Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-12
THOUsANDs GREET PARNELL.
An Immense Meeting Held at Limerick Yes-
terday. 5

terasy.
SOON As THE FUTURE OF THE CAUSE OF HOME
RULE 10 sEcURKD-rHH AonEEMxNr WITH
o'BRIxx.
Fully 70, 600 persons assembled at Limerick
|, yesterday to greet Mr.. Parnell, thousands COM
ing from all the adjoining counties. In re-
Spouse to addresses Mr.. Parnell made long
speech. He held that Mr.. Gladstone had caused
the present trouble by issuing q mandatory let
ter demanding that the Irish members depose
their leader. Referring to Mr. Gladstone's de-
NAL of the accuracy OF his statements regard
ing the interview at Hawarden, Mr.. Parnell de-
clared that he could now confirm. their truth
by letter written March IS, only three months
after the interview, when the matter was fresh
in his mind and when even his bittercst enemy
could not say he had any reason TO nisrepre-
sent or suppress the truth. The letter was sent
to Cecil Rhodes, premier of the Cape of Good
Hope, an adherent of the cause of home rule.
II stated that Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues
had been considering fully the question of the
retention Of the Irish members at Westminster
and that Mr.. Gladstone had told him that the
retention Of thiriy-three members in the impe-
rial parliament had finally been considered best
for all purposes.
Il " bniLN CohhobtuATE6 PAHNEtIs
Mr.. Parnell here read the letter. proving that
the statement he sent to Mr.. Rhodes corre-
sponded with assertions in his manifesto which
Mr.. Gladstone had eontradicted. He then pro-
ceeded to say that Mr.. Gladstone pointed to his
own public declarations but it was difficult to
make anything out of these, Mr.. Gladstone pos
| sessing a marvellous faculty Of placing differ
| ent Interpretation on any statement other than
that placed upon it by opponents. Mr. O Drien
| to whom he (paruCll Ind tod
| outline of the Hawarden conversation. had a
| remembrance absolutely identical with his own
| regarding Mr. GladstOne's proposal az to the
| number Of members of parliament
An IMPORTANT REVELATION.
Another important fact yet unrevealed Mr..
Parnell said he would now publish. Twenty
four hours before issuing his manifesto he saw
Mr.. Mccarthy, to whom he told what he in
tended to do and gave an outline Of the state
ment he was preparing to issue as a manifesto.
Mr.. Mccarthy, he had reason to know, placed
his intentions before Mr.. Gladstone. (Ifisses.l
Mr.. Mccarthy also communicated to him Mr.
Giadstones observations upon the outline of
| ever then made by Mr.. Gladstone against the
| manifesto on the ground OF breach of conf
| dence. [Cries Of Hear, hearnl
| Touching the present position of the land
question Mr. Parnell said he thought the action
Of the liberals toward the land bill proposed by
| the government was foolish and that ii showed
| that the liberals had no genuine land policy.
The leaders of the party. in order to conciliate
the radical section. had abandoned the idea of
| a peasant proprietary and purchase and in or
der to conciliatc the wings they had refused to
entertain proposal for a reduction of rents by
means Of amendments to the land act of 1881,
| or by comforting upon the future Irish parlia-
mont the power to deal with the question 1t
was therefore. perfectly useless for the liberals
| to talk atou. home rule at all. because home
| rule so restricted, instead of being source of
| strength. prosperity, peace and freedom for
the country. would in reality be sham, land
ing them IN hotter water than they were in at
present.
Whatever might be the motives Of the Irish
| members OF parliament who opposed him, it
was certain that they were no: in a position by
their knowledge of these affairs, to sit in judg-
| ment on him or to pretend to express the
opinion OF the country 1t was ever to be re-
GREETED that their blind haste to obey their new
leaders had impeled them to press forward to
decision in the committees room, as if the
minutes we're golden. Many of them must
wish that they had paused at that time instead
OF sending misleading cable dispatches tst ross
the Atlantic. l"Hear. hear!'l He wisheeptkey
had paused to await the return of Mr.. o. Brien
lcheeIsl, whose advice and judgment would
| have been esteemed and respected by him
as it would have been compulsory for them
tCheers.l Perhaps they might soon be able
to say that it was better late than never.
lCries of Hear, hear !" and cheers
| PARSELL WILL RETIRE.
| Mr.. Parnel said that he could not forecast
the result Of the present negotiations without
breach of confidence. He thought, however,
that Mr.. O'Brien would not object to his saying
that. so tar. the negotiations had resulted in an
agreement and that they fully recognized that
| further steps will have to be taken by other
| men, upon whom very great RESPONSE
bility will rest il Mr.. OBrien and himself are
not again able to resume negotiations with an
| assured hope OF success. ICheers.l AS for
himself he only asked them to believe that he
had not been acttated by the contemplate and
| paltry motives attributed to him. As soon as
the future OF the Irish question secured he
| would cheerfully retire from the leadership of
the Irish party. lCries of no, no"I He Could
scarcely be asked to lead the party composet a
It was at present. t'.Hear, heart He Believed
the future would yindicate him fully, but he
certainly would never seek vindication beyond
the voice of the Irish people. lCheers.j
| ANOTHER MASS MEETING.
The mayor Of Limerick introduced deputa-
ton from the Limerick amnesty committee to
Mr.. Parneli, who, in reply to their address. ex-
! pressed his belief in the innocence of the
alleged dynamitcr, John DAILY, who il now in
prison, and acceded to their request to bring
the matter before parliament. Subsequently
Mr.. Parnel attended u mass meeting in the
market place and made brief address.
HooTING HEALY AND HIS FRIENDS
Messrs. Timothy Healy, Arthur o Conner and
Kenny arrived Saturday night at Nenagh, Tip
perary county. Their reception in the town
was Of mixed character. The Parnellites
were out in force, and they hooted vigorously
ut MIR. Healy and his COMPANIONS. It is said
that Healy was struck on the head with stick,
but received only trifing injury.
Speaking at a meeting yesterday Mr.. Healy
complained that all the sewage of Parnellism
| was poured out upon him because he insisted
upon the question being threshed ON the origi-
nal cause Of the demand for Parnelrs retire
ment- Mr.. Parnell, he said, was playing Mr.
Chamberlain's game in Limerick by decla. ing
that Mr.. Gladstone would give nothing that
would satisfy Ireland. The meeting was much
disturbed by the Parncllites in the crowd
Timothy Harrington, in the course of speech
which he made Saturday night said that if all
the difficulty in the Irish party WAS q question
of morals the cause. OF morals would suffer
grieyously from the very men placed at the
forefront of the anti-Parnell faction-men who
were doing their utmost to strike down the
Irish leader. He then asked whether the bishops
would guarantee the morality and integrity Of
Justin Mccarthy.