Show TELEGRAPHIC NEWS THE IRISH r A Plain Talk to the People by Wecretary Forster New York 6 Ifei aids Tullsmore Forster made here today a very im portant speech to the crowd assembled outside ef the hotel He said that the reason he had undertaken a personal visit to the town was to ea for himself whether the stories which come to Dub lin Castle were exaggerated He was sorry he hid found them to a great ex tent true Tbe result of hill inspection on fan mind was that the people bad it m their power to stop the outrages which disgraced the name of Ireland and which would not happen in Great Britain or on the continent There were no more courageous men in the world in battle than the Irish Here a voice interrupted him Soft solder release the prisoners Forster continued But there is one want among the Irish people namely the determination to stand against the ma jority around them or even against the noisy md violent minority Those who eomuit the outrages are broken down men and violent reckless boys Whether you stop them or not it is the duty of government to do to It is especially es-pecially my duty and stop them we will Instigators of the outrages have several powers to contend with namely the Irish government though perhaps they think they can defy that also the Imperial government and the people of Great Britain But they have also a stronger force the force of Gods law which says that the man who tries to injure bia neighbors voice interrupting inter-rupting That is the landlords Forster continuing There may be bad landlords but that does not excuse the burning of houses the torturing of animals ani-mals the killing of men A voice Who did that but the soldiers and police Forster then went on to speak of his experience ex-perience years ago iu Ireland when a young man Bis determination thea was to J get alterations in the laws fle spoke of his present joy to see the change accomplished and of his belief that in five years perhaps in less it will be acknowledged ac-knowledged to be a great beneficial benefi-cial change in the agricultural industry in-dustry of Ireland Forster then referred to his visit to the death bed of Morony the memory of which he said would remain throughout his life I call on you to do what you can to stop these thinKs He continued let me say one word about the English people There is no illfeeling in England toward Ire land We know that you have bean in a miserably and badly governed country that the English government of past days has done many cruel and very unjust things to Ireland and has allowed many to be done We wish to undo that and make you prosperous rich and powerful eg ourselves but we view thee terrible outrages and hardly know how to do so I will conclude with the words I have often read Gvi save Ireland words which sometimes end letters telling me I must have a bullet through my head or go to a place warmer than we are in now I say God save Ireland too but from the man that makes that threat God laTe Ireland from cruel men grasping landlords rackrenting land lord dishone3t tenants and midnight marauders God save Ireland from the petilence which walketh at noon and the terror which stealeth at night and I believe lieve God will save Ireland for with all her faults the amount of virtue among the Irish people the love of country and of family which are abiding virtues that do much to save a country will enable Gods law to be respected A voice What about the prisoners Let out the suspects 1 Mr borater Well now you ask about the suspects Cries hear bear Ai soon as wen we-n fairly say that outrages have ceased that men are not ruined not maimed not murdered for doing their duty or what they have the legal right to do the suspects will be released Forster then retired and the crowd dispersed The above are extracts only from a long address which was listened to in the main with deep interest and silence It created a most profound sensation in the audience of the country town to which it was addressed and will make doubtless doubt-less an equally profound and universal sensation throughout the whole of Ire land when published tomorrow |