St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-12
GLADSTONE'S VERACITY.
ParnelI Attacks 1t in a Speech at
Limerick.

LIMERICK, Jan. 11.-Fully 10000 per-
sons assembled here to-day to greet
MIR. Parnell. thousands coming from
all the adjoining counties. In re-
sponse to addresses Mr.. Parnell made
long speech. lie held that Mr..
Gladstone had caused the present tr0u-
bic by issuing mandatory letter de-
manding that the Irish members depOSe
their leader. Referring to Mr.. Glad.
stones denial of the accuracy of his
statements regarding the interview at
Hawarden, Mr.. Parnell declared that
he could now confirm their truth by a
letter written March Is, only three
months after the interview, when
the matter was fresh in his
mind, and when even his bitter
est enemy could not say he had
any reason to misrepresent 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. 1t 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 thirty-tnree members III
the imperial parliament had finally been
Mr.. Parnell here read the letter, prov
ing that the statement he sent to Mr..
Rhodes cOrresponded with assertions in
his manifesto which Mr.. Gladstone had
contradicted. He then proceeded to say
that Mr.. Gladstone pointed to his own
public declarations, but it was difficult
to make anything out of these, Mr..
Gladstone possessing marvellous fac
ulty of placing q different inter
probation on any statement other
than that placed upon it by oppo-
nents. Mr.. O'Brien, to whom he (Par-
nelD had communicated an outline of
the HaWarden conversation, had re
membrance absolutely identical with
his own regarding Mr. Gladstone'S pro-
pOsal as to the number of members of
parliament. Another important fact,
yet unrevealed, Mr.. Parnell said, he
would now publish. Twentyfour 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
statement he was preparing to issue as
q manifesto. Mr.. Mccarthy. he had
reason to know, placed his intentions
before Mr.. Gladstone. Kisses Mr..
Mccarthy also communicated to him
Mr.. GladStOne's observations upon the
no reference whatever then made by
Mr. Gladstone against the manifesto oss
the ground of breach of confidence.
ICries of Hear, hear. Touching the
present condition of the land question,
Mr.. Parnell Sai0 he thought the action
of the Liberals toward the land bill pro-
posed by the government was foolish
and that it showed that the Liberals had
no genuine land policy. The leaders of
the party, in order to cOuciliate the rad
ical section, had abandoned the idea of
proprietary and land purchase, and i'll
order to conciliate the Wings they had
refused to entertain proposal
for reduction of rents by
means of amendments to the
land act of 1881, or by comforting upon
the future Irish parliament the power
to deal with the question. 1t was there
fore perfectly useless for the Liberals
to talk about home rule at all, because
home rule, so restricted, instead of be-
ing source OF strength, prosperity.
peace and freedom for the country.
would in reality be sham, landing
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 not
in a position by their knowledge of
these affairs TO sit in judgment on him,
or to pretend to express the opinion of
the country. 1t was ever to be regretted
that their blind haste to obey their new
leaders had impelled them to press for
ward to a decision in the committee
room, as if the minutes were gold
en-. Many of them must wish that
they had paused at that time
instead of sending misleading cable
dispatches across the Atlantic. ["Hear.
hear."l He wished that they had
paused to await the return of Mr..
O'Brien [cheersl, whose advice and
Judgment would have been esteemed
and respected by him as it would have
been compulsory for them. [Cheers.]
Perhaps they might soon be able to say
that it was better late than never.
ICries of Hear. hear" and cheers.
Mr.. Parpell said that he could not
forecast the result of the present nego-
tiation without breach of confidence.
He thought, however, that Mr.. O'Brien
would not object TO his saying that, so
far, the negotiations had resulted in an
agreement, and that they fully recog-
nized that future steps will have to