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THE FENIANS AGAIN. THE NEW YORK ‘‘ HERALD” INTERVIEWS A FENIAN HIS STORY OF THE FENIAN OR- GANIZATION IN ENGLAND, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND—ARMS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING

AND IRELAND IN A BAD WAY.

The New York /fera/d correspondent in freland has interviewed a Fenian leader and gives the public the result or the talk and the benefit of his own observations as well :~

Cork, July 31.--The peaceful people and the newspaper correspondents of England and lreland are eccasionally much exer- cised by the reports which sometimes creep inte the press of Fenian plots, the drilling ef men in the dead of night, the importation of arms and other iwysterious indications of incipient revolution. This would seem to be the extent of their knowledge of what is daily passing under their eyes, and it certainly speaks well for the secrecy and sense of honer pervading the organization of the Fenian Brother- kood that nothing definite appears to be publicly known of its workings, Yet there does exist an organization, powerful and determined as ever it was, and under its present programme of operations more likely to sueceed than any previeus move- ment. The following statements are not intended in any sense as revelations. There are probably few facts among them which are not known to the government and the constabulary through accident or by spies, or at least guessed at. The real secrets of Fenianism are, however, a seal- ed book to any but Irishmen, and to them only, after taking an oath whieh is seldew, if ever, broken, and which, if broken, might be followed by unpleasant conse- quences. But these statements, so far as they go, may be absolutely relied upon. Every fact has been submitted to proof, and they who may be the quickest to deny are they whe best know the accuracy of what is here stated. One of the chief objects in making these facts public is to show the precise relatéons existing between the Revolutionary Brotherhoed and the Land League. ‘They reverse completely the popular conception, se far as Ireland is concerned, of the connexion between the two parties, and show how little satisfied lrish nationalists are with Parnell and the men of his clique, who are ‘* neither sweet nor bitter” on the question of Irish inde- pendence. The ultimate idea of Michael Dayitt aud a few of those associated with him may be to strike a blow for the nation- al cause, but the determined opposition of the actual revolutionary leaders to the agi- tation method of appreaching the final goal is clearly preved by Davitt’s expulsion from the Supreme Council and the threat- eningly hostile attitude of the secret or- ganization against the Land League.

RELATIONS TO LANDLORDISM.

There is probably no part of Ireland where the revolutionary feeling is stronger than in this province of Munster, and nowhere are there bolder or more desperate spirits than in the city of Cork. I chanced some time ago to meet here a gentleman whose epinions are mest decided on the question of physical force in dealing with Fngland, and whe is an active worker in the ranks of the revolutionary party. One night last week I met him ina retired house in the suburbs of Cork, and chancing to refer to the revelations of a murder trial in the west of Ireland by one Clarke, who was stated to be a Fenian traitor, I asked the gentleman, ‘* If the active party in Ireland were really so strongas had heen represent- ed ?”

‘* Yes,” he replied, “‘ itis making steady progress, though it has been considerably weakened by the land agitation and the necessary expulsion of some of our leaders in consequence of their active co-operation with the land agitation.”

‘** Do you not, then, sympathize with the land movement?” [ asked considerably sur- prised.

‘*On the contrary,” said he, ‘‘the Fenian Brethérhood totally objects te land agita- tion, as the agitators will find to their cost very soon,”

STRENGTH OF THE FORCES.

Reverting now to the organization of the Brotherhood, Lasked my informant if he was at liberty to give an idea of the strength of the forces.

‘* In Ireland,” he replied, taking frem his waistcoat pecket a small slip of paper, * the number of actual paying members is as follows :

Province No, of men,

RPS, eign winks 44 Khe ds = opened weeees 10,060 Munster...... ileeeaé oy os bane 12,060 DsphRtE cas not vercdvcvtscnss es cncqeacceriagnse 9,000 Cagnaneitagnts. oes écisncctoyessstececrevts eves 5,000

Total. ..cccrcocsserececvserscocesesss os s0eee,30,000 |

Before the land agitation, or one year ago, there were 15,000 or 16,000 men in our ranks in Connaught. They had about £2, 500 in their treasury, toe, and now they only have about £800. Where the money is gone | do not understand. They have purchased no arms, and therefore the cash is supposed to have been spent for immita- tion pikes, green flage and ether interesting ‘war material’ used at agitation meetings.”

‘‘ What are the forces in England?’

** Across the channel the strength is as follews:—

District, No. of Men North of England...........:.0+-+-ss1 6,000 South of England........++... ee ie. Moca cns 4s <ba' 3,000

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‘land and Scotland, ef 47,500 men.

UIARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD [SLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1880.

This makes a grand sotal in England Ire- Of the number in Ireland fully twelve thousand are armed with Snider rifles, purchased or stolen in England or bought in America, with American, English and Australian con- tributions.”

‘Do you have any trouble in getting these arms into the country !

‘None whatever’ Our aris agents haye no difficulty in supplying arms as rapidly as the circles desire to purchase. The arms agents have in Dublin, Belfast. Cork and other large towns stores of arms awaiting purchase by the circles.”

‘Are you at liberty to say how they are smuggled into the country!”

‘No, that wonll not be advisable; but they are brought into the country constant- ly in such quantities as they are needed, The Snider rifle and bayonet is supplied to the men in Ireland at £1 apiece, the exira cost being defrayed by the fand of rhe Brotherhood.”

‘How large is the fund?’

‘Well, ahout £20,000 in the three cous- ties, th@division of the North of Englai«d being the richest.”

‘‘Are the men in England armed, too?”

‘*fhey are allarmed with revolvers. ir is net necessary to arm them with guns yet, as they van be got easily if wanted. {pn Ireland it is different, and arms must te obtained secretly. Of course, the nypmbar named above as that of those under arms in [reland does not represent all, as many are privately armed with weapons not re- ceived through the organization. It is impossible to get the exact number armed as the centres are not obliged to report the number of arms, as they are men and money.”

‘*Do the members mentioned above re- present the total number of men enrolled under the Revolutionary Brotherhood in treland?”

‘‘No, not by any means,” replied my informant as he put the slips of paper on which the figures had been written into the Hame of a candle; these numbers only represent the actnal paying members at the time the report was made. You see every centre reports the number of men in his circle on the Ist ef every month, and as a guarantee of the accuracy of the report one penny has to be forwarded for each man, which amount is a share of each man’s dues. This prevents exaggeration, for the centre would have to pay a penny out of his own pocket for each man reported in excess of the actual number, and it supplies the Executive with the necessary funds for organizing purpeses. On the other hand, as itis only at certain periods that the peasantry have money, as at harvest, it

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frequently happens that a circle actually numbering 200 or 300 men will only receive dues from forty or fifty of that number. Except in the case of England and Scotland, the numbers above may be taken a@®even less than one-third of the actual strength of the organization.” ARMS ARRIVING. The Herald's correspondent adds :—

Every week brings into Lreland quanti- ties of military stores of every deseription, most of it ef excellent quality. It is brought iv, stored and despatched to every part of Ireland, under the very eyes of the police. One cannet travel in any of the disturbed parts of treland without observing one or two of the constabulary narrowly watching all the strangers who pass through—‘‘loek- ing for Fenians,’ an inspector in Mayo once told me. They know that arms and ammunition come into their towns, but how and when they would be glad to explain if they could. A consignment arrived in Cork only this week, and in due course found its way to —.---, from which place I was supplied with some interesting specimens. As a guarantee of good faith | torward you by this mail two rifles, both Snider’s, which leas than three days ago were surreptitiously landed in Ireland by the arms agents, and the re- mainder of which consignment is now in the hands of a Fenian military company in the province ef Munster. These rifles are fair specimens of the arms of the revolu- tionists, and are the manufacture usually favered by them. One of them is a short skirmishing rifle in excellent condition, and to which belongs a sword bayonet, now in my possession. The other gun is a regular military rifle of the Snider pattern. Both are government rifles, as will be seen by the crown stamped upon the lock, and have either been bonght at anction or stolen—the latter I imagine, from the dates 1877 and 1879, for it was before these dates that Martini-Henry’s were adopted by the British regular army and the Snid- ers abandoned and sold at. auction. The Sniders are now used by the volunteers alone, aud { do net doubt the guns I send you have been stolen from soine luckless volunteers. These rifles had been taken apart when | received them and the stock of the long rifle is, you will see, sawed into two pieces for the greater safety of secret transmission, but in such a manner as net to impair its usefulness in the slightest de- gree. This latter gun has evidently had a precarious passage to Ireland, for it is slightly rusted, but it would have been placed in prime condition in the lands of ‘the arms agent. | have also a new Colt’s ‘revolver, which is the kind served out to officers of the organization. All the arms bear the private mark of the Brotherhood ‘on the stocks and would be easily recog- nized by friends of the cause in America.

AIM OF THE BROTHERHOOD.

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hood now is, and will be for some time te come, to organize, arm and finally te dis- cipline from eighty thousand to ene hun- dred thonsand men in Ireland, and to pick from the English and Scotch crganizations from three thousand to four thousand of the most determined men for action there when the proper moment arrives, but the nature of whose duty has not yet been de- cided upon, though it may be guessed. As soon as the organization is completed and has approached the perfection which is de. sired and has sufticient funds on hand, the Supreme Council will cease to exist, and the organization will become purely mili- tary. Each company will be placed under au officer, and each province undera gen- eral and the entire body under a military executive, the American organization being expected to supply officers. But even then no revolution need be anticipated, -for the Irish revolutionists haye now no hope ef fighting England alone. The organization in its changed form will simply await events.

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(From our own Correspondent.)

The moonlight excursion in honor of the Grand Lodge, |. 0. O. F., took place on Thursday night last, on board the steamer ** Princess of Waless.” ‘The steamer was to leave the Railyay Wharf at 8 o'clock sharp, but owing to the Grand Lodge being in session, it was nine before she got under way. There were over 500 exXcursionists on board, both old and young, grave and gay-—-each intending to have a pleasant time. Hardly had the steamer left the wharf when the dancing commenced, the music being furnished to the dancers in the after cabin of the boat by a harper and violinist ; whilst in the forward part of the boat, Prof, Delaney used the violin in good style for those who danced there. After leaving the wharf the steamer went about six or seven miles outside the harbor, and then she was headed towards Cape Tormen- tine. She then returned to the Railway Whart and landed the members of the Grand Lodge at 12 o'clock, who held a midnight session in order to finish up their business. The steamer again left the wharf and steamed around for nearly twe hours longer. Everybody on beard en- joyed a pleasant time, and great credit is due the committee for the manner in which the excursion was brought to sach a sue- cessfulend. They also deserve praise for the manner in which they looked after the interests of the Grand Lodge delegates, by striving to make their visit to this place as pleasant as they possibly could. While giving the committee credit for the part which they took in this matter, we cannot forget the gentlemanly manner in which Captain Cameron, Mr. Collins — the steward, and Mr. MeDonald,the clerk of boat, acted. These gentlemen rendered valuable assistance, and did everything in their pewer to make the excursion a suc- cessful one. ‘* Prince Edward Lodge” is one of the best in the Maritime Provinces, and having good working members—who wish to see their Order progress, we cannet help but wish them every success. This Lodge has always been foremost im every good work, and in times past—-when times were hard and the poor people of our town were in want-—‘‘ Prince Edward” Lodge came to the front and relieved many. This is the second excursion held by this Lodge, and we look forward to the time when we shall have the pleasure of another enjoy- able evening.

As the ferry steamer ‘‘Jennie B.” was coming from Bedeque on Friday evening last, with a small boat in tow, containing three or four sheep belonging to Alexander Green, the boat filled with water and up- set—the sheep being drowned. At the time quite a stiff breeze was blowing.

A private picnic party was held at the Island Park on Friday Jast. Quite a num- ber of our young people attended the pic- nit.

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A Fasting Match.

Mr, Chas. D, Keep, of the ‘* Wall Street Daily News,” has offered a prize of $1,000 for any one who will fast forty days or more under his immediate supervision. - He said recently that he received applications from tive candidates, and that the lists are new closed. The last applicant contends that he can fast thirty days without food or water and twenty days more with water only. Dr. Hammond has highly recommended this man, and will, it is said, give the exhibition his per- sonal attention. A hall will be hired abeut September Ist, and it is not proposed te charge any admission. The money will be paid to the man who fasts the longest. Mr. Keep says that he hopes to get fifty days of amusement out of his new cnterprise.

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The Ottawa Citizen says the revenne de- partment and expenditure returns for the last fiscal year will be published presently. The Montreal (Gazette says that had the returns for June been published they would have shown an apparent surplus oa the year's operations, but that when the cor- rected figures for the year are published they will fully justify the estimates of the Finance Minister. ‘This is distressing news for the Toronto Globe, but good news for Canadians generally.

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