St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-01
Parnell Alludes to Cabinet
Secrets Divulged by
Chamberlain.
Hareourt Charges That Gov
eminent Is in League
With the Times.
King John Of Abyssinla Anx-
iouS for an Alliance With
thesCzar.

the house of commons this evening. w.
ii. Smith, the government leader, moved
the suspension Of the standing order
under which the discussion on the COM
mission bill would be interrupted al
midnight. MIR. Parnell protested
against the suspension of the order. He
said it was an amendment to continue
the discussion on q measure
OF FIRST IMPORTANCE
after the house had been sitting nine
hours.
Mr.. Smiths motion was adopted by a
vote of 231 to 159.
Mr.. Gladstone and the other leaders
of the opposition voted with the minor
ity, ard were cheered by the Parnell-
ties.
Mr.. Parnell, resuming the debate on
r. L. Reid's proposal to restrict the
inquiry into the conduct of his asso-
ciateS to accusations of
MURDERS AND VIOLENCE.
said he referred yesterday evening to
the proceedings of the cabinet in office
from 1882, which had frequently been
divulged by Mr.. Chamberlain to him.
self and other Nationals.
~ pOlllG Cllttll
to state that this line Of observation
was not in order.
Mr.. Parnell replied that, if this were
the case, he should reserve further
statements on the subject until he came
before the commission, when he would
be prepared to
PROVE HIS CHARGES
by his own and others evidences and
by documents and statements of Mr..
Chamberlain himself. Parnellite
cheers. The Nationals, continued Mr..
Parnell, believing that they had with
them the people of England, as they
had the people of Ireland in the outside
world, were quite ready to meet definite
charges before court or a commission,
but they could not meet the innuendoes
which would be used to raise
A CLOUD OF SUSPICION
for political purposes. 1t was not reas-
enable to ask them to go before COM
mission, unless they we're told who their
accusers were and of what they were
accused. Such fair play might be too
much to bestow upon Irishmen. They
were told that they might extract the
charges from ''Parnelism and crime"
Gus pamphlet. He and his colleagues
were ready to meet charges definitely
formulated. If the amendment did not
cover such charges, they were
WILLING TO ALTER IT.
Mr.. Chamberlain said he desired to
offer personal explanation. Mr.. Par
nell had made certain vague and shad-
oWy accusations against him, referring
to he knew not what. and had threatened
to bring the accusations before the COM
mission. Well, if the charges were
germane to the subjects referred to the
commission, he would be happy to give
any explanation that might be found
necessary. He could promise the house
that there
WOULD BE NO SHIRKING
on his part. [Cheers.l AS far as he
could understand the accusations, it
was alleged that during the period from
1876 to 1880, before he was a minister,
he had constantly melted the Parnell-
ties to dc what he was afraid to do him
self. That was not a very serious
charge. He was perfectly ready to
cowardice in the hands Of his friends,
further accused him of betraying secrets
of the cabinet between 1880 and 1885.
AS far as he recollected the only
DIRECT COMMUNICATION
he had had with Mr.. Parnell during the
whole of that period were as follows
The first communication related to Mr..
Parnell'S release from Kilmainham Jail,
and information of what occurred was
duly conveyed to Mr.. Gladstone and Mr..
Forster. The second communication re-
ferred to the formation of national coun-
ellis in Ireland. This scheme Mr.. Par
nell himself had suggested to him. Mr..
Parnell now denied ever having
APPROVED THAT PROPOSAL.
Mr.. -Parnell-I don't deny asserting
to the proposal to establish a national
council in Dublin. What / deny is
constructing or asserting to Mr.. Cham
berlain's scheme Cries of Hear, hear.'7
Mr.. Chamberlain repeated that the
scheme was brought to him by Mr..
Parnell. He had proof of this in Mr..
ParnelPS own hand-not letters written
by his secretary, but letters wholly in
MIR. Parnell's own writing. CHEERS
He replied to Mr.. Parnell, accepting
the proposals. and he promised to place
them before his colleagues and try to
OBTAIN THEIR ASSENT
to them. Everything that passed be-
tween himself and Mr.. Parnell was i'm
mediately communicated to Mr.. Glad
stone and Lord Harrington and other
ministers. On two other occasions, he
had had direct personal communication
with Mr.. Parnell. Once was in the
house of commons, about which he re-
membered nothing. The other was on
the Sunday after the Phoenix murders.
Mr.. O'Shea called upon. him bringing
Mr.. Parneu with him. Mr.. Parnell
said:
''THAT Is NOT TRUE"
Mr.. Chamberlain replied that Mr..
O'Shea was certainly present, but that
nothing was said or done at that meet
ing which either he or Mr.. Parnell had
occasion to conceal, or of which either
could be ashamed. These were all the
communications, direct or indirect, that
he ever had with Mr.. Parnell. He
would now, therefore, he said, leave
the matter in the hands of the house.
Mr.. Parnell, in reply, said that Mr..
Chamberlain might be a clever man,
but he was not clever enough to ride
off in transparently fake issue about the
Irish local government bill. Laughter
and cheers. The communications
which passed between Mr.. Chamber
lam, Mr.. Dillon, and another person
not now member of the house of COM
mons, related to quite other subjects
than the Irish
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL,
and covered his release from Kilmain-
ham jail, the arrears bill, the renewal
of coercion after the Phoenix park MUIR
ders. and, later in 1885, the question re-
garding the non-renewal of the crimes
act. But whatever the subject of the
communication, it did not touch his
CHI that Mr.. Chamberlain had
VIOLATED HIS OATH
as cabinet minister. He could pro-
duce letter in Chamberlain's hand,
aliuding to the defeat and withdrawal
of the police in Ireland, in which he
glorified in Lord Spencer's discom-
future at the withdrawal of the measure.
[Cheers.]
The chairman remarked that Mr.. Par
nell seemed to have exhausted his re-