Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-24
BRITISH RULE IS HATEFUL.
VI Said at jThen and Say 10
Tow."
o'eR'EN srARrLes THE COURT.
The Irish Editor Makes no Apology
For Would Demand His
Country's Rights If
Necessary.
The Lengue's Mission.

LONDON, May 23.-Gladstone was present
at the session of the Parnell commission TO.
day. On continuation of cross-examination,
O'Brien declared that United ireland his
paper, worked according to constitutional
methods and advocated nothing but peaceful
means to attain the end sought by the Irish
parliamentary party. He admitted writing
an article which was printed in
United Ireland in which II was
stated that Queen Victoria was only
known In Ireland by her scarcely
decently disguised hatred Of Ireland and
by her irordinate salary. He also admitted
having written another article declaring that
Earl Spencer would be the last strong Eug-
lishman who would attempt to rule Ireland
by barbarism, paid perjury, butchery, and
the use Of the sacred rope. Ho admitted the
authorship, also, of an article declaring that
the chairman of the committee selected to re-
ceive the prince of Wales on the occas ion Of
his visit to Ireland will be hunted from pub
lie life
At this point the witness became excited
and vehemently exclaimed: He has been;
and rather than to allow Englishmen to be
deceived by show of sham loyalty, am re-
solved to tell them the truth"
Continuing, O'Brien said he personally
had never spoken disrespectfully or often
svely about the Prince of Wales. No peo-
pie, he declared ever suffered more for 10y
atty than lrishmen, and none profited more
by their protestations of loyalty than the
people who opposed them. 1t was clear
that England would not satisfy the aspira-
tions of Ireland, and if there was any ra-
tional chance of success, an attempt should
be made to rebel.
O'Brien declared the London papers were
more responsible for the actions of the dyna-
mite party than was either Finerty or Ford.
But for the views those papers had expressed
81 600 yynull NOT have bpnn collected in
America for the use of the dynamiters. The
articles concerning the queen and the Prince
of Wales he said were justifable at the time
they were written, but not justlfiable in the
present state of the relations between Eng
land and Ireland. He thought British rule
hateful then and he thought it hateful now.
O'Brien explained that when he made the
speech in which he used the words: "We
are in a state of civil war, tempered by
scarcity of arms" he was exasperated
by his expulsion from the house of commons,
and spoke under the intense feeling caused
by the fearful hatred displayed by the ma.
jority of the commons against the Irish men,
bers of that body. He declared If any peo-
pie ever had the right to rebel, the Irish peo-
pie then had that right, if there was q chance
of success. O'Brien justified certain arti-
cles written by him and printed in United
Ireland to illustrate the brutal argument that
because the English people numbered
80, 600 0O0 and the Irish people 1000, 900, the
English were entitled to do as they liked.
Attorney General Webster quoted from an
aruicle in United Ireland, headed, "Allen,
LarKin and O'Brien honored by their Chi
cago kindred" ana asked the witness
whether it referred to the Manchester inur-
derers.
O'Brien replied: "Not murderers: but
men engaged in open warfare who shot a
policeman by accident" e,s.
Attorney Notwithstanding at police in
a van at Manchester was legtlmat war.
fare!"
O,o,;on tlJt ,,,o, NOT ,r;m;,oI Mo, ,,,,o
openly take risks to release their comrades
are no more murderers than anybody here.
They acted from the highest and noblest
motives"
Presiding Justice Hannah said he under
stood that O'Brien did not consider the
shooting at Manchester murder, but he
wished to remind him that the court did so
regard it,