Irish Affairs

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 87, 13 January 1891, Page 2

Irish Affairs

« " (I'ER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)" London, January' 9. Mr O'Brien denies that Mr Parnell agreed to retire provided he' (O'Brien) accepted, the leadership of the party. 'Mr Dillon sails for Paris shortly. It is possible that he will act as leader of th» Irish party during the term of Mr O'Brien's sentence. January 10. The Queen has subscribed £200 to thefund organised by the Earl of Zetland and Mr Balfour, for the relief of distressed families in Ireland. Several .' bankers; members of the' House of Commons, and the City Guilds are making large contri r butions to the fund. * The Executive of the National League in Great Britain is dismissing the officials appointed by Mr Parnell. January 11. It is reported that O'Brien has joined Parnell unconditionally. Dillon declares that if the struggle is renewed th& National cause will be lost. Parneli states he is determined to fight for tha leadership. He is. quite satisfied with; the result of the conference with O'Brien,

Received, Jannary 13, 10.40 a.m. „ London,. January 12. - At a meeting in Limerirk, Parnell chair lenged Gladstone to produce the memorandum of the interview, with him at Hair warden. He declared that the Liberal leaders had no land policy, and a fatal mistake had been committed in allowing: the Radicals to abandon the peasant proprietary clause in the Irish Land Purchase Bill, thus leaving the Irish people to their own fate and the solution of the. difficulty! Of late he himself thought that the land question ought to be, settled concurrently with Home Bale, or left to an Irish Parliament to deal with, otherwise it would be impossible to govern Ireland without stringent and strong coercion. Without a settlement of the land question Horn© Bule, instead of' becoming a source of strength and freedom, would be a sham,, ending in the resumption of government by the Imperial Parliament. Beferringto the proposals submitted at the Hawar : den interview, he considered them distinctly worse than the provisions of the Bill introduced by Mr Gladstone in 1886, for the future government of Ireland. Mr Parnell stated be was willing to retire if the Government would promise four points, namely, (I) Charter for settlement of land, or power to the people to settle themselves ;. (2) power to secure the interest's of laborers and artisans; (3) Control of the Irish .police, and (4) to concede the appointment of judges and magistrates in Ireland. The fund organised by Mr Bajfour and the Earl of Zetland, for the relief of distressed families in Ireland, now amounts to i>lß,ooo.