THE SUEZ MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2389, 29 November 1881, Page 4

THE SUEZ MAIL.

[Bx Tbibqbaph.] [Per fl.s. To Anau, at tho Bluff.] LONDON, October 21, The Irish crisis has reached an acute stage by the arrest of Parnell and tho leading members of the Land League, followed by other rigorous measures, culminating yesterday in a proclamation by the Lord Lieutenant suppressing the Land League. The immediate cause of tho proclamation is understood to be the manifesto of the League issued just after Mr Parnell’s arrest, which was an outrageous defiance of the British Government, even grosser in terms than the insulting challenge delivered by Mr Purnell in reply to Mr Gladstone’s speech at Leeds condemning the Land League agitators. Tho League declared that the Executive had been forced by the action of tho British Government into arresting Parnell and his colleagues, and they were bound to advise tho tenant farmers of Ireland from that time forth not to pay rents under any circumstances unless the Government relinquished the existing system of terrorism and restored tho constitutional rights of the people. The manifesto exhorted the people not to be intimidated by the removal of the leaders, and declared it to be lawful to refuse to pay rents under the circumstances. The document stated that the funds of tho Land League would be poured out unstintedly for the support of all who endured eviction rather than pay rent. By this manifesto the League stood fully unmasked, and its suppression, which many thought had been too long delayed, was considered inevitable. The Lord Lieutenant, in his proclamation, charged the League with interfering with the Queen’s subjects in the free exercise of their lawful rights, with controlling the relation between landlords and tenants, with obstructing the service of process and the execution of the Queen’s writs, and deterring the Queen’s subjects from fulfilling their contracts. The League, moreover, had evowed its purpose to prevent the payment of all rents and effect tho subversion of tho law. It was, therefore, declared an unlawful criminal association, all its meetings wore prohibited, and, if necessary, would bo dispersed by force. Tho Government will use all its powers and resources to protect tho Queen’s subjects and enforce the fulfilment of their lawful obligations. Tho arrest of Parnell was followed by serious prolonged disturbances in Dublin and-Limerick. In Dublin the mob wrecked many houses and shops, whence much property was stolen. The -street lamps were broken in many of tha principal streets and enormous damage was done. Tho constabulary, after long forbearance, charged the mob in Sackville-street, and several innocent persons present as spectators were roughly handled. Next day, a deputation from tho the Dublin Parnellites, mostly members of the municipality, waited upon Mr Forster, complaining of the unnecessary display of force and brutal conduct of tho police. Mr Forster declined to enter into any explanation, and said simply that the Government had information that a dangerous outbreak was projected, which fully justified tho precautionary measures taken.