The Herald of Wales. — 1888-09-22 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ZINN.  Mr Graham said he had to oppose this applistation, and he submitted that his clients ought not to be placed in the position of litigant, in this matter. This particular form of the eaquiry was not sought by them, and the legislature had thought fit to adopt certain allegations made in certain proceedings in which nis cliente were the defendants. At the basis of the enquiry, the allegations made in that trial Were that the members of the Parnellites formed in Ireland an organise, tion milled the Irish Land League for the purpose of dealing with the agrarian difficulty and the question of Home Rule, and the party who formed that association had enforced its views and deereee by means of a system of boy. setting and ontrage,and also of murder. While peeing as the Constitutional party, they went about Ireland making inflammatory speeches, which were followed by crime. Eventually the Phcenix Park murders were committed, and several of the executive of the league fled to America, and while there they boasted of their connexion with these murders. Phey boasted of their eonnection with the Lavincibles, and they had colleoted large gums of money for the benefit of the famiLles of those convicted of the murders, and for the defence of persons alleged to have eomunitted various crimes. The members of the Parnellite party had continued to receive money from America, and It had been paid to people who were committing these crimes. Now, the greater part of these allegations were founded on statements which had appeared in papers such Is the Irish World, the proprietor of which was Mr Ford, who had transmitted money from America. That paper had given amionnts of meetings, and notably of a presentation to Mrs. Byrne, who was said to have carried to Ireland the knives with which the Phcenix Park murders were committed. They were now uked to furnish to his friend's clients full details of all they knew, what information they had, and whom it implicated. That he respectfully suomittei they ought not to be called on to do. It was for the commission to inquire into the truth or falsehood of the charges; but his learned friend's application sought to substitute them for the common report. He could only say that every possible, assistance they could afford to their lordships, either by assisting any course which might be suggested, or by laying before their lordships, either in public or private, at the proper time, any information in their possession, would be cheerfully given, but they ought not to be called upon any more than any other person who might be in any way connected with this matter to disclose to other parties who might be coming before their lordship, the full details of any information in their possession for the purpose of the inquiry. His clients were amply in the position of witnesses. The question of interrogatories was discussed in the House ef Commons. The President : We know nothing of what has occurred in the House of Commons. You must not refer to that again. Me Chatham, resuming, said what he submitted was that their lordships had no jurisdiction under the Act to compel his clients to make an affidavit stating what documents were in their possession, as their lordships would have