out, and all graziers and
grabbers severely alone. They are rob-
bling and running the poor. III they are
kept here people must clear out" De-
lsney was remanded bail being allowed
Subsequently young man named
Michael Mulroyan was charged with
painting two head OF cattle-one with
blue paint and the other with green
and also with cutting the hair off their
tails. The cattle. which are the prop
erty of Patrick Casserley OF Ballindooley,
three miles from Galway. were. il is
fort. close TO Oranmore. Mulroyan was
commit ed for. trial