. The whole speech at Limerick was pervaded by eulogy
on Mr. O'Brien as a true patriot, and so forth. With him Mr. Parnell had come to a complete agreement, if only Mr. O'Brien could persuade his former colleagues to adopt his view of the situation. Evidently, for some reason or other, Mr. O'Brien
has gone over to Mr. Parnell's side, though apparently on con- dition of some sort of retirement by Mr. Parnell to which Mr_ Parnell does not object. It is impossible to make out what. Mr. O'Brien's drift in these negotiations has been, nor does it seem to us of any conceivable importance to any one not belonging to the Irish Home-rule Party. The "Irrepressible" United Ireland emphatically asserts that Mr. O'Brien has not become Parnellite. We know and care nothing about it, but it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Mr. Parnell, at all events, thinks he has.
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