Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-29
DEFIANT PARNELL.
The Nationalist Leaders Appeal
to the Irish.
SOME SECRET HOME RULE HISTORY.

Lot of Liberal Pussie. let Out of the
That They Have Reached the End of
Their Usefuiness-A Rather Startling
Expose of the Position of the British
Home Rulers to the Cause Com
ments ON the Manifesto.
LONDON, Nov 29-Parnell has issued
the following manifesto:
ITO THE IRISH PEOPLE: The integrity
and independence of a section of the Irish
parliamentary party having apparently
been Slapped and destroyed by the wire
puilers of the Liberal party, it has become
necessary for me, as leader OF the Irish
party, to take counsel with you; and hav-
ing given you the knowledge which is in
my possession to ask your Judgment upon
matter which it now devolves solely upon
you to decide" Parnell then refers to
Gladstone's letter TO Morley, which he says
was written TO influence the Irish party in
their choice of leader, and to declare the
right OF the English Liberals to veto Irish
action not conformable to Liberal views,
and proceeds to say that the independence
OF the Irish party is the only safeguard to
Ireland. He declares the threats of
the Liberals that denial of this right of
veto will indefinitely postpone home
rule to be insolent, and insists that such
denial will not so result.
Political Secret Made Public.
These considerations, Parnell says, COM
pei him TO give the Irish people informa-
ton which has heretofore been in posses
sion of only himself and certain Liberal
leaders, which information, he says, will
enable them to understand 1.-THE measure
OF the loss with which you are threatened
unless you consent to throw me to the
English wolves now bowling for my de-
struction- In November of last year, in
response TO repeated and long-standing
request, visited Mr.. Gladstone at Ha-
warden, and received the details of in
tended proposals of himself and his col
leagues of the late Liberal cabinet with re-
gard TO home rule in the event of the next
general election favoring the Liberal par
ty. Ii is unnecessary for me at present to
do more than direct your attention TO GER
tain points of these details which will be
generally recognized as embracing the
elements vital for your information and
for the formation in your judgment.
Liberal Points of Difficulty.
These vital points of difficulty may be
suitably arranged and considered under
the following heads:
1.-The retention of Irish members in
the imperial parliament
''2.-rhe settlement of the land or agra
rian difficulty in Ireland.
'3.-Tbe control of the Irish constabu-
larry.
1.-The appointment of the judiciary,
including judges of the supreme court,
county court judges, and resident magis-
trates.
Upon the subject of the retention of
the Irish members in parliament, Mr.. Glad
| stone told me that the opinion-and the
unanimous opinion--of his colleagues and
himself, recently arrived at after a most
mature consideration of alternate pro-
posals, was that in order to conciliate Eng
| lish public opinion it would be necessary
TO reduce the Irish representation from 1913
to 81
Settlement of the Land Problem.
Upon the question of the settlement of
| the land problem, it was held that this
was one OF the questions which must be re
| garded as questions reserved from the con-
| troll of the Irish legislature, but at the same
| time, Mr.. Gladstone intimated that while
he would renew his attempt to settle the
matter by imperial legislation on the lines
| OF the land purchase bill of 1886, he would
not undertake to put any pressure upon
his own side, or insist upon their adopting
| his views. In other and shorter words.
that the Irish legislature was not to be
given the power of solving the agrarian
difficulty, and that the imperial parliament
would not
| Putting Them Probation.
/ With regard to the control 81 the Irish
constabulary, it was stated by Mr.. Glad
stone that out of regard TO the necessity of
conciliating English public opinion, he
and his colleagues felt that it would be
necessary to leave this force to
the appointment of its officers un-
der the control of imperial author
| ity for an indefinite period, while
the funds for its maintenance, payment,
and equipment would be compulsorily
| provided out of the Irish revenues. The
| period of ten or twelve years was suggested
as the limit of time during which the ap-
| pointment of judges, resident magistrates,
etc, should be retained in the hands of the
| imperial authority" Parnell then saws
1 that the above is the substance of the Lib
| eral views as given in a two hours con-
versation, mainly monopolized by Glad
stone, and proceeds to give his own views
| theIeon.