Parnell Refuses the Request of Parnellites LONDON Nov Thirtyeight Parnell ites last night signed a request asking Par nell to convene a meeting of the Nationalist members of the house today Parnell declined de-clined despite the fact that the rules of the party provide thata meeting shall be called when twenty members sign a request Several Sev-eral Parnellites complain that they were not informed of the full facts in connection with Gladstones attitude toward Parnell as set forth in his letter to Morley when they voted yesterday to retain Parnell in the leadership Although last night Parnell refused to call a meeting of the Irish members of the commons a meeting was held today Par nell was present and preside Silence was observed as he entered the room After calling the meeting t order Parnell explained that he had reconsidered his determination and called the meeting The meeting lasted half an hour There was great divergence of opinion manifested throughout discussion No definite a < tion was agreed upon and the meeting adjourned ad-journed to this evening The feeling that Farad deceived the members of the Irish party at the meeting yesterday is so strong that a motion will probably be made at the meeting to be held today to expel him from the leadership i he refuses to resign Gladstone had frequent conferences with his colleagues this forenoon When Gladstone Glad-stone entered thecommons he was loudly cheered by his Liberal colleagues ParnolL was present and occupied his usual seat Leave was granted Gladstone to introduce intro-duce a bill removingthe disability preventing prevent-ing Catholics from becoming lord chancellor chancel-lor of England or lord lieutenant of Ireland i The Evcninu Post says Todays events have not relieved the tension but rather accentuated the complications of the situation situa-tion The conferences held today prove that great divergence of opinion exists but show that unless a vote of no confidence is passed by his followers Parnell will not abdicate The meeting this afternoon adjourned ad-journed after nearly three hours speechmaking speech-making in order to obtain the views of the absent members of the party When the party reassembles on Monday it is probable prob-able Parnell will again be urged to retire by one section of his supporters but if a vote is taken it is expected a large majority will be on his side The Welsh members of the party today resolved that the retention of ParnelLwould cause the postponement of homo rule beyond be-yond the span of Gladstones public life and they are more determined than ever to rally to tho support of Gladstone At the National meeting this afternoon Berry Sheedy Lane and Commins urged Parnell to retire McCarthy Sexton and John OConnor spoko in favor of his retaining re-taining the leadership All the speakers I dilated vices eloquently upon ParnelUs pastLsor