St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03
tional agitation would have openly
assumed tue manner and attitude of


Wolfe Tone and George Washington.
The Parneil Phoenix Park proclama-
ton. deuouncing the killing of Burke
and Cavendish, lyman refers to as 1.-THE
policy of infamv," and demonstrates
that it established a clear case of Par
nell denouncing himself. The book
styles the Parneli movoment-with its
Invineible affiliation-'the. .Parnell gov
ernment," and justifies the phrase by
an elaborate description of the thor
ough organization of that move
ment. When the land league was
formally suppressed by the British gov
ernment in 1851, it was secretly revived
under the name of the "lnvincible or
ganization.'' In view of this fact.
lyman asks "How dare they Uhe Irish
parliamentary parity declare publicly.
after the Phoenix Park affair. that it,
the lnvincible movement, was open to
condemnation, and betray men by en-
rolling them in its ranks?"
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 1nvincibles as criminals by the
Irish people themSelves-a condemna-
ton already secured from the lips Of
the home rulers.
1.-THE Invincibles sprang into exist
ence." says lyman, '.Dy order of the
Parnelllte government of Ireland, elect
ed by the Irish nation. 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 bv
plenty of living witnesses, which will
bring this association lamentably 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 1nvin-
cibles, that there was no alternative but
to meet the assassin rule" of Britain by
force.
The vengeance of the Invincibes 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.
If he assumed them he as we'll as the
secretaries was to be at once removed"
1t did not matter who occupied the de-
tested office. 1t was that official ex-
istence of the Offices themselves which
would not be tolerated. In Dublin the
lnvincibles 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 a
prominent Parnellite. lit 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 othe 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 parliament" wanted to go.to
Ireland 10 ''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,
| bers of the executive were tigh officials
in the Parnellite Irish government. The
trio in charge of the active conduct of
| affairs purchased. through a certain
valuable recruit. distinguished by lyman
| as I'D. - the knives used in kill
| ing Burke and Cavendish in the
| Phoenix park. These weapons were
brought to Dublin through courageous
lady. Though this medium of transit
was adopted as being safer than mad a
| man carried the knives, lyman char
| acteriZes it as ll-advised, and as having
been ''cruel and unmaniy;;" yet it
| proved the devotion to the country of
brave Irishwoman.
The three men in charge of active
of airo dnca k.N,S
and IF" 3D." was 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 ''K.," was enrolled in the
Invinclbles. He had been enlisted at a
meeting of the Irish parliamentary
members and was aStounded .pon
learning
| THEIR SECRET POLICY.
This man had previously looked Upon
as folly. but he now became convinced
| that it was because of this secret vigor-
GUS policy that the Irish-American
National leaders were supporting
| Parnell. Then he switched off on the
theory that the "acute crisis had forced
the Parnelfite party to take action in
spite of themselves"
"F.'' '
.F'' 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
%" upon ..K'' the latter obtained a new
recruit to the invincibles. This recruit
Mr.. lyman calls *" at that time "a
ParnelIite member of the British parlia-
meut"
TX" was afterwards. it is stated, ap-
pointed chief OF the Dublin council OF
the Inyincibles."
lyman describes the system st organ.
ization adopted by the Dublin Invinci.
bles' council. All correspondence was