The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-18
ERIN'S MADPARTY SPLIT.
TEE FAILURE 10 UNITE AGAINST
TEE LAND BILL FATAL.

The Liberal Leaders viii Make No
Further Efforts to Alter tie Charac-
tr OF the Governments PROPOSAL
Tne Warfare Against it From Now
Oh 10 bs of the Guerrilla Order.
LONDON, April 17.-In the House Of
Commons to-day Thomas Sexton, one Of the
members for Belfast, who was loudly
chesred by the McCarthyites and by the
liberals during the course OF the debate on
the Irish land bill. strongly condemned Mr.
Parnelps attitude last night when the latter
made his attack upon the liberals policy.
Mr.. Sexton said that the liberal position
was not changed, but that it
was Mr. Parnelrs attitude which
had undergone change. Mr.
Parnelps proposed amendment to Mr.. Nor
ley's motion. making it operative whenever
the local government bill was passed, would
prevent Mr.. Morley's object from being at
tanned, which object was to compel the
conservatives to give Ireland local self
government. After some further discus
SION, Mr.. Morleys amendment to the land
bill was rejected by a vote of 247 to 10. and
Mr.. ParnelPs amendment to Mr.. Morley's
motion was also defeated.
PARNELL ISSUES A MANIFESTO.
Mr.. Parnell has issued a manifesto, ad-
dressed to the members of the national
league of Great Britain, in which he says:
Tne attempt OF the seceders TO wrest the ma
tional league OF Great Britain out of the ma
tiOnal hands forces me to take steps to thwart
them. have guarded the organization from the
breath Of English influence. II was my policy to
make the English parties subservient to the
irish interests. That policy was successful
IL bore fruit in the land arrears and home rule
bills. Newere united and strong; both English
parties were ready to treat with us, aud we
wrung concessions from them, but we are
weakened by desertion in a moment Of panic OF
raw recruits led by terrified captains. IL is
sought 10 make our organization subservent 60
English interests. That policy, II SUCCESSFUL
will bear fruit, too. IL will end in disorganza-
tion and utter ruin under cover OF convention,
with the promise OF which the seceders try to
lull our people TO inaCtion. | call upon nv
feilow-countrymen in Great Britain to ignore
the convention summoned by tbs Irish wings
under the shadow of English influence, and call
upon them to maintain an attitude of self re
spectinR people, to assert the principle of
national Independence, to show the spirit of a
fearless race and TO declare that
lrshmen alone shall regulate the conduct
of Irish business, be that business the
election of a leader in the English parliament or
the fullest control of national affairs in the
Irish parliament The seeding members of
the executive league OF Great Britain having
resolved to make the organization an English
eleCtioneering machine, / have pending the
stituted what l shall call a provisional
executive, consisting of those members of the
old executive who have been faithful to Ireland
aud of representative Irishmen residing in En-
gland, whose names are a guarantee Of their
worth and patriotism. Around this executive
ask my fellow countrymen of Great Britain to
rally the interests Of a free and independent
Irish party
FACTIONAT SPLIT
Copyrighted, 1891, by the NetO York Associated
Press.l
LONDON, April 17.-Although Mr.. Nor
ley's amendment introducing In the Irish
land bill the principle Of local control was a
point on which the Irish sections were ex-
pected TO sink all differences, the spirit OF
faction got the upperhand. Mr.. Par
nel's amendment to Mr.. Morley's amend
ment, followed by Mr.. Sections amend
ing Mr.. ParpelPs amendment, produced
"a feeling Of irritation III the ranks OF the
opposition inducing many members TO leave
the House without voting on "A most i'm
portant attempt TO alter the bill in com
mittee. After this defeat the battle against
the measure will be a guerrilla warfare.
No leader Of the liberals will make any
further effort to alter the character of the
government proposals.
LABoUCHERE's FIGHT.
Mr.. Labouchere, leading the extreme
radicals, may make good his boast of fight
ing the bin line by line, but the front liberal
bench will take no share in the proceeiings
The bill has virtually passed the committee
stage in the form which the government pro-
jected. Amidst waste Of words that wearied
the House on the announcement Of a most
striking kind was Secretary Balfours state
meat that the bill which he was preparing
to give Ireland local government would De
circumscribed in character. His illusions
to the operation of the land bill under local
elected bodies clearly points to scheme of
county councils similar in structure to the
English county councils.
The announcement comes in time to be
USED in the impending general elections.
There are now eight parliamentary seats
vacant, of which seven will be contested,
aud these contests will afford the opposing
parties some idea of the result of the coming
appeal to the country. 1t is significant
of the position Of the home rule question as
still holding the foremost place that the
candidates for the existing vacancies find
themselves constrained to dilate upon
pledges for a just settlement of the Irish
question. The platform of several liberal
candidates discloses planks prepared for the
general electoral campaign, including besides
home rule those in favor OF the eight hours
pie; free education, church disestablish-
ment, direct liquor veto and amendment of
the law of conspiracy in favor of the work.
men. This is a broad and strong programme
with which the conservatives will find it
difficult to compete.
To nights division in the House Of Com
mons broadly indicated the line of the
parliamentary action Of the Irish members.
The McCarthyites voted with Mr.. Morley,
while Messrs. Parnell, McKenna, Mahoney,
Col. Nolan and other seceders Joined the
conservatives
THE TENANTS DEFENSE FUND.
Mr.. Parnells refusal to assist Mr.. Mccarthy
to release the evicted tenants fund closes
the matter as far as Mr.. Mccarthy 10 con-
cerned. The pressure Of public indignation,
including that Of the warmest OF Mr.. Par
nell's partisans, is now relied on TO force
Mr.. Parnell to alter his attitude. An i'm
portant point in the negotiations hitherto
undisclosed shows that Mr.. Parnell
has been callous to the suffer-
ings Of the tenants throughout. Mr..
Mccarthy states that early in March he met
Mr.. Parnell IN the lobby Of tue House of
nd r1reyad tho ,ona-oftu