PARNELL V. TIMES

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2754, 8 March 1890, Page 2

PARNELL V. TIMES

(r.V ELECTRIC TKLKGRAFH. —COPYRIGHT.) London, March 5. ; i The Times declares that it only fulfilled its duty by trying to obtain Sheridan's evidence, but Paruell's sympathisers in America prevented him from coming forward. The cypher telegrams read by Mr Harrington ■in the House of Commons showed that Sheridan offered to disclose the whole history of the Land League, and produce "documents ■;! /Baruell, Dillon and others.; t; .l£e also s. Qtfered to prove' thatVtlie . fiSipous " "forged'letter was genuine.' 1 'Sheridan's motive was revenge, because the Clan-na-Gael had condemned him'.to 'death on suspicion of influencing other persons. Mr Harrington also read a cable message stating that the British Consul at New York had been du-ected to disclose to tho Times the name of the informant who supplied him with the inform ition, in the same way as LeCaron did. Mr Harrington asked for a Committee of Inquiry. Mr Gladstone met with a warm ovation at the conclusion of his speech in the House of Commons ou the report presented by the TimesParnell Commission. Mr Flanigan, the author of the article '• Parnellism and Crime," which appeared in the Times, has been black-balled at the Athenaeum.