New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-23
REPLYING TO SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS.

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REPLYING TO SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS
,r-sr,v NcAETHY AMP MICHAEL DAVIIT DENY 'hh
CHARGE THAT THE LAND LEAGUE FUND HAS
BEEN ansUsED. -
LONDON Oct 22.-An anonymous coiilluiH y '.'''OL -
o,reared in The Irish Times last week, IN whlch IL
,gas 4 serted by the writer who pretended 10 oa'o
his conclusions on an examination OF the nhahcl"i
statements of the Ladies' Land League as 'ney ap-
neared from time to time IN the Dublin papers anu
on q comparison of the same with NJ Egah sta'e-
rnent to the late National Conference thAU thele
was au underestimate by Mr.. EGan OF IecelP's lo
The general fund of the Land League OF 1Zo'9oo'
and AN oyer-estimate of legitimate expenditure DJ
.71 264. which were unaccOunted for
.Iustiu Mccarthy, NJ. p, and Michael DdVltt' VINO
ars trustees OF the Land League Fund, ana MI Mc-
G. who is acting as his fathers secretary
have been seen Oh the subject. Ihey decllIo hoin
their personal knowledge that the above alesauonS
arsutterly unfounded and relteraton OF chaIges
which have been circulating among the landiOru
marty ever since the Land League was orgaulzeu'
All three gentlemen pon; to the fact that the nom
do nlume =" One Who Knows" by which the COM
munication Is signed, is the one used py Arnoiu
Forster in pamphlet attack on the League WHICH,
Ike this one. was first sent 10 those organs IL l.
land favorable to llndlordism
Mr. Davitt, besides scouting INC CHd' sV9 90 '' .
entered into explanations with regard 10 ceI'aIi'
paragraphs of the communication IN regard 10 ''i'
accusation in the letter that Mr.. Egan though taA-
ing credit for the relief etc. afforded through lne
LADIES' Land League did no; give any account o.
the money ne received through It. Mr.. Davil' eA-
pla,ns that this was simply because Mr.. Esan dld
not receive anything from that source; that every
sixpence collected b. the Ladies League
was expended by the ladies', and that they,
moreover. since March last have drawn
upon Mr. Egan for 100000. The Ladies League Is
a,urcsent preparing balance-sheet entirely lnde-
pendent OF Mr. Egan, which Will demonstrate
these facts.
With reference to the drafts OF the Ladies League
on Mr. Egan Mr.. Davtt states that when MT FaI-
nell net him on his liberation they had converse
ton in which Mr.. Parnell spoke of the Ladies
League as being somewhat profu5e in expenditure
In regard to a charge in the letter that MI
Parnen had stated at a meeting that the
expenses of the organization never exceeded $50
weekly. neither the Messrs Mccarthy nor III.
DavItt remember any such utterance by MI f4I-
neil. Mr. Davitt declares that at the uHe OF tho
greatest activity of the League what WIN pIIutII4
ana the widespread county ORGANIZATIONS, the t4-
penses must have been doubled at al points ne
saws that the publication OF the letter IN ne Ir'SH
Times has made str IL Ireland, anu he hIsI hearu
OF L to-day c,-...-
in lts leading editorial.
6rBItN. Oct. 22.-Tke Connqugkt telegraph says:
I'VE are glad that Mr. ESan has resigned tue CON
trol of the money-bags aud 10 Is 10 be hoped that
the new League will see the necessity Ior keeping
the treasury on Irish soil IN future
B,-gEALo, Oct 22.-At a meeting Of the IRISH
Land League, Branch No l. to-day resolutions
were adopied emphatically denOuucing tic ailega-
tons Of fraud against Mr. ParncI ana LIS asSoeld'cS
By The Irish Times, OF DuOln.