Show William OBriens lestiraory LONDON May 23 William OBrien continued con-tinued his testimony before the Parnell commission The league he said was founded chiefly to oppose the secret land lord combinations The landlords formed a combination having a capital of 1000000 for the purpose of carrying out the evictions evic-tions by wholesale andreplacing the evicted tenants with colonies of tenants from other countries He had been a member of a committee com-mittee of the league since its organization and ho never heard of a suggestion to encourage courage outrage The witness attended the convention in America in 18SO Had no connection with the dynamiters while there The vast bulk of those who attended the convention were men of the highest standing He drew a distinction between criminality and illegality ality The Irish ho said have an Irsh earnest healthy repulsion for criminality As t illegality meaning irreverence for the law as law illegality is bred in us daughter In answer t further questions by the itorneygeneral OBrien said it was impossible possible t say what was legal and what was illegal in Ireland Anything that two resIdent magistrates say Is law The league certainly tended to lesson outrages I but no league nor human power could pr vent crime in such a crisis a that of 1879 He never advised people to assist the gov I eminent in the detection of crime because that would be accepting a responsibility that the league wholly repudiated Unite Itelanti never denounced secret societies I The league weaned ninetcentwentieths of the people in Ireland from such societies |