The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-15
PARNELL'S NEW SUIT.
The Pail Mall Gazette in Doubt as to
His Real Motive.

LONDON, Aug. 14.-Tbe Pail MdU Ga
Parnell in bringing suit against the London
Times in the Scotch courts, says: "Mr.
Parnell's trick seems to please his sup
porters and has disgusted his foes, but 1t re-
sembles playing fast and loose. II Mr.. Par
nell has discovered the forger who planped
the letters published by the Times, then it is
no trick, but determination long avowed.
But the ground of applause of his admirers
is on the trick, which will he-devil the
commission of inquiry entirely. Ii this is
Mr.. Parnell's object, it is q false move, and
Mr.. Parnell has changed front in the face
of the enemy, which is dangerous. The
tardy adoption of a course which he re-
fused to take when it would have
been useful to his English allies
will not be understood The
commission will proceed with its work, and
MIR. Parnell cannot arrest it. IL he refuses
TO testify before 1T he will harm nobody so
much as lamsef. AS Mr.. Parnelrs case
stands he has no motive to hold his tongue
but to challenge inquiry"
DATE OF THE GALL.
Mr.. Parnelrs summons against the Times
will be called at Edinburgh, Sept Is, when
the parties to the action must appear, an
order will then be issued to lodge defenses,
which will be due Oct. l6. The issues will
be placed before the court for adjustment
Oct. 2S. The trial will begin in November
at the earliest and possibly may not take
place until after Christmas.
Mr.. Gladstone, in letter to the Dalkeith
electors, says: ~ shall never speak of a
breach of the law otherwise than as a pub
lie evil. But if Mr.. Dillon broke the law,
he was driven to it by gross misconduct on
the part of the Tory government Every
elector who supports such government Is
responsible for its acts"
EFFECT OF A LAW COURT DECISION.
DUBLIN, Aug. 14.--At a regular meeting
of the national league to-day, DIR. Counsel,
who was chairman, said the Irish party in
parliament hoped that before the c. minis
sion OF inquiry had proceeded far in
its work, a decision will be obtained
in the law courts to settle the fact that the
Times letters were forgeries. IL would be
perfectly immaterial what the result of the
commissions investigation might be when
Mr.. Parnell had proved the letters forgeries
Mr.. Kenny, M. p, declared that Mr..
Balfour. chief secretary for Ireland, stood
at the bar of public opinion as tho legal
murderer of Mr.. Vaudeville, and he WAS
| now using his tyrannous power to injure
Messrs. Dillon and OKelly. The latter,
he said, had been imprisoned for
| telling people to refuse to
answer questions under an infamous
act. II the people had not refused they
would have been towards. The latest tri-
umph of the Parnellites was the exposure
of Joseph Chamberlain, who, in his own
letter, proved tho truth Of Mr. Parnell's
accusations.
| GIVEN FOUR MONTHS EACH.
Counsellors Finlay and Mora. of Roscom-
mon, have been sentenced to four months
and two months imprisonment respectively
for conspiracy in connection with the plan
of campaign.
At the league meeting to-day 1t was an
nounced that a3, 900 had been received from
America since the previous meeting.