Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-12
THOUsANDs GREET PARNELI.
An Immense Meeting Held ut Limerick Yes-
ter1ay.

terday.
TIE nfsH I.RADRn SAYS THAT NE WILL nRrrhr A
SOON As THE FUTURE OF THE CAUSE OF HoMr
RULE Is sEcuRxD-THH AanIEMxNr WITH
| o'BRIxN.
Fully 900 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 mandatory let
ter demanding that the Irish members depost
their leader. Referring to Mr. Gladstone's de
nial 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
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-three members in the impe.
rial parliament had finally been considered best
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| oBRlEN CoRRoBoRATEs PARNEII.
| Mr.. Parnell here read the letter. proving that
| the statement lie sent to Mr. Rhodes CORE.
| sponded with assertions in his manifesto which
Mr.. Gladstone had contradicted. 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 marvellous faculty Of placing differ
ent Interpretation on any statement other than
that placed upon 1t by opponents. MIR. o Brien,
| to whom he Parnell) had communicated an
outline of the Hawarden conversation. had q
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. Misses. I
Mr. Mccarthy also communicated to him Mr.
Gladstone's observations upon the outline Of
the manifesto and there was no reference what
ever then made by Mr.. Gladstone against the
manifesto on the ground OF breach of conf
dence. tCries of Hear, hearn'l
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 it showed
that the liberals had no genuine land policy
The leaders OF the party. in order to coIciliate
the radical section. had abandoned the idea of
a peasant proprietary and purchase and in or
der to concilatc the wings they had refused to
entertain proposal for reduction Of rents by
means OF amendments to the land act of 1891,
or by comforting upon the future Irish parlia-
ment the power to deal with the question. It
therefore, " for fho1, horo Ia
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 i'll reality be q 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 impelled them to press forward to
decision in the committees room, as il the
minutes were golden. Many of them must
wish that they had paused Mt tina. time instead
OF sending misleading cable dispatches ut ross
the Atlantic. l"IIear hear!'l He wishedptke9
had paused to await the return of Mr.. o. brien
lchee'sl, whose advice and judgment would
have been esteemed and respected by him
as 1t would have been compulsory for them.
to say that it was better late than mover.
lCries OF Hear, hear y and cheers.
PARNELL WILL RETIRE.
Mr.. Parnell 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 far, 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. lCheers.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 al
| the future of the Irish question was secured he
would cheerfully retire from the leadership OF
| the Irish party. tCries of no, mol He Gould
scarcely be asked to lead the party composed a.
| 1t was ut present. t"Hcar, hear,"l He Believed
| the future would vindicate him fully, but 1t
| certainly would never seek yindication beyond
the voice OF the Irish people. ICheers.i
ANOTHER MASS MEETING.
| The mayor of Limerick introduced deputa-
ton from the Limerick amnesty committee to
Mr.. Parnell, who, in reply to their address, ex
pressed his belief in the innocence of the
alleged dynamitcr, John DAILY, who is now il
prison, and acceded to their request to bring
the matter before parliament. subsequently
| Mr.. Parnen attended mass meeting in the
market place and made brief address.
| HooTING HEALY AND HIS FRIENDS.
| Messrs. Timothy Healy, Arthur O'Connor ant
Kenny arrived Saturday night at Nenagh, Tip
perary county. Their reception in the town
| was Of mixed character. The Parnellite
were out in force, and they hooted vigorousl,
ut Mr.. Healy and his COMPANIONS. 1t is saii
that Healy was struck on the head with stick
but received only trifiing injury.
| Speaking at meeting yesterday Mr.. Healy
| complained that all the sewage of ParneIlisn
| was poured out upon him because he insisted
upon the question being threshed ON the origi
nal cause of the demand for Parnelrs retro
ment Mr.. Parnell, he said, was playing Mr.
Chamberlain's game in Limerick BY decla,in,
that Mr.. Gladstone would give nothing tha
would satisfy Ireland. The meeting was muci
disturbed by the Parnellites in the crowd.
Timothy Harrington, in the course of speech
| which he made Saturday night said that il nj
the difficulty in the Irish party was question
| of morals the cause of morals would suffel
grievously from the very men placed az tn,
| forefront of the anti-Parnell faction-men VIII,
were doing their utmost to strike down tn,
Irish leader. He then asked whether the bishops
would guarantee the morality and integrity O
Justin Mccarthy.
serious Fire mt Norfolk.
Fire yesterday destroyed the saw mill of tn.
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