The morning call., 1894-06-03


able way to her sister. Ireland, through
the medium Of Parliamentary agitation.
lyman hesitatingy deDOunces Glad
stone as the typical hypocrite of his age,
and the failure of constitutional agitation.
Is, as he states. only repetition of his
tory. and already evidences of the perfdy
OF the Briton and his unwillingness to
render justice unless compelled TO do so
by force are to be seen.
"ProvincialistS" is the word which
lyman scornfully substitutes for the title
''Nationalsts," claimed by the Irish Par
liamentary party. He says that Irish
men will never gain the respect of man.
kind while their political warfare is so
conducted" He blsmes Charles Stewart
Parnell and James Stevens for not forcing
the issues with the British enemy. The
detection OF both men when the crisis
came proved that Ireland's leaders lacked
the nerve TO follow up their work by the
only possible solution-actiOn. This state
| ment refers to striking chapter in the
book wherein an account is given of the
secret preparations made by the invincibles
to rescue Parneil during his Imprisonment
In KIlmainham Jail. For this every prep
| aration had been made-a vessel was
ready to carry him from beneath the
enemy's fag-but Parnell had not the
courage and refused to leave. Had he ac-
cepted the plan of rescue the so-called
| constitutional agitation would have openly
assumed the manlier attitude Of Wolfe
Tone and George Washington.
| ParnelPs PEenix Park proclamation.
| denouncing the killing of Burke and
Caveudish. lyman refers to as ''the policy
of infemy," and demonstrates that it es-
tabishes clear case of Parnell denounc-
ing himself. The book styles the Parnell
movement. with its Invincibls afiliation,
the "Parnellite Government" and justities
the phrase by an elaborate description of
| the thorough organization of the move
ment When the Land League was
! formally suppressed by the British Govern
ment in the fall of 1881 it was secretly re-
| vived under the name of the "Invincible
| Organization" In view of this fact,
| lyman asks. How dare they (the Irish
Parliamentary party declare publicly after
| the Ph9nix Park affair that it, the In-
vincible movement, was open to eondemna-
| tion and betray men by enrolling them in
| its rank>?"
| 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 move
ment which does not interfere with Ire
lands continuance as a province of the
empire. To this end, it is stated, the
British authorities are seeking the unani-
nous condemnation of the Invincibles as
criminals by the Irish people themselves,
a condemnation already secured from the
lips of the home rulers.
1.-The InVincibles sprang to existence"
says lyman, "by order of the Parnellite
government of Ireland and the Irish
| nation. In the face of events the acted
| lie,' by which the Parnelites repudlated
| all association with the Suppression
| lyman goes on. sin the Phoenix Park end
the probable contradiction of this state
ment from men who think their connee-
tiaR.oannat be DTeven. We state most en-
phatically that the facts, as narrated in
| this volume, are known to the writer per-
sonally and can be substantiated by
| plenty of living witnesses which will
| bring this association Iamentably close to
the core of highest and extreme RESPONSE
bility and to the very seat and center of
actual power and authority"
sat this crisis in AFFAIRS" says lyman,
"many members of the Parliamentary
party sought safety from possible danger
by absenting themselves from Ireland-to
their shame be it recorded"
| In every province of Ireland the In-
vincible movement was spread by leading
Parnellites. 1t was decided by the Par
nellite government, which was also, with
two exceptions. the executive of the H.
vincibles, to meet the assassin rule" of
Britain by force.
| The vengeance of the Invincibles was
primarily directed against the "two
bureaurrats of Dublin castle"-the Chief
and Under Secretary. The Viceroy of
Ireland was to be exempted so long as he
refrained from actual executive duties. If
he assumed them. he. as we'll as the secre-
taries, was to be at once removed" 1t
did not matter who occupied the detested
Offices; it was the official existence of the
| offices themselves which would not be
| tolerated. In Dublin the Invincibes were
mainly composed of men from the Irish
Revolutionary Brotherhood, and in the
country districts were recruited from the
| suppressed Land League. The organizer
| in the country districts was a prominent
Parnelite.
| 1t was through 10 fault of his the Invln-
| eibles 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 or
ganization did not exist outside OF Ireland.
1t was composed of native-bo Irishmen
In Ireland.
The book states that one Parnellhe
mem Der of Parliament wanted to go to
Ireland to remove Mr. Forster, the pre-
decessor of Lord Frederick Cavendish as
Chief Secretary. The member. 1t is
claimed, remains to this day one of the
leaders of the provlnciallsts (home rule)
parliamentary party.
| The Invincible administration appointed
three men to take charge of the conduct of
affairs. "All but two members of the ex-
ecutive," lyman says. were high officials
in the Parnellite Irish government" TIE
trio in charge of the actual conduct of
affairs purchased through a certain valu-
able recruit, distinguished by lyman as
/ D., the knives used in killing Burke
| and Cavendish In the Phoenix Park. These
weapons were sent to Dublin through a
| courageous lady.
Though this medium of transit was
adopted as better than had man carried