Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
PABNELL AND Chamberlain.
The Latter Responds to the Formers
Receut Letter.

The Latter Responds to the FOrmer'a
Receut Letter.
LONDON, August 2.-ChamberIain's re-
ply to ParnelI's recent letter is published
this morning: Chamberlain says: 81 IN
derstand tina ParnelI denied that O'Shea
had any authority to represent his views.
and that he repudiated ali responsibility
for the scheme OfnaLlOnal council submitted
to me by O'Shea." Cham berlain proceeds
to state that the scheme attributed TO Par
nell appended to this letter was the subject
of conversation with O'Shea, from the end
Of November, 1884. ''It was brought 10
me in writing by O'Sbea, January Is, 1885.
Parnell's letter proves his authorship anC
also that O'Shea was a confidential exponent
of his views at the time. These points,
however, are not disputed IN Parnell's let
ter to the Times" The correspondence
also cOrrObOrates Parnells statement that
he did not intend the proposal as a substi-
tute for an Irish parliament. Chamberlain.
says: 81 understand the proposal was Of
fered as an acceptable settlement, though
even by ParneIl could bind the Irish peo-
pie In the future, and though believed
then, as now, that a large and safe eXten.
sion of local government would remove all
practical grievance The whole subject was
July discussed with my colleagues, and was
not finally rejected till May 9, 1885,
when the new government was formed. L
tried to learn whether Parnelb adhered to
his proposal. In the middle of July
O'Shea informed me that, in view
Of the altered state of affairs, and
Lord CarnaTYOn's speech, Parneil doubted
the policy of ineumbering the Irish ques-
ton with a larger extension of local gov
eminent to Ireland than to England. The
question of the renewal of the crimes act
was discussed simultaneously
Chamberlain proceeds: In the spring OF
1885 OyShea brought me ParnelPs revised
coercion act of 1882. Parneu had no seri-
GUS objection to the then clauses / aud s.
the first being altered by transfer from
clause / of definition of offence, eXclud-
ing, however, treason and treason felony
Chamberlain says that in a subsequent
conversations he told O'Shea he was Of the
opinion that no government could dispense
with some provision against boycotilng
and intimidatIOns. Il understand nat II
she act was limited to a year, PaTneH
would consent to more stringent provisions
if extended to three years. 1 there
fore pressed this limi tatiOn strongly
upOn the other mem bers of the government.
may say that neither at this time nor
subsequently, has 1t appeared to me that
there Was anything in these cOmmInica-
tons of which ParneIl has cause TO b.
anxious to see the end of the dangerous agi-
tation that had so long distracted Ireland. 1t
was with these objects that understood
him to propose a compromise between the
views of she separatist party and the exist
ing system, and 1 readily accepted the
statements made of his attitude as en-
tirely consistent with what I know of
it myself, and especially with his offer
to Gladstone, after the Phoenix Park
murders, to retire from parliament
and abandon politics. have
always entertained the conviction that one
Of the most serious difficulties in the gov
eminent Of Ireland has been the isolation
of the castle and want of confidential inter
change Of opinion between the Parnellites
and the government, and I must express
my great regret that this difficulty has been
rather increased than diminished by the
experience of myself and others, who have
in recent years endeavOred to overcome it. -