Show THE M we have hanc been askold to explain the standing of ireland arid it ita horne home rule deni demand and tin tile following inay may proc iroe sufficient ireland has close on oil one hundred representatives in the n house of common about one three fifths of there sire ire what nrc are known as nation lists the remainder being orangeman orangemen Oran gemen amen or conserva tives the na nationalists tiona lists under the leadership of parnell have been struggling for tile the establishment of 0 parliament parliament or legislature in ill ireland which shall hall h have ve the r right ight to pass all laws that 1 ial I act ct ireland ilone alone AS ae the conditions now arr are all laws made ina de concerning england ireland arid and scotland must be passed by the imperial parliament and it is to give to ireland the right to legi legislate elate on affairs that concern ireland only that the nationalists are contending C the orail arango 41 c inen or protestants protestant are those who desire the political conditions to remain practically aliv as they are arc the great body of nationalists as ate arc catholic Cit holic in religion while tile or angelen are arc nearly all As four fifths of the thel rish fives in parliament are nationalists it will be peen f that hat the one fifth opposing then them stand in ill the aspect of protestants contend contending 1 I a against 0 catholics the protestant of parliament have joined forces with th c party of 1 england 1110 and while the nationalists have for a long time past stood shoulder to shoulder with the liberals or radicals in all political contests the reason for this course on the part of the nationalists was because gladstone called the grand old man hail had endorsed mid arid given hit his support to the demands of tile alic nationalists tiona lists for home rule for ireland a support to ill which after many trials and the defection of ome tome t influential nie nibert the liberal laberyl party was wab alo committed on cholle jhc thc e lines both the liberal and the nationalist tion alist parties have been working for the last two years or more arid nd the political indications in great britain havo bee been of a ne lit turo ture that gave almost assurance 0 of a triumph of the liberal party its return to power and the granting of autonomy for ireland or tile the right in of ireland to govern itself in affair hire thi that d ireland only I 1 mr Glad stones plan w was as to c extend the came privileges viler 0 to scotland and perhaps to wales wale while thee events were progressing mr parnell secured the election of captain oshea as member of parliament from galway captain oshea biad all a pretty wife slid nd is as events are arc recorded she became enamored of parnell and parnell of her they biere charged with grave in discretions but denied the charge i indignantly captain oshea later began proceedings ce for di divorce orce al against his wife on the 0 ground of adultery still mr parnell and mra iraq oshea declared vehemently that the they m rc not n guilty arid and charged that it was a cow con piracy of the party to destroy tile the nationalists nationals ts and the liberals by destroying mr parnell and that at tile the uit suit a complete vindication would bu be forthcoming tile trial canic came on ell not long sille pime anti and as neither mr parnell nor mrs oshea appeared to defend theine themselves elves alie divorce and the world lia ha A accepted their failure to appear at the trial a a concession of guilt en enforced forcell on oil them thein by the hopelessness of disproving their innocence the altair affair created a profound oa stion mr parnell was vicious viciously lv by y the c conservative pre h the or 01 radical pre ig could make no ito de deci brcic fcc arid and the catholic cler clergy 31 ili in the irain set their faces against 0 mr barned Parn cil upon the alie reconvening of parliament tile the irish nationalist members lers of parliament re leader of tile party when this thin was done the fact became cnown nofri that mr gladstone bad ex cx pressed a desire that parnell should nut net suffer buffer himself to be re rc as aa his unpopularity would injure and probably destroy all hope of f a liberal victory and ill this destruction ireland would be unable to secure the anlon oiny mr gladstone lade tono declined to treat with mr parnell as leader of the lie irish party it was then hen contended among the of the alic nationalist party that they had been milled mid anti deceived lo circa mid ind a demand for Par nells resignation was made parnell declined to resign and the became fo EO bitter bitt tr arid and to to maintain the leadership so u irrevocable arid and his decisions is as chairman too co arbitrary that a 1 split m was as inevitable those who contended for Pir Par nells resignation chose justin McC Nf cCarthy irthy ay as the leader and are known a as anti while those who have cast dinst their lot with the leader are arc known as parnell ites the party had a paper called the united ireland Willi william alli obrien w as the editor of this thia paper lie ile escaped from froin ireland while under arrest on it a charge of conspiracy arid and joined those members of the nationalist party part who cattle came to america kni erica to raise raise subscriptions for the aid of evicted tenants in ireland this thia was hc fore the divorce caste of mrs mis oshea came on for trial arid and tire lie astound ing results all took too k place while the visitors were kill in ill america tile united ireland came out against parnell ho he seized the lie baited c ireland and made it voice his hanti men ts d c p 0 s i i i g obrien cn thi the editor it 11 is this his t obrien with whom carnellis having conferences in france arid and who is trying to bring about a reconciliation between the contending factions faction of tile the now divided nationalist party this is how the affair stands i to late date that any arrangement can be effected which will obliterate tile the bitter feeling engendered is impossible that the unity heretofore exi existing among the lie nationalist members of parliament while t thu he same important g remain in in the political arena is impossible bosbic os bIc that the alic liberal party parti P tan air at once re regain reain 0 ain its it prestige by the surface healing of ariit iri ili wounds and nd the bringing together of the faction now so ko rr i ir apart is im pOR Bible mr parnell 8 criminal folly has practically killed the hope of home rule for ii ireland eland in anany many years by ruining th alib radicals radical or liberal party that ireland would have been any any letter better oft off had bad ole efured home rule is a araie graie rane quo lion |