The daily gazette., 1883-02-24
.PARNEIL TO FORSTER.
THE REJOiNDER OF THE Ac-
CUSED IRISH MEMBER.
A PARLIAMENTARY SENSATION
Parnell ACCUSES Forster of Asking Rim
to be sn Informsr, and OF Uuialrnana
In SuPpressiBS the Truth.

Au.s@-s4s-@aa-.-.-
LoSpoN, Feb. 24.-There wac mueb az.
citement in the House of Commons at the
opening OF the session yesterday afternoon,
as 1t was expected that Mr.. ParneI would
: speak In answer to the charges made against
. him By Mr.. Forster.
. Mr.. Parnell said that the utmost he de-
sired to do was to make his position clear to
, the Irish people at home and abroad. Mr.
Forster, ne said, ought to be ashamed for
traducing him. He declined to reply to
Mr.. Forster's questions, and charged
that gentleman with having asked
him (Parnell) to inform against
his associates. Mr.. Parnell said that be did
not care to impress his opinions on the
House or on England. If Mr.. Forster had
believed that articles published in the Irish
World were likely to ineite to crime, why
had he not stopped the circulation of that
paper! He compared the responsibility of
MFR. Forster, who had read the articles. and
believed what the result would be. to that
OF himself, who had never read them, though
they were now brought against him. Mr..
Forster had unfairly singled out the name
of Sheridan as mentioned In the tKilmain
ham treaty" negotiations. Why did he
| suppress the names of Davitt, Egap, and
Boyton, who were also mentioned as likely
to endeavor to prevent outrages in Ireland.
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mentioned to me-"
Mr.. O'Shea, member for Glare, exclaimed
that Messrs. Boyton, Eagan and Davitt
were mentioned to Mr. Forster.
MIR. Parnell, continuing, said that he had
been challenged to defend himself, but he
had nothing to defend himself from. He
occupied a better position in the eyes OF
the Irish than Mr.. Forster did in
England. Mr.. Forster, he said was
Il alan Uufltv of sst1,1rasp;a .,.1. -
cause the heading in the United Ireland,
incidents OF the Campaign over the
column recording outrages, ceased the mo-
| ment Mr.. OBrien, editor of that paper, was
liberated from prison. Mr. Forster's unfair
ness was shocking. Mr.. Parnell also ana
lyzed the evidence of Carey ut the hearing
of the Irish prisoners in Dublin, which, he
said, was not statement of fact, but of be-
lief or hearsay. 1t had been already dis
proved as regards Mrs. Byrne. The evi-
dence in reference to the source of
| the "murder fund" he said, rested
upon the fact that some men while in prison
had received checks from the sustentation
fund of the Land League. Such aid had
bsen given to thousands of prisoners. AS
| proof that the prisoners charged with the
Phoenix Park murders were not members
| Of the Land League, Mr.. Parnell pointed
out during his speech that one of them had
| returned a check which had been sent to
him from the sustentation fund, saying that
he had nothing to do with the League
Mr.. Parnell said that Mr.. Forster's
animus was due to the fact that he
had attempted to obtain promise from him
| (Mr. Parnell, but had failed to do so, and
had lost his Office In conclusion, Mr.. Par
nell declared that the present officials in
| ireland were mauifestlY unfit to administer
the Grimes act. Mr.. Forster ought to re.
turn to his congenisl work Mr.. Parnell
said he was hopeful that Ireland would
weather this, as she had weathered other
/ formidable expressions.
Mr.. Parnell spoke for S5 minutes. The
| Prince Of Wallet WAS present the whole time
Mr.. Parnell was delivering the address.
Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for
ireland, in reply to Mr. Parnell, vindicated
| the policy of the Government in Ireland
/ Since the present Government there had
been commissioned 10 suppress crime the
number of murders had been reduced from
three monthly to one In the last four and q
half months. The only policy for freiaud
was to say exactly what the Government
meaut to do and then do IT, He regretted
that Mr.. Parnell had act Iusda
| his position clearer. Mr. Gurst's
/ amendment to the ad2rss in re-
ply to the speech from the throne
was distasteful TO Earl Spencer, Lord l.ieu-
tenant of slrelaud and la himself and
| as well as to the designations Of the Cabinet.
He thought that nothing would he more
fatal to Ireland than to hand the responri-
hilty Of its government to leeal bodies. Mr..
| 1reyelyan said that II the government were
CONVINCED that the lie of any official or pri-
vate person had been pointed aJ by melting
| language OF the press they would act again.
Mr.. Trevelyan said tue Government would
press tho present proceeding against John
O'Brien, whose sentence TO imprisonment
for Using intimidating language against
landlords was confirmed recently, and who
was arrested to undergo his punishment.
IN the House of Commons, tonight, Sir
Stafford Northcote said he would be sorry
to weaken or haraSs the Government, but
even If the result be to cause them to resign
1t would no better that that would happen
than that the country, relying on a false
security should be led back to the Minis
terial policy of the past.
Mr.. Chamberlain declared that as long as
Mr.. Forster remained in the Cabinet he was
loyalty supported by his colleagues, and
there was no unworthy intrigue against him.
Mr.. Gorst's amendment was rejected-259
to 176 The Parnelites abstained from vot-
ing. Messrs. McCoan and Blake, Irish
Home Rulers, voted with the majority.
Mr.. Parnell has telegraphed TO Mr.. Sex
ton, requesting him to come to London to
participate in the debate in the House Of
Commons.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, member for Long
ford, has written to Mr.. Forster informing
him that he will personally attack him in a
speech which Mr.. Mccarthy intends to
make In the House of Commons.
Sir Stafford Northcote has given notice
that he will move for the appointment of a
committee to inquire into the matter of the
release of Messrs. Pornell, Dillon and
O'Kelly from Kilmainham Jail.
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