Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-12
William O'Brien Talks.

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tive of the Associated Press saw William
Brirn this morning with reference 10
the seizure OF the United Ireland Office
by Parneii. and its recapture last night
in his name. O'Brien spoke of the affuir
as follows: al know nothing, either OF
the attack on the United Ireland. or its
rrcapture, except what ! have learned
from the newspapers. l am most Ioath
to speak on what Is To me In any aspect q
heart breaking subject, but there ara
some Measurements i'll the newspapers
which II uSt correct. II is stated that
the edition which ParneIl attempted 10
suppress by force was TO contain bitter
personal attacks upon himself. | can
not believe tuat TO be true, unless my
specific orders were disre gurded. When
the controversy arose ! cahled the
following instructions to Manager Dom
nelly: If the party decides in favor OF
Mr.. Parueli, hand over the establish
ment TO any authorized agent OF PurneU.
If the party decides against his leader
ship, support our views moderately, buE
strenuousiy, avoiding all uuhind ian
gunge of Paruell personally, and permit
nobody to interfere.
81 received this reply message: Re
ceved your Instructions. Will be
strictly Obliged.
81 subsequently, cabled the acting ed
itor, Mr.. Bodkin, enjoinng him to
that nothing personally offensive 10
Parnell should appear. and forbidding
him TO use cartoon in the
paper in the controversy. To insure
that nothing personally hurtful TO Pur-
nell should appear, | specially
instructed him to print nothing on the
subject except shat lie should write him
self. On the night before Paruell's raid
on the office, in reply to cahlegram
from two OF Parnel = chief parliament
tary supporters, begging Dillon and NY
self to rome 10 PARIS, and asking me 10
diI ect be United Ireland to observe neu-
trality in the meantime, | caOied the
following reply: 'WilI be delighted 10
meet Jack and YOU in Paris. Will gladly
direct neutrality of the United Ireland
meanwhile. The controversy il
pended all around.
1.-The next | heard was that some OF
the gentlemen who had cabIed me that
message was among those who had
broken INTO the office and suppressed the
paper by force. 1t is stated Parueu
acted III virtue of his authority rs
director of the company who owned the
United Ireland, and that he owns great
majority of the shares. The shares which
stand nominally in his name are less than
half the share capital of the company.
Parnell is not and has not been for
nearly five years past director OF Inc
company. He ceased to be so mt his
own desire about five years ago for the
express purpose of guarding himself
from all pecuniary or criminal RESPONSE
bility for The paper. That responsible
ity l have myself borne wholly through
out all these years. 1 entirely con-
Cured in the wisdom OF Parnell's
course in that respect. L only
refer to it TO show that as a matter
of fact il is not true that
Parneil is a director. 1t is not true that
any director of the company accom-
panied him, and It is not true that those
who forcibly entered and took possession
of the United ireland office with him had
a shadow of legal authority for their pro-
ceeGngs. As to the recapture, which Is
reported 10 have FOLLOWED, l can only
surmise that some kind people OF
Dublin who had not altogether forgotten
me IN my absence, ana who had not for
gotten the record of the United Ireland,
allowed their natural feeling to outrun
their forbearance. | am sorry to have
been compelled to say even this much on
a topic SO inexpressitly painful TO me.
l spent the best years of my life IN
founding the United Ireland. For Ten
years il has often almost single handed
borne brunt of three consecutive coer-
cion acts. Words cannot tell nov
mouruful 1t Is TO think, after weathering
so many years or continuous
life and death struggle in Dub
lin castle, the paper should In
my absence aud while my hands were
tied experience such treatment ut the
hands OF leaders. all but worshiped
it, but an quite willing aud eager TO
forget this and all personal consideration
If by any possible honorable means. pa
triot @ men on both sides can even yet
succeed in staying the present fatal
strife in Ireland.