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Show PARNElI VENTS i-ifi SPl.EEN. A Tir.de Against the Liberal, at the 1'ho-riix I'ark Meet pc Yem.rilny. Driu.lN, April 6. Notwithstanding a steady downpour of rain, 3000 people assembled at Pluenix park yesterday to assist in the demonstration of the Amnesty Am-nesty association and to protest against the continued imprisonment and alleged inhuman treatment of Irish and Irish-American Irish-American political prisoners by the Hritish government. After speeches by Kenney, I'arnell and others, resolutions were passed railing upon Irishmen at home and abroad to put forth every to secure tho release of their friends, and demanding that the government hasten an unconditional surrender of the prisoners. ParnelPs speech was a tirade against the liberals. "Why," he asked, "did Gladstone release re-lease these prisoners in PSKOV lie (Gladstone) did not hesitate to stop to ascertain the opinions of the dynamiters as to whether they would accept his home rule bill, and even went so far as to receive some of these people at Hawarden." Here a voice exclaimed, "Why did not you make the conditions?" while crys of "Kill him!" "Lynch him!" were raised. In reply. Parnell declared that the Irish party never made conditions with the government. Tho prisoners, hit said, would rather rot in jail than ac-' cept anything but unconditional release. |