| Show THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Raisin Money Now to Aid the Tenants Being Evicted DUBLIN Sept 23Mr Timothy Harring ion announced at the fortnichtly meeting of the Irish National League today that since the last meeting 815000 in donations had been received by him as treasurer He added that an enormous increase in evictions evic-tions throughout Ireland must now be expected ex-pected and said the League would devote all the donations received to the work of relieving the persons evicted John Dillon said peace in Ireland now depended de-pended on the action of the landlords Two thousand farmers were now under notice of eviction Winter was coming and already it was imperative that the Irish people should combine and help one another resist within the law the attempted tyranny of the landlords final victory being certain if this resistance was maintained Dillon said in concluding that the tenants would accept the Ashbourne act but would resist coercion Joseph E Kenny M P for Cork said the tenants would fight with their backs to the wall against the threatened evictions Mr Harrington appealed to the branches of the League to subscribe liberally to the fund for the evicted tenants Mr Dillon declared the commission of inquiry in-quiry was a fraud and an imposture and that nobody would believe in its honesty and impartiality If the eviction of the tenants continued the tenants must touch the landlords upon their most tender point their pockets |
