The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-03

empire. To this end. it Is stated tbs
nous condemnation OF the iDvincibles II
criminals by the Irish people Themselves
condemnation already secured from the
! lips of tie home rulers"
1.-The invincibles sprang into existence
says lyman. 'by order Of the Parnellits
government OF Ireland. elected by tbe
Irish nation In the face of the events [ he
acted lie by which the Pxrnellites repu.
dated all association with the suppress
sion,' says lyman, in tho Pheoix park
aud the probable contradiction .oi
this statement from men who
think their connection cannot Of
proven, We state most empbaficaily tina,
facts, as narrated in this volume. ara
known to the writer personally and can be
which will bring this association lament
ably close to the core of highest and ex
IRENE responsibility. snd to the very seat
and center of actual power and authority. u
At this crisis OF affairs, observes lyman,
many members of the parliamentary party
sought safety from possibls danger by alb
senting themselves from Ireland-"ro
their shame be il recorded"
In every province of ireland the Invinci-
BILE movement WAS spread by lea ling Par
neilites. It WAS decided by the Parneliite
government, which was also with TWO TX
captions the executive of the Invincibles,
that there was no alternative but TO meet
| the ASSASSIN rule' of BrIton By force.
The vengeance of the Inyiucibles was
primarily directed against the two
bureaucrats of Dublic csstle"-the chief
and under secretaries. The viceroy of Ire
land was to be exempted. so long as ne re-
| Trained from actual executive duties. Ii
be assumed them, he as we'll as the secre-
taries, WAS to be at once removed" It
4 n snf ~ ha dAr tad
Offices. 1t was the official existence of the
officers themselves which woul. no. be
tolerated. In Dublin the Invinclbles were
| mainly composed of men from the Irish
| revolutionary brotherhood, and in the
| country districts recruited from che sup
pressed Land League. The organizer in
the country districts was q prominent
Parnellite.
"It WAS through no fault Of his that the
Invincibles did not make redder record"
/ He had no connection with the Phoenix
park incident. though party to the policy
of which it was the active exponent. The
organization did not exist outside Of Ire
| land. 1t was composed OF native born
Irishmen in Ireland.
The book states that zone Parnellits
member of parliament" wanted to go to
Ireland to "remove' Mr.. Forster, the
predecessor of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
as chief secretary. The member. it is
claimed. remains to this day one of the
leaders of the ptovincialists (home rule)
parliamentary party.
The Invincible administration appointed
three men to take charge of the conduct
of affairs.
can but two members of the executive
were high officials in the Parnellite Irish
government" The trio in charge OF the
actual conduct of affairs, purchased
Though certain valuable recruit, distin-
hry hn EnlU
used in killing Burke and Csvendish in
Phoenix park. These weapons were sent
to Dublin through a courageous lady.
Though this medium Of transit was adopt
ed AS letter than had man carried the
knives, lyman characteriZes it as being ill
advised ard as cruel and unmanly."
Yet it proved the devotion TO the country
OF brave Irish woman.
The three men in charge OF active affairs
lyman describes as "J.". ''2'' aud IF"
u" was a strong advocate of rapid nc
tiOn and the originator OF the title In.
vincibie." He had one or two special
friends among the leading Parnellites.
while '2'' was in the confidence of all the
leaders. At this time an Important mem
Der, mentioned in the book as "k.",
was enrolled in the Invincibles.-
He had been enlisted at
meeting of the Irish parliamentary mem
bers, aud was asiounded upon learning
their secret policy. This man had pre-
viously looked upon the Pxrnellire par
liamentary movement rs folly, but he
now became convinced that it was be-
cause Of this secret, vigorous policy that
the Irish-American National leaders were
supporting Parneil. Then he switched of
on the theory that the acute crisis" had
forced the Parnellite party to take action
in spite of themselves. Then he took
counsel of his friend "P." "F'' told
SKI of the true state Of affairs, but adj
vised him to refrain from letting '2''
know the extent of his information.
Through the influence of '2'' upon *"
the latter obtained new recruit to the H.
vincibles. This recruit Mr.. lyman called
''X. Z" ut that time ''Parnellite member OF
the British parliament"
'"K' was afterwards, it is stated, ap-
pointed chief OF the Dublin council of the
Invincibles."
lyman describes the system of o-gani
zatiou adopted by the Dublin irwin.
oibles council. All correspondence
was destroyed when read. NOtwith-
standing this precaurion, panic
possessed the Parnellites in parliament
when the Pigott fOrgeries appeared in the
Times.
1t was finally decided to accomplish the
removal OF Mr.. Forster, the chief secre-
tary for Ireland, and n certain part OF
Dublin Quays, near the Phoenix park, was
selected A plan of attack was arranged
and Invincible sentries were posted along
the route the chief secr-tary's carriage
took through the streets. but a mistake in
the prearranged system OF secret signals
caused the plan to prove abortive. Because
of this failure, Carey was removed from
any consultative position OIL the council.
The second opportunity to remove"
Secretary Forster was abandoned because
of the presence of ladies in his carriage
whom the Invincibles feared to injure
through acci dent.
Next came the Kilmainham treaty, the
release OF Parnen aad the resignation OF
Chief Secretary Forster, events which mys-
titled the luvinclble icouncli at Dublin.
lyman points out the falsity of the charges
put forth that the Invincible actors in the
Phooeaix park tragedy were desperate
men. enraged at the conclusion or Par
nelt's treaty with the government because
the executive council of the Iuvincibles
at that very time ordered q continuance Of
the policy of removal, and expressed won
der that the Dublin council had not al
ready done something pracucai.
''k," the responsible lnvincible officer in
charge in Dublin, received the sanction
aud orders of the then Irish party before
striking a blow. The Invincibles were
carrying on the war declared by their
Statesmen. A dispatch from these Par
nellite statesmen, il is claimed, would
have made the removals 10 Phoenix park
on the 6sn of May, 1852. al imro>sibslity.
To their honor" says lyman, they
did not send this dispatch. The honor Of
the tragic event rests on the statesman
ship of he Parnellite movement.
Mr.. lyman gives exhaustive details Of
the preparations for the successful re
movar' Of Chief Secretary Cavendish and
Under Secretary Burke. adding that
every precaution that human ingenuity
could devise was taken 50 that there
should be 10 blunder" The immediate
cause of the removal WAS TIE occur
renee of a conflict between the police and