THE IRISH QUESTION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2887, 15 January 1891, Page 2

THE IRISH QUESTION.

(BY KLEUTKIO TKI,E(!UAPH — COPYRIGHT ) London, January 12. •Vr a meeting in Limerick, Mr Purnell challenged Mr Gladstone to produce the memorandum of the interview with him at Hawarden. He declared thai the Liberal leaders had no land policy, and that a fat.nl mistake hud been committed in allowing tho lladicals to abandon the peasant proprietary clause in the Irish Lutid Purchaso Bill, thus leaving the Irish peoplo to their own fate aud 'he .solution of tho difficulty. Of late he himself believed that the laud question ought to be settled concurrently with Home 1-iule, or left to an Irish Parliament to deal with, otherwise it would bo impossible to govern Ireland without stringent and strong coercion. Without, a sett.l 'iuent of the land question, Horn.} liule. inslevl of b 'coming ft source of strength aud freedom would be a sham, ending in the resumption of Govern m alt by tlie Imperial Parliament. Jiefcrring to the proposals submitted at the H;iwsrd»n interview, lie considered r.ii mi distinctly worse than the provisions in tlie Bill introduced by Mr Gladstone, in l-Jiiti. for the future government of belaud, Mr Parnell stated he was willing to retire, if assured his opponent* would promise four points, viz. -(1) A charier for the se'th m ait of the land, or power to the people to s-cltle themselves; !-) power to secure the interests of lnbomer.s and artisans; control of the Irish police; (4) to concede the appointment of judges and magistrates in Invalid.

Mr Puniell has been served with a writ- for nll-'m d libel on I) 1 Tanner, member tor Mirl-Cork.

Mr Ilesily considers it is hopeless 10 parley with the Parnell section nuy lander. Mr r.irnell wa» received with tmlhusi;)> 111 :i,( Limerick. In Hie course of his speech lie stilted thai lie was satisfied v it,h the result of his conference :it Boulogne v.ith Mr O'Brien, and would retire provided the Liberals would give uu assurance in their intentions.