PARNELL IN TROUBLE

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8950, 5 December 1890, Page 2

PARNELL IN TROUBLE

PARTY STILL SPLIT UP. | PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.!

London, December 3. — Mr Gladstone and Sir W. Harcourt have declined to discuss any conditions for Mr Parnell's retirement.

Parnell'a supporters are daily increasing in Ireland and America. The adherents of Mr Sexton fear further defections from their ranks.

There were no new developments at today's meeting of the Irish party, and the proceedings were adjourned till to-morrow, when it is hoped a compromise will be effected if Gladstone gives certain pledges. v Mr J. Redmond, at a meeting on Monday, made a stirring appeal to the Irish members to pause before deposing the statesman who had earned their undying gratitude. Mr^Healy replied that if he remained at their head he would ruin tho cause. Mr Parnell retorted that Mr Healy was ungrateful. He stigmatised Mr Gladstone as an unrivalle 1 coercionist, and claimed the authorship of the Plan of Campaign. Mr Sexton disputed Mr Parnell's claim on this head.

The appointment of the delegates to America has been cancelled, and Mr Dillon will probably be chosen leader. In view of this possibility he is applying for a writ of habeas corpus to quash the sentence of six months' imprisonment passed upon him in his absence at Tipperary. Mr Devoy has issued a manifesto in favour of Mr Parnell. The text of Messrs Dillon and O'Brien's manifesto says they have to choose between Mr Parnell and the cause of Ireland. They do not believe Mr Gladstone is a traitor to the party he has supported. Mr Parnell has entered upon a rash and fatal course, but they hope he will not destroy in a passionate hour the effect of his unequalled services.

Mr Parnell's friends propose to adjourn the Dublin Convention, but Mr Sexton and a majority of the Irish members are opposed to the suggestion. Mr Parnell has issued a message to the people of Ireland, stating that he will fight to the end.

Washington, December 4.— The American followers of Mr Parnell are divided in opinion.