THE PARNELL COMMISSION
(PRB FRBSB ABSOOUTION.) London, February 5 Id his evidence before the " Times"Parnell Commission Major Lecaron, military organiser of the Fenian Association, stated that the following were active revolutionists:— Matthew Harris, M.P. for Belfast ; W. T. Brennan, who was Secretary of the Land League j M. J. Bayton and Patk. J. Sheridan who were among the organisers of the Land League, and John Walsh, organiser of the " Invincibles " conspiracy m Ireland. The witness' stated further that Patrick Egao, Treasurer of the Land League, had refused to complete an audit of the League and admitted paying the expense of Dutch officers to enable them to proceed to Bechuanaland and assist the Boers, who were invading what is now British Bechuanaland. Major Lecaron also swore that Mi Parnell had advocated the amalgamation of the Land League and Clan-na-gael organisations.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2057, 7 February 1889, Page 2
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139THE PARNELL COMMISSION Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2057, 7 February 1889, Page 2
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