The morning news., 1889-05-04
PARNELL'S PRINCIPLES.
O'BRIEN'S EDITORIALS IN AD-
VANCE OF HIS VIEWS,


Efforts Made to Induce the Writer to
Tone Them Down-The Witness Ad-
mits That He Made Deliberate MIS-
statement in the House of Commons.
LONDON, May 3.--The cross exami alton
Of Mr.. Parnell was continued before the
Parnell commission to-day. Mr.. ,Parnell
testified that he had often reproved William
O'Rrien, editor of United Ireland, for
violent articles that appeared in that paper.
He bad not publicly repudisted the articles,
because he did not consider that to be tho
way to effect the alterations he desired in
the tone Of the articles. Mr.. Psrneu said
he considered Mr.. O'Brien's teachings to be
in advance of his own.
DIDN'T KNOW NO. /.
Mr., Parnell denied that be knew ''No, t."
either under the name OF lyman or any
other name, and said he had never heard Of
Egau's being ass 1ciated with THE Martyr
FUND.- for the benefit of the famil eS Of the
Phoenix Park murderers. He saw nothing
criminal in the fund, and rather thought it
was right to assistannocent victims. The
Martyrs Fund" might not, how
ever, have been the most appropriate name
for such fund. He could not recol'ect
He believed the outrages psrpetrated to
have been the work of small secret socie-
ties. The witne was then asked whether,
if secret societies adverse to the league had
existed, and if a vast maj ority of the
people had belonged to the league, there
would not have beenample evidence obtained
to convict the perpetrators of the outrages,
but parried the question, saying that that
might or might not have bean the case.
A REMARKABLE ADMISSION.
Here occurred the most remarkable evil
dence in the witness cross-examination.
Attorney General Webster quoted q tate.
ment ade by Mr.. Parnell in the House OF
Commons during the debate on Mr.. Fors-
ter's bill in 1881, suspending the writ OF
habeas corpus, to the effect that secret so
cieties had then ceased to exist in Ireland.
Ibid you believe that when you said lt"
asked the attorney general.
no replied Mr.. Parnell. "At any rate,
it was a grossly exaggerated state uent."
There was buzz of surprise throughout
the court room at this response.
"Did you. or did you not, intend to mis-
state fact when you made that state
mentT'
II have no doubt did" was the reply.
1T WAS DELIBERATED.
Deliberately =
''Yes, de iberately."
"You deliberately made the statement
knowing it to be untrueF'
YES; or, if not untrue, very ex6ravagant
and boastful."
"And you have never since withdrawn
itw
mo; l have not"
THE WITNESS KISSED.
The nonchalance with which the witness
made these adm ssions astonished the
audience and elected Kisses.
Probably" added Mr.. Parnell, ''the
statement was meant to mislead the House
am afraid it did not for the bill was
passed. My purpose was to exaggerate
the effect the league had in reducing the
! number of secret societies. The league un-
| doubtedly diminished the number Of secret
societies, though it had not swept them
away as | stated"
THE MISSING BOOKS.
| Mr. Parnell was next as red what had be-
! come Of the land league, books. He ex-
planned that some we're brought TO London
and were before the commission. The cash
book and ledger had disappeared he did
not know where; neither was Treasurer
| Kenny, Egan, or any otfer Of the league
| officials able to tell what had come Of
| them. The letter books and the files OF the
| letters had also vanished. Presiding Justice
| Hannen here impressed up1n the witnes,
the fact that the cou t attached great i'm
| por ance to the missing documents, and
| Mr.. Parnell promised to try to find them.
CoNYBEARE's SENTENCE.
DUBLIN, May 3.-The court Of Falcar-
ragh has sentenced Charles Conybeare, NJ.
P, for the Camhorne division of Cornwall,
to three months imprisonment without
labor, for conspirirg to oipose the law.
Notice of appeal has been given and Mr..
! Conybea has been admitted to bail.
Prof. Harrison, who WAS ARE ted on a
charge of assisting besieged tenants at
Gweedore, has bsen discharged from Gus
tody.
IRELAND's NEXT vIcERoY.
The FTeemdn'S Journal states that the
| Marquis of Ormonde will succeed Lord
Londonderry as viceroy Of Ireland