Was Mr Parnell a Revolutionist

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 53, 20 October 1892, Page 3

Was Mr Parnell a Revolutionist

(per press association, i London October 18. The book published by Major Le Car on is disappointing. It contains n< fresh revelations of importance, though il provides ample confirmation of the cor rectness of the statements made befort the Tiines-Parnell Commission. Accord ujr to the author, in 1881, when th< Clan m a-Gael Society was conducting active policy in Ireland, Devoy toldLe Caron (hat he had received a letter froia Farnell stating that he waa exasperated at the condition of affairs and was willing to do anything. Egan told Le Caron that Parnell was all right as a revolutionist, and had decided to join the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, but ms nomination was rejected, members belie ving that he would think more of the Society if he were not a member of it. In the course of an interview in the corndor of the: House of Commons, Parnell told Le Caron that he saw no reason why an open insurrectionary movement was not possible, and said that Daly intended to destroy the House of Commons while in session, by throwing bombs on the table in front of. the Speaker, and to seize the stone of Scone on the Abbey, but the plot failed owing to the treachery of an informer. ■ For continuation of Reading Matter see ' fourth vane.)