Show THE GENEROSITY of the American Ameri-can people is again being emphasized empha-sized in the cause of the Irish Only a short time ago ninetenths of the newspapers of this country were heartily and earnestly beating the Irish for their turbulence and crime at home which kept the island inconstant in-constant turmoil and made life and property unsafe that the possessor was fortunate he retained either Now that the crops in Ireland have failed partly from the protracted agrarian agitation partly from the impoverishment of the soil aud partly from the adjustment of new conditions between landlord and tenant and the Irish people are in want the American press and people peo-ple are almost unanimous in urging and extending substantial sympathy The Philadelphia Times which but echoes the sentiments felt by allsug gests that whatever the causes that have led to the present hunger in Ireland or whoever may be blamed for their existence and howeve they may be removed the call for promptaction on the part of both philanthropists and statesmen is imperative It is a grave fault in the English government that it does not keep on hand a fund with which to meet these continually recurring famines They have come with ghastly regularity since 1846 and the dir ct result is that the population popula-tion of Ireland is nearly 3000000 smaller than it was then Yet the government is always unprepared for a new one so dependence must be placed upen the ready open hand of private charity America has never been backward in such a work aud this is no time to hesitate It ought to be only necessary to know that cold and hunger have overtaken a people through no fault of their own and relief ought to be sent them as quickly as possible Much money has J sent to Ireland to assist in carrying on a political agitation agi-tation and it is still better to send relief to hungry people Every city ojght at once to ask for contributions contribu-tions from the charitably inclined and forward the money to Ireland that suffering may be reduced to the minimum |