St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-04


but Parnell had not the courage. and
refused to leave. Had he accepted the
plan uf rescue. the sO-called cOnstitu.
tional agitation would have openly
assumed the manner and attitude of
Wolfe Tone and George Washington.
The Parnell Phoenix Park prOclama-
ton. denouncing the killing OF Burke
and Cavendish, lyman refers to as .'the
policy of infamy." and demonstrates
that it established clear case of Par
nell denouncing himself. The book
styles the Parnell moyomentvwith its
Invincible affilia;ion-''the Parnell gov
ernment," and justifies the phrase by
al elaborate description of the thor
Ough organization of that move-
ment. When the land league was
formally suppressed by the British gov
ernment in 1881. it was secretly revived
under the name of the "lnvincible Or
ganiza,ion.' In view of this fact.
lyman asks "How dare they (the Irish
parliamentary partY) declare publicly,
after the Phoenix Park affair, that 1t,
the lnvincible movement. was open to
condemnation, and betray men by en-
TOlllng tIleul III us TIikS!
The book points out that the object of
the British government is to crush out
the life of any Irish movement toward
national independence by fostering the
comparatively harmless
HOME RULE MOVEMENT,
which does not interfere with lreland'S
continuance as province of the empire.
10 this end, it is stated, the British au-
thOritieS are seeking the condemnation
of the lnvincibles as criminals by the
Irish people 1hemSelveS-a condemna-
ton already secured from the lips of
the home rulers.
''The Invincibles sprang into exist
ence," says lyman, .Dy order of the
Parnelllte government of Ireland. elect
ed by the Irish ration. In the face of
events. the acted lle' by which the
Parnellites repudiated all association
with the suppression says lyman,
''in the Phoenix park affair, and the
probable contradiction of this state
ment from men who think their con.
nection cannot be proven, we state
most emphatically that facts as stated
in this volume are known to the writer
personally. and can be substantiated by
plenty of living witnesses, which will
bring this association lameHtably close
to the highest and extreme responsible
lty, and to the very seat and center of
actual power and authority"
AT this crisis in affairs, observes
lyman, many members of the parlia-
mentary party sought safety from pos
sible danger by absenting themselves
from 1reland-'to their shame be it
recorded
In every province of Ireland the In
vincibles movement was spread by
LEADING PARNELLITEs.
1t was decided by the Parnellite gov
ernment, which was also. with the two
exceptions, the executive sof the Invin-
cibles, that there was no alternative but
to meet the assassin rule" of Britain by
force.
The vengeance of the Invincibles was
primarily directed against the 1.-TWO
bureaucrats of Dublin castle" the
chief and under secretaries. The vice.
roy was TO be exempted SO long as he
refrained from actual executive duties.
IL AC thClll CS WCll dS LllS
secretaries was to be at once ''remoyed."
1t did not matter who occupied the de-
tested Office. 1t was that official ex-
istence of the Offices themselves which
would not he tolerated. In Dublin the
InvincibleS were mainly composed of
men from the Irish Revolutionary BROTH
erhood, and in the country districts
recruited from the Land League. The
organizer in the country districts was Il
prominent Parnellite. ut was through
no fault of his that the Invincibles did
not make redder record" He had no
connection with the Phoenix park incl
dent, though a party to the policy Of
which it was the active exponent. The
organization did not exist outside of
Ireland. 1t was composed of native
born Irishmen in Ireland.
The book states that lone Parnellite
member OF parlament' wanted to 90 to
Ireland TO ''remove' Mr.. Forester, the
predecessor of
LORD FREDERICK CAvENDIsH,
as chief secretary. The member, it is
claimed, remains to this day one of the
leaders of the Provincialists (home rule
parliamentary party).
The 1nvincible administration ap-
pointed three men to take charge of the
conduct of affairs. '.All but two men,
Ders of the executive were high officials
| in the Parnellite Irish government. The
| affairs purchased, through a certain
valuable recruit, distinguished by lyman
| as sd. - the knives used in kill
ing Burke and Cavendish in the
| Phoenix park. These weapons were
brought to Dublin througila courageous
| lady. Though this medium of transit
was adopted as being safer than had a
man carried the knives, lyman char
acterizes it as ill-advised, and as having
been 'cruel and unmanly;;" yet it
proved the devotion to the country of
brave Irishwoman.
The three men in charge of active
affairs lyman describes as ~, y ''2''
and 'F." 81" was a strong advocate
of rapid action and the originator of the
title "Invincible." He had one or two
special friends among the leading Par
nellites. while ''2' was in the conf
dence of all the leaders. At this
time an important member. mentioned
in the book as *" was enrolled in the
Invinclbles. He had been enlisted at a
meeting of the Irish parliamentary
members and was astOunded upon
learning
THEIR SECRET POLICY.
This man had previously looked upon
the Parnellite parliamentary movement
as folly, but he now became convinced
that it was because of this secret vigor.
GUS policy that the Irish-Americar
National leaders were supporting
Parnell. Then he switched off on the
theory that the ''acute crisis had forced
the Parnellite party to take action il
spite of themselves"
Then he took counsel of his friend
"F."
IF" told "K'' of the true state of af
fairs. but advised him to refrain from
letting ''2'' know the extent of his in
formation. Through the influence OF
''2'' upon TX" the latter obtained new
recruit 10 the invincibles. This recruit
MIR. lyman calls "X," at that time "a
Parnellite member of the British parlia
ment."
TX" was afterwards. it is stated, ap-
pointed chief of the Dublin council oI
the Invincibles."
lyman describes the system of organ