CONDITIONS IN IRELAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13995, 30 August 1907, Page 5

CONDITIONS IN IRELAND

SEQUEL TO A CATTLE-DRIVING'

MOT.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT BEFORE THE COURT.

Phjj Assooifction —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 28i Mr J. P. Farrell, Nationalist member for Longford, and 16 others were committed for trial at Longford over a, cattledriving riot in the Newtoivn Forbes district, and for assaulting the police, with a baton. Tho charge failed, and bail vrae accepted. Mr Farrell objocted to the jurisdiction of the court, urging that tho case elionld bo taken at Newtown Forbeß. The present court, he eaid, was a. Star Chamber. If time permitted, a writ of prohibition would bo obtained from the High Court. '• ■ ;

August 29. (Received August 29, at; 10.15 p.m.) Fifteen others have been committed for trial at Longford in connection with cattledriving casts, including Mr M'Kewx, a candidate for tho Southern Division of Longford, who delivered an inflammatory speech,

AN OMINOUS THREAT LONDON, August 29. (Received August 29, at 11 p.m.) Tho MilHown (Galway) 'branch of tho Irish National League resolved. that a deputation should wait on the graziers and ask them to surrender their lands in November before tho people are obliged to take stronger means to bring an odious, class' to its senses.

Mr .Tuslico Wright, when charging a Grand Jury at lloscommon Aesizce on July said cattle-driving was a movement which, -in liis opinion, was absolutely lawless and entirely subversive of the righU of property. The movement appeared to Iwvo spread through many of, the counties 4n tho West of Ireland, and had attained i strength which was a formidable menaeo to tho pnblio peace. Tho police had apparently icon unablo to check !l, but if- tho movement was not grappled with 'vigorously it would land that part of tho country in a state of anarchy, as it struck at tho foundations of lav; and order, Tho county was in anything but a satisfactory state. Numerous eases of cattle-raiding had occurred, and certain iwraons wore under police protection simply because they had tho tpmcrity to meddJo with an evicted fnrm. His Lordship said it appeared that lawlessness was actually rampant and defiant, and there was of improvement in tho immediate future. Bills were sent to tho Grand Jury in two craee p! cattledriving and intimidation. Tho Sblicitorgoneral applied for a postponement of the oliavgea of unlawful assembly against 30 persons on the ground that a fair trial could not bo obtained in tho county, und an application would bo made for a change of voniiD. The application was granted,