The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-30
DAVITT'S TALK ON ERIN.
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL NOT ALLIED
WITH TIE LEAGUE.

Quotations From American Papers
in the Articles on Parnellisn and
Crime Wilfully Garbled-he Had No
Conference With the Chiefs OF the
Assassination Party.
LONDON, Oct 29.-Michael Davitt re-
sumed b is address before the Parnell COM
mission to-day. He referred to the action
of the Chicago convention as disproving
the assertion that the Clan-na- Gael was
actively allied with the league The authors
Of the articles on "Parnellism and Crimer
which were printed in the Times, he said,
wiltully invented and garbled the
quotations from American papers. He
admitted that the expressions Of
some of the speakers at Chicago
were bitter against England. but the oon-
vention was held during period when the
league was under the ban OF suppression; /;
when number Of prominent members of
the Parnellite party were in prison, and
when force had crushed out the constitu-
tional movement. Hence the speakers
were laboring under great excitement.
EVERYTHING DISTORTED.
The "Parnellism and Crime" liars cate
chism distorted everything relating TO the
movements of the Irish in America. He
instanced as a baseless lie the statement that
he met the chiefs of the American assassin
alton party while in the q lited States, and
concerted with them to form an Irish fed.
GRAFTON, and that Mr.. Parnell assisted in
this scheme. He Davitt) had often repudi-
eted the policy of revenge advocated by the
extremists in America. Mr. Davitt also
said that many erroneous reports were cur
rent respecting the Clan-na-Gael which or
ganization, he said, was not an assassination
society, nor any more of a secret society than
was the order Of Free Masons in Great
Britain.
SOCIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND.
Mr.. Davitt dwelt at great length upon
the social condition of Ireland to show that
the agrarian outrages committed from
1879 to 1882 were due to the social conditions
of the country, and TO economic causes, and
not to his teaching, or to the work Of the
land league. He stated that he organized
the league with the object of abolishinR
landlordism. This, he held, was perfectly
legal and constitutional end to work for.
The means employed were constitutional.
He denied that the Irish town meeting at
which the league was started was organized
by the FAnians with an Interior object. Many
of those present at the meeting were Fenians,
but they only acted as farmers and radical
land reformers
Mr. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland,
leaves Dublin Friday for Balmoral, the
queen having requested a personal report
on the condition Of Ireland.
AN opIoUs COMPARISON.
Mr. Goschen, chancellor of the excheuuer.
in speech at Hull this evening, instanced
the Cretan difficulties as an example of the
troubles that would be almost certain to
follow the granting of home rule to Ireland,
the circumstances of the two countries
being almost identical
Lord Harrington made a speech at VOL
verha npton tonight in reply to Mr. Glad
stones recent speech at Southport. He
declared that Mr. Gladstone showed no
inclinations to give an order for general
advance, but rather a prudent retreat.
Mr.. Wyndham, Secretary Balfouris priv
ate secretary, speaking at Dover tonight,
after a visit to Dublin, announced that In
1890 Mr.. Baifour would INTRODUCES In par
lament bill providing for large system
of land purchase.
FATHER MADDEN LIBERATED.
DUBLIN, OCT. 29.--Father McFadden to-
day pleaded guilty at Marlborough to OBJ
structing the police at the time Of the
murder Of Police Inspector Martin at Gwee-
dore la February last, and was liberated on
his own recogniZance.