The Parnell Commission Report.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 18 February 1890, Page 2

The Par nell Commission Report.

The Cablegrams state that the Parnell Commissioners report, which is unanimous, has been laid on the table of the House of Commons. The precisof Commissioners report is : That Messrs Davitt, Harris, Dillon, W. O'Brien, W. Redmond, O'Connor, Condon, and O'Kelly conspired to bring about the absolute separation of Ireland. The defendants, oiuce denouncing the Phoenix Park murders, were proved to have incited to intimidation and invited the assistance of Ford in America. MrM. Davitt is shown to have been closely associated with the party of violence in America. They find that the defendants conspired by meaus of coercion and agrarian agitation to expel lsndlords from Ireland. They circulated the Irish World and other papers inciting the people to sedition aud crime. The defendants generally had not denounced intimidation, and knowing the effect, they persisted in not doing so. It was proved they subscribed toward, 1 or were intimately associated with notorious criminals, or paid to procur* their e«cape from justice ; and that they sent compensation to persons injured in the com. mission of crime. £ It was proved that in order to obtain the assistance of the physical force party in America, including the Clan-na-Oael, whidh was actively engaged in dynamite operations in England, the defendants abstained from condemning the jaetions of that party. That Davitt arranged an alliance between the Parnellites, the Ame rican Home Rulers, and the party of violence in America, and that "the Skirmishing Fund was used to pro mote agitation which resulted in the formation of tho League. Boycotting was cruel and illegal. That ii Irish members, including Messrs Parnell, Dillon, fteasy, Davitt, the Eedmonds and other leading members who supported boycotting, were guilty of criminal conspiracy against landlords. The league did not assist in the detection of crim<>. No details were given of the way in which £100,000 of th* League's funds', was expended, and th«re was no valid excuse lor the nonproduction of the books. The rise of agrarian crime coincided with the beginning of activity in the League. The Commission did not receive the assistance that was expected from wither Mv Parnell or the League. Oil the other hand, the .CpmraiV. fioners find for the defendants that the fassimile letter is a forgery. That Mr Parnell is acquitted of having assisted Bryne to escape to Paris, and the Judges find it is not true that h»\ svns intimate with the leading Invincibles. It waa not proved that, (hey paid for fchoooir minion of crimes, and

somp, especially Davitt, expressed al l bona £d disapproval of c.ime. '£ha r o the defendants were. aware r, that the Clan-na \ifc.a central ed $ the Americau Leagu3 Of c Uected c monoy for tue Parliamentary Fund 1 That at the date of the Kilmaiu- > nam negotiations Mr Parnell knew 1 that SueiiJlau and j3oyvon were or- i guuisiag outr««g«d. " • « Tue Invincible^ were not a brauch oi the league. ' The League neither oVain nor ', pai i the Juvincibleo. None or the i defendants had either direct or in- ; direct knowledge of the Phoenix Park : conspiracy. Pigott' was utterly un- ' worthy of credit, and all his letters Were forgeries. The report fills 165 pages.