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New Zealand Mail, Issue 937, 14 February 1890, Page 15

Which Is It ? —-A leading Society paper in England thus speaks upon the Parnell family difference :—“ The apocalypse of Mrs Delia J. S. Parnell’s friends in New York is an untoward incident for the Irish party. It is impossible to reconcile such conflicting statements as have appeared. The President of the Irish National League of America asserts that a public movement to relieve Mrs Parnell 4 would be indelicate and indecent—an insult to Mr Parnell and bis family, and a slur upon the character of her distinguished son,’ because 4 the reported sad condition of Mrs Parnell could not possibly have resulted from the neglect of her family, as Mr Parnell expressed painful surprise when the intelligence was conveyed to him, as he had made ampie arrangements to insure her financial welfare.’ On the other hand, Mrs Parnell,, who is presumably a more trustworthy authority about her own family affairs, states that Bhe has not heard from her son Charles for seven months, when he wrote, 4 in answer to an inquiry from her as to the possibility of his affording her financial assistance, and ho begged her to try and get along without his help, as his obligations and expenses were already greater than he could provide for.’ Mr Parnell’s virtues do not appear to include a rigorous observance of the spirit and the letter of the Fifth Commandment.”