New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-28

Masses INTO history imagine there Is
70 man who has known him VINO has
,ot today q sense of personal loss.
There can be no EnClishnan who does
ROT feel that = great Englishman is
tone- I suppose I must have written a
rood deal about him in times past, but
4 don't remember where or when, and.
A. any rate. I must write of him to-day
mr. az many personal recollections of
Earlier DAYS.
speak Of him as q great English
r7sn. Americans may think il q strong
rb-sse. for. except during the three
,-sars @ his second Irish Niceroyalty his
fame vas not Of a kind to fill the world
During that second Ticeroyalty. more
over. American opinions must have been
-auchad with some of the hatreds of the
Irish Nationalist Of those sombre days
He became Niceroy in 1882. and on his
entrance upon his great Office. May 8.
1SSe. Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr..
Burke we're murdered in Phoenix Park.
not far from the Viceresal Lodge and
within view q its windows
have heard Lord Spencer tell the
story. His entry into Dublin had passed
n with no unhappy incident. He and
his haIf-hrother. Mr.. Robert Spencer,
since Tisoount Althrop and now success
so- 70 the earldon1. had ridden out from
re Castle 70 the Lodge. From the win
6o7s or from the grounds, I forget
which. they saw what they took 10 be
sc7.Ae Presently word was brought to
re Eiceroy that the Chief Secretary and
The Permanent Under Secretary had been
essassina1ed. They meant to kill Mi
Burke. They did not know who Lord
Frederick Cavendish was. but since he
---ed . help Mr.. Burke they killed him
also
II vas an anxious moment for It
might vel enough he that the muir
6erers would aim higher still Lord
S7a7~e- and Nj Robert looked bout
-ner7. There vas not 3 soldier or po-
rceuan within cali. There were 10
arms Neither Lord Spencer nor his
brother had 80 much as q revolver
lord Spencer sat watching 10 see what
might happen and Mr.. Robert explored
The Lodge. presently returning with q
steel poker from the library fireplace
There vas nothing else But the Lodge
was not attacked Brady and his fell
l0T assassins were content with what
they had done. and departed L was
rather la:e in the afternoon. The news
soon reached the barracks in Dublin.
and force Of cavalry vas hurried off
u the Lodge. But for the moment the
thirst for blood had been slaked.
English paper in its head lines, char
enthusiastically. In both capacities he had
20 hunt down the nurderers. am
afraid there is no doubt that though
NJ Pe-nell washed his hands Of this
stain. the Parnellites generally through
cut Ireland were willing enough there
should be smear Of blood on their flag.
There had been many murders before:
agrarian- political and others. The ad-
lec-ive does not matter They were
murders. But the deed done in Phnnix
Park had made il once more necessary
Il pass and enforce = Crimes Act. No
isss man than Sir William Harcourt,
then Home Secretary. introduced the
8ill II the House Of Commons. Mr.. Par
-ells adherence Of the Phoenix Park
murders. which hindered his policy. did
not prevent him from opposing = bill 70
prevent ether murders. nor from with
drawing, with ali his followers. as Z pro-
tsst against it's passage. But passed il
Tas on July l.. and Lord Spencer the
next Cay proclaimed seventeen counties.
Other murders foilowed-the Joyce fam
'T a. Nssmtrssna. husband. wife. son
and daughter. al shot dead; Bourke and
Wallace. shot dead in Galway: Blake.
Lorc Cla7riCarde's agent. and Kan, his
Steward. shot dead near LoUghrea; de-
tectives IN Dublin assaulted and Cox
Killed Field. Z jllryrnsn in the Joyce
ma. stabbed The intent 10 defeat the
s1minlsrraticn IF justice vas evident,
snc Lord Spencer put Dublin under
marital law. Then Carey, who looked
O. while Brady and the other three
hacked Lord Frederick Cavendish to
pieces. turned Queens evidence: Brady
snd Kelly and Coffey (Who pleaded
su-tEa and Curlev and Fagan were
nisd, Convicted and duly hanged. More
mar : -ear had passed since the muir
1ers Six ~ seven months later Csrev.
rs 'rformer. vas shot dead by O'Don-
Tel - hoard the Melrose Castle in
>ovth African waters
NQch we're some Of the circumstances
al7io which Lord Spencer had 10 govern
Eslan0- But govern he did. firmly.
"lsslEs effectively He had Sir George
-rsVelyan IS Chief Secretary. very
eo'e man, very devoted. but NOT, like
Dcro Spencer. OF the governing type.
'1e'e-Tsn VAS Of the emotional type.
opencers nerves were Of steel He used
ne powers which the Prevention Of
Times Act put in his hands with such
-ec1 mat the number Of outrages Bas
'7ooced by three-fourths He was there
-'re reNiied as no Ticeroy had ever
oeen reviIed. nor has ever since been
fe'llec IN Parliament and out He
l'ok Il al as part of the days work.
ne never answered He turned neither
ne night nor 10 the left He did
~hat ne thought his duty as well as he
Ahe" how 10 % it Before or since
-i-sano has had no such Viceroy nor
ever been more steadily ruled.
Let lie take the testimony of Lord
'loriey. convinced Home Ruler and ex-
iiie1 Secretary for Ireland. who is be-
'ieVeo 70 have turned the mind Of Mr..
'"usuone TO Home Rule Lord Morley
avs n Ms Life ~ Vol