NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 540, 4 December 1890, Page 3

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] THE PARNELL SCANDAL. THE DISSENSION IN THE BANKS. MR DILLON WANTS TO RETURN. Mr Morley gives a direct denial to the Statement in Mr Parnell’s manifesto that in expectation of an early Liberal victory he offered Mr Parnell the .succession to* Mr Balfour, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, with a Parnellite law officer. He also denies having fettered. Mr Parnell’s actions. With regard to the charge that he refused to give assistance to evicted tenants, he characterises it aS entirely false. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to one ’6f the candidates for Bassettlaw seat, says it is improbable that the Liberal~Party will separate from the Nationalists, as the present trouble only affects the Parnellites. It is reported that Mr Parnell intends to reveal rotations which existed between himself and Mr Gladstone's party unless Mr Gladstone admits the accuracy of his (Mr Parnell's) account respecting the Home Rule proposals. Mr Parried has gone to Cork for the purpose of consulting his constituents. Mr Parnell's friends propose to adjourn the Dublin Convention, trit ‘‘Mr Sexton and the majority of Irish members are opnosed to the suggestion. -Mr- Parnell furiously denounced the deserters from his party, and said that while he retained the support of the people of Ireland he refused to retire. After la hours’ fruitless wrangling the meeting adjourned Until to-day. Mr Parnell has issued a message to the people of Ireland, stating that he wil fight to the end. Mr J. Redmond, at a meeting yesterday, made a strong appeal to the Irish members to pause before deposing a statesman Who had earned their undying gratitude. Mr Healy replied that if he remained as their head he would ruin the cause. Mr Parnell retorted that Mr Healy was ungrateful. He stigmatised Mr Gladstone as an unrivalled coercionist, and he Claimed the authorship of the Plan of Campaign. Mr Sexton disputed Mr Parnell’s claim on this head. The appointment of 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 Gladstone and Sir W. Harcourt have declined to discuss any conditions for Mr Parnell’s retirement. The American followers of Mr Parnell are divided in opinion.