New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-09
MR.. PARNELL.
MR.. FORsTER'S AcCOUNTOF M2. PARSELL.s
COMPLETELY In IRISH CRIME.

tod as it ought to be- and where it ought to BE- and
In the face of the man who above all others oEsht
! to hear 1t, and by tie man who knows is better
than anybody else. Mr.. forster's speech last night
| in The House Of Commons was, by the commsn con-
sent of those who fortunate enough 10 hear IT,
one of those rare speeches which can be called az
event Long has the House waited, and the coui.
try waited, to hear from some voice of authoi.y
such Indictment OF the Land League aud its
leader as that now framed. The facts, no doubt.
have long been known, but they have cCms
out piecsnpal, and never yet have they becv
collected and welded into one thundsrDolt and
launched straight at the head OF Mr. Parnell. That
is the service Mr.. Forster has nov done. 1t was
welcomed by the House. 1t will be welcomed
by the country. 1t will be welcomed
wherever care 10 see smooth hypocrisy I'm.
masked and hidden crime and completely in crime
exposed. The House rang with cheers Il was
known Mr.. Forster TO spe TX, and hpor aud
galleries thronged. On both sides and in every
quarter of the House the interest intense
as 1t was varied. Perhaps in the long history OF
the too patient struggle with Irish disorder and
Irish crime single incident has more profoundly
stirred more discordan feelings than this denunci
alton OF the League and ts stealthy work. The deep
stern delight OF loyal Englishmen and the rancorous
resentment of Irishmen, whose loyalty consists In
and audible.
Mr. ParDell, it must be observed, has all the week
been silent under hastorQ of challenges from every
he direct testimony of Carey to the share
of the Land League in the murders wrought by the
Invincibles put him his defence. but of defence
we have thus far heard not a word This stubborn
silence did not relieve, il increased the suspicion
under which he lay. Mr.. Forster spike for the
House when he remarked that he had fully expected
Mr.. Parneil wouO have risen before this and would
have made some eff rt to clear himself He might
have added, but did not, that he had sent Mr. Par
nell word he going at ack him, and suggested
to him that he had better he i'll his place. sibly
b. the time Mr. Forster bad stated bis case Me- Par
nell wished himself elsewhere.
What is the case At the outset Mr. Forster put 1t
in moderate words but with uD1inchng paiuness:
" charge the honorable member and his friends
that he and they allowed themselves to continue
the eadsrs-that he, the svowed chief and leader
of the organization, not merely openly advised and
urged the ruin of those who opposed them advanced
that doctrine OF boycotIng which was 10 make the
lives OF men more miserable than delth-but set on
foot an agitation which organized AMI promoted
outrage aud melted to murder, and the outcome OF
which was murder" He was the man. continued Mr..
Forster; Mr.. Parneil was the msu who. more than
any other, derived advantage aud power from this
could not fad out that this terrorism was
so used and what steps he took to
find 1t out and denounce it. Everybody
knows he took none. He remained the chez of the
Land League reapng the advantageso Of ali that was
done in the name OF the League, or by League
branches or By League officials, or by those from
whom came support 10 tue League.
What was donei To assist Mr.. Parnell in making
his answers specific, Mr.. Forster has made his qaes
tions and charges specific. What abOnt ths funds
OF the Land Leaguef To thus day they remain un-
accounteh for and no public audit has been made.
If they have not been used for pa ing promoting
outrag,s and crimes, ~ has over aud over again
been asserted, it is wIthin Mr. ParaelTs power to
show that they have not. What about the paid
officials Of the League and. in particular, Mr.
Brennan, lis paid secretary, now known
TO have been one of that FeDian brother
hood from which the Invincbes were re-
emitted Did Mr. Parnsll kn ow thatf Did he
know hat Mr. Brennan wrote Of the dynamite
explosion at Stafford killing childf Mr.. Parnel
himself described that incident as practical joke.
But Mr. Brennan said he Truly lO al theory Is that
fenianlsm dId it. That Is what he wrote 10 Amer
ica in order to keep up the flow of subscriptions;
10 convey the impression that conspiracy aud d.
nalnite were succeeding.
The paper 10 which Mr. Brennan addressed his
communications was The Irish World, OF New-York.
When Mr Parnell was asked If he saw Dir. bren-
mans letter he shook his head He expects to be
believed when he denies seeing paper on which, as
Mr. Forster said. his agitation was at that time Nv
Ing. and which published week by week the sub
scr ptlons which made the Land League the for
mdab1e power 1t was. But II he did not read Mr..
Rrennan's letters TO The Irish World, Dir.
parnell has heard the names of Sheridan
and Boyton Sheridan il the man over whose
Mr. Parnelrs Influence was 50 complete that ne
proposed 10 use hrm in pursuance OF the kllmain-
ham treaty TO put down the outrages he hao hereto
fore organized. And what does Sheridal say IF
Won do not get these hngs from Parliament. would
ask Won then 10 ring out your woes from the muz-
zles of Mimic rifies" And whas did Boytou sayf
I'VE have seen plenty of landlords and agents that
deserve to be shot at any mans hands. l have
ALWAYS denounced the commission OF outrages oy
night. II you have to blow out mans brains, you
should blow them out in the daylight"
Stung at last Mr. Parnell spring TO his feet to say
that Boyton had denied using this language. and
that Mr. Forster was aware of the fact. lam also
aware retorted the late Chief Secretary, "Of tois
fact that when man mas iei
murder and proof has been obtained
of il. he is very likely indeed to deny IT.
And this speech which he denied, added Ar
Forster "Is periectlyconsistent with Others when
he did not deny. Consistent also with Mr. Red.
mathis speeches in aid of MURDER" Challenged
10 quote one, Mr.. 70 ster cited Mr.. Redpaths
remark at the Land League banquet IN
Dublin: "No English nobieman would
ever cross the Mississippi hunt deer or buffalo on
the American plans without the risk of being shot
by An IRISH bullet" Did Mr. Parnell Keep himsei
ignorant of such counses as thosef They hail. 1t Is
I'll known. two effects; they brought money into
Ind League treasury and they melted 10 muir
or and outrage. WIS Mr.. Parnell, alone of all men
in pubic life. ignorant of the speeches OF his
,rns,d agentsor of their effect sor did he refuse the
money or disown his agents. Did he disown De-
,o,, who had an extensive system of firing cities