The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-03
POLICY OF PARNELLITES.
Conditions on Which They Will Sup
port Gladstone Given by Redmond.

Copyrighted, 1893, by the United Press)
LONDON, Nov. 2.-Mr. T. p. O'Connor,
NJ. p president Of the Irish National
League of Great Britain, on Oct. 80 gave
his views of the recent utterances of Mr..
John Redmond, NJ. p, leader of the Par
nelite faction of the Nationalist party
Mr. John Redmond, NJ. Pr. to-day replied
to Mr.. OConnor. Mr.. Redmond says in
part:
1.-The attitude adopted by the Independent
party of Ireland towards the government
has been widely misunderstood and mis-
represented. 1t has been described as a
new departure and as the PRONUNCIATION OF
u new policy. 1t is nothing of the kind.
our position and our policy towards the
Liberal party are to-day precisely what
and willing to support them SO long as they
Ceman faithful TO their pledges to Ireland;
but we are absolutely independent of them
and mean to let them know that any palter-
ing with home rule may convert us from
supporters into opponents. Our recent
declarations have been construed into
Mr. Gladstone out of power and restore
Lord Salisbury. Nothing could be more
absurd or more untrue. What we have de-
cided upon is to let the present govern
ment clearly understand that it's existence
depends upon Irish votes, and that the
price TO be paid for these votes is strict
adherence to the letter and spirit OF the
pledges upon the question of home rule.
The majority of the irish Nationalist
members to-day are part ana parcel oil the
Liberal party, and, consequently, there is
no Irish politician who has il in his power
to dictate terms to Great Britain. When,
therefore, the Liberal government says to
US that in order to win the next general
election it is necessary for them TO pass
certain British reforms before a dissolution
of Parliament it would be childish upon
our part to deny il. We have never done
so; but we have considerable power still
left i'm our hands, and are bound to
use il for the purpose OF inSuring that only
a proper kind Of British reforms are pro-
ceeded with, and that the elections are not
question that home rule will be shelved
and that the next four or five years will
be devoted to British affairs, and the chance
of seeing q Parliament on College Green
will he gone for a generation.
MIR. Gladstone is now eiShty-fOur years
old and cannot be expected to last forever,
and the danger we have to provide against
now is that at the end of the four five
years time home rule may be still hung up.
Liberals, and we may be further away
from the realization OF our hopes than be-
fore the Parnell movement began. There
fore, in our opinion, 1t is necessary that
Ireland should continue in Mr.. Gladstone S
own words. Ito block the way" No, we can
not consent 10 postpone home rule for the
Newcastle programme, and whatever power
we possess must be used TO prevent any
such final calamity occurring.
IF we agree to support these British
measures and to have hom0,ule in the mean
time hung up we must have a clear and def
mite understanding that the dissolution of
Parliament will not be delayed. On these
conditions we are content to help purely
British measures during all next year."