The Irish Reform Question.
BY KI-ECTBIO TKLEORAPH. — COPYBIQHT. MR. GLADSTONE ADVOCATES AUTONOMY AND COEECION. RIOTING IN SLICK). [KEUTKE'S TELE(HUIIB.] (Received Juno 15, 1.45 a.m.) London, 14th June. Mr. Gladstone has issued a manifesto to the electors of Midlothian, in which he urges that the only policies to he pursued in regard to Ireland are in the direction of an autonomous Government* for that country, and measures of coercion for the repression of outragos. Ho argueS that the former will strengthen the Union, tend to extinguish feuda, develop the resources of Ireland, and redeem the houo*ur of Great Britain, and remove the reproach of the civilised world. Serious rioting has taken place in Sligo between the Catholics and Protestants, the former bein^ the aggressors. The dwellings of the Protestants have been wrecked and shops sacked. The disturbance was of so serious a character that the military were called out to quell the outbreak. A further outbreak is feared, and reinforcements of troops have been despatched to the scene.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 15 June 1886, Page 2
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167The Irish Reform Question. Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 15 June 1886, Page 2
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