Coadensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, Volume VII, Issue 266, 14 May 1889, Page 2

Coadensed Cablegrams.

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jpfl ?*f ne^' 8 pro^^*aminatioA was QDnturaed before the Commis sion. Be §gve^d to produce his.secrete^ O^SWIW 1 ' 8 ) shorttad notes of letters dictated to' him. Sir R. Webster stated that witness* cheques showetUbat payments had been'ntade to |W»ffrey and Ourley (Invincibles;,'and other Suspects confined in Kilmainham Gaol. Mr Parnell explained that these payments were made before the suspects wereoharged with any offence, and rebuiell his council (Sir 0 Rassell) for not seeing ' that all tbe^ocuments bearing Qtiitike , point wete > prodaoed, Farther dross, examination was adjorned until these documentsooald be obtained Archbishop Walahwaathea called, and depdsed that the Irish Bisnqpg, now encouraged their clergy tne&~ aume respoqsiWe positions in the League. U e considered the Land and National Leaeues were a defensive' necessity. Tt» A t iorney-Generiil 004 jeoted to the 1 witness giving -bfg opinion to the effect that the League had caused (^redaction ia crime, anj

Sir James Hannen, President of the Commission, ruled that an abstract question as to the working of the League was inadmissible, and the facts only must be stated. Sir C. Russell apologised to Sir J, Hannen for his oversight in not having the documents in readiness necessary to enable the cross-exami-nation of Mr Parnell to go on. Archbishop Walsh's examination was continued. He gave it as his experience that the League had diminished crime in Ireland. The secret societies started after Mr Parnell's arrest were now virtually, extinct in the rural districts. He .said that he abominated the articles in the Irishman, and disapproved many of those in the United Ireland. He admitted he had never denounced boycotting, but considered.intimidation by force most reprehensible. He disapproved Mr Parnell's advioe to the people to shun the men who took the forms from which tenants had been evicted. He also objected to publishing a black-list of persons who refused to join the League. Turkey and Egypt have adopted the provisions oi; the Sugar Convention. ....... • . The friends of Dr Cronin, who is supposed to have been murdered, declare that he was murdered to prevent disclosures as to the misappropriation of League funds. H.M.S. Eapid visited Suwarrow Island, a thousand mile's east of Samoa, and hoisted the British flag. FOREIGN. The wool, timber and mineral exhibits sent by Victoria and New Zealand to Paris, make a very fine show at the Exhibition, and ' the natural history collection and photographs are also much admired. 'Kowan's Australian flowers and the New Zealand Antimony Company's ore trophy are objects of much interest to visitors. The attendance at the Paris Exhibition on the opening day numbered a quarter of a million.