THE IRISH AGITATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1272, 2 December 1884, Page 3

THE IRISH AGITATION.

The London correspondent of the Detroit Free Press supplies the following amusing description of the Irish Agitation to his paper. His remarks are prophetic as regards the resignation of Mr Trevelyan, for he has since done so. He says :—" I saw Trevelyan in London a few weeks since, and he is looking very ill. The Irish troubles seem to have broken bis health completely, and I would not be at all surprised, although no such thing has been whispered, to see him replaced by someone else before long. I think the British Government have made a mistake in not putting Lord Dufferin at the head of affairs there. If he could not succee'd, there is nothing for it but a tyrannical government on the one hand, or absolute freedom on the othpr. It seems to me that the future great trouble of Britain is not in the enmity of all Europe, nor the mix of affairs in Egypt, nor any of the foreign complications, but the state of affairs in Parliament after the next election. Just as a sore thumb is more trouble to a man than somebody else's broken leg, so will Irish affairs be to the British nation as compared with their African or European bother. Here is the futuation concisely: Next year the Crime 3 Act will expire. Next year there will be eighty Parnellites in Parliament instead of thirty. It will not only be impossible for any government to renew the Crimes Act, but it will be impossible for them to do any legislation at all without the consent of the Irish party. Just think of the consequences of such an unprecedented state of affairs. It will not be down-troddeu Ireland, but down-trodden England. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in after years we will see agitation in England to get rid of the Irish yoke. They will demand separation, and Ireland will not let them go. We will then have Englishmen in the United States subscribing large sums of money to free their beloved country from the rule of Parnell. We will see the cowed English party in the House of Parliament trying to obstruct the legislation of Premier Parnell, while Home Secretary Ilealey and Minister of the Navy Sexton will denounce such tactics, and the Irish Speaker will ignominiously expel poor Gladstone, Hartington, Harcourt and the rest of them for using unparliamentary language. There is no quesiion but Parnell is the greatest leader the Irish party has ever had, ami be has mnde up bis mind to bring the English to h's own terms, and it is the very general belief that he will do it. It' Mr Gladstone were to do the sensible thing and come up to 825 Strand and ask my advice, I would say to him like a father, " William, my boy, things are more serious than even you believe them to be. Put Lord Dufferin in Earl Spencer's place. Put Mr Parnell in Trevelyan's place. Clear out the Oistle completely, or let them do it, and see what will the' effect be. Things can't be any worse than they are now."