The morning call., 1894-06-03
PRICE FIVE CENTS

IN spite of themselves, and then be took
counsel of his friend 'F." sF." told "K."
OF the true state of affairs, but advised
him to refrain from letting ''2' know the
extent OF his information. Through the
influence of 40" upon "K" the latter oh
tanned new recruit to the Invincibles.
This recruit Mr.. lyman called ''X.," and
says ne was at that time Parnellite mem
Der of the British Parliament. *" was
atterward, it is stated, appointed chief of
the Dublin council of the Invincibles.
lyman describes the system of organiza-
tiou adopted by the Dublin Invincibles
council. All correspondence was de-
stroyed when read. Notwithstanding this
precaution panic possessed the Parnell-
ties In Parliament when the Pigott forgeries
appeared in the Times.
1t was finally decided to attempt the
removal" of Mr.. Forster, then Chief Sec
retary for Ireland. and a certain part Of
Dublin quays near the Pbenix Park was
selected. A plan OF attack was arranged
and Invineible sentries were posted along
the route the Chief Secretary's carriage
took through the streets, but a mistake in
the system of signals caused the plan 10
prove abortive. Because of the failure
Carey was removed from any consultative
position on the council. Asecond oDpor-
tnnity 20 remove" Secretary Forster
was abandoned because of the presence of
ladies' in his carriage whom the Invncibles
feared to injure through accident.
Next came the Kilmainham treaty. The
release of Parnell and the resignation of
Chief Secretary Forster were events
which mystiied the Invlncible council at
Dublin. lyman points out the falsity of
the charges put forth that the Invincible
actors in the Phoenix Park tragedy were
desperate men enraged at the conclusion
of Parnell's treaty with the Government,
because the executive of the Invincibles at
that very time ordered a continuance Of
the policy of removal" and expressed
wonder that the Dublin council had not
already done something practical.
*. the responsible Invincible officer
in charge in Dublin. received the sanction
and the orders OF the then Irish party be-
fore striking a blow. The Invlncibles
were carrying on the war declared Dy their
statesmen. A dispatch from these Parnel-
lite statesmen, it is said, would have made
the removals" at Phoenix Park on the
9th of May. 1882. an impcssibility.
ITO their honor" says lyman, "they did
not send this dispatch. The honor of the
tragic event rests on the statesmanship of
the Parnellite movement"
Mr.. lyman then gives exhaustive details
of the preparations for the successful ''re-
moval" of Chief Secretary Cavendsh and
Under Secretary Burke, adding that
Every precaution that human ingenuity
could devise was taken, for there was to be
no blunder"
The immediate cause of the emoval was
the occurrence of a conflict between the
police and people in Ballina, Mayo, where
several children were killed by the dis
charge of rifles in the hands of the police.
The astonishing difficulties surmounted by
the Invincibes in making their attack in
Phoenix Park are also described at length,
D; Under Secretary Burke lyman says:
This official was stained with many crimes
eommitted against Ireland. He was a
rebel and renegade in the employment OF
the foes"
He thus refers to Chief Secre fary Caven-