MR PARNELL'S LETTER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2306, 21 April 1887, Page 2

MR PARNELL'S LETTER.

GEEAT EXCITEMENT. | Mr Parnell Declares the Letter to be a Forgery. (BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.) [PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] London, April 18. A tremendous sensation lias been caused by the publication of Mr Parnell's letter. In an article dealing with it, tho Times says that the published views of Messrs Sexton and Henley on the Phmnix Park crime are mere unblushing denials of the accusation that the Parnellites were associated with the murderers. It believes that Mr Parnell feared his life would be endangered if he publicly denonnced the perpetrators of the murder. The Times challenges him to explain the letter, and calls attention to a speech he delivered two days after the tragedy, in which he suggested that the deed was committed by the enemies of the Land League. It further points out that in his speech Mr Parnell professed the utmost abhorrence of the heinonsness of the crimo committed by " the enemies of Ireland," and in conclusion charges him with having been associated with the,murderers. A great scene is expected in the House of Commons to-night. In the letter Mr Parnell explains that he was compelled to denounce the outrage as the only course open to him consistent with good policy-. [RENTER'S TELEGRAMB.I London, April 19. In the House of Commons last night Mr Parnell declared that-the letter published in yesterday's Times, and ascribed to himself, was a forgery. A Press Association message says :— Mr Parnell, in the House of Commons, declared that the letter published by the Times is a villainous, barefaced forgery.