The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
ME. PARNELI,'s LATEST MOVE.

The London Times was not prepared
fcr the surprise created by Mr.. Parnell
in bringing suit against it in TIE
Scotch courts. It pretends to belieye
that the Irish leader is not serious in
this matter, BUTT will find out before
the present year is closed that he YVES
never more serious III his life.
MI. Parnell's summons against the
rinaes will be called at Edinburgh on
September Ia, when the parties 10 the
action must appear. An ort1er will
then be issued to lodge defenses, which
will be duo on October 1G. The issues
will be placed before the court for ad-
jusGment in October 2.33. The trial will
in ali likelihood begin in November
but there is just 3 possibility that 1t
will not take place until after the
Christmas recess Of the court, if either
side to the cause should exercise the
right TO take the case to the inner
court where the lord president and &
jury would try the action. The amount
Of damages asked is $50, 000. The &C
tion is based on a series of letters which
were published in the Times in 1887,
entitled "Parnellism and Crime" and
on letters introduced by the defense in
the trial Of O'Dounell's case against
the Times.
This is the only means by which Mr..
Parnell can secure Justice. He could
not gain anything by going before the
commission appointed by the Govern
ment, as the men comprising that com"
mission had already condemned him and
all that was required to make their YER
dict more emphatic was to go through
the Formally Of All investigation. The
Government declared that it was only
a mere coincidence that the three judges
selected were three strong government
partizans and resolute opponents Of
Home Rule. AS Mr.. Parnell pointed
out with bitter sarcasm, when jurles
are backed in Ireland to try Catholics
and Nationalist; where thirty or forty
Catholics have been ordered to stand
aside: where il an almost exclusively
Catholic district twelve Orangenen are
selected, the Crown officials are always
ready with the assurance that they have
no thought or knowledge of the politics
or religion of the selected or discarded
Jurors. It is always coincidence. The
innocent and impartial Government
that selected Judge Day had no notion
of his political opinions and violent
anti-Irish prejudices, though they were
manifest to all the world besides. But
this most innocent and impartial Coy
ernment insisted that he should be re-
tanned on tribunal by which MIR.
Parnell and his friends" is to be tried:
and take, good care that his partisan
shin shall have full swing, unfettered
by judicial rule or definite charge.
Such is the court they offer, in their
boundless generosity, to their political
opponents, and it is not much wonder
that Mr.. Parnell should head them off
by applying to the Scottish courts for
Justice denied him in England. The
last issue of United ireland to hand
thus speaks of the commission:
s.The Irish members have been &C
#cused of Sinking searching investiga-
Z ton. They demand it, and it is denied
them. BY amendment after amend
Nh nrr,,,eeanlt they have challenged the Govern
5ment and their accomplices on the
ZINES to name the guilty persons Or