ENGLISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 27, 13 August 1887, Page 3

ENGLISH POLITICS.

LORD SALISBURY’S SPEECH. ENGLAND AND EGYPT—FIRMNESS FOR IRELAND. London, August 12, Al the Lord Mayor's banquet to the Cabinet, Lord Salisbury di dared that England would carry out her work in Egypt, no matter who objected. He also allnded to the state of Ireland, and stated that the Government would not scruple to use firm measures to repress sedition and disorder were it found necessary. With regard to European affairs, the Premier took a sanguine view and prophesied a lengthy period of peace.

ttLIBERAL LIBERALS.

MB BRIGHT AND LORD HARTINGTON ON THE IRISH QUESTION. GLADSTONE STRONGLY REPROACHED, London, August 9. Mt Bright’s speech at the Grenwieh Banquet consisted chiefly of a strong onslaught on Mr Gladstone’s retrograde revolutionary policy, to which he had committed himself at a cost of political consistency, and unity of the great Liberal party. He reviewed the circumstances of his secession from the leader, to whom he bad formerly given faithful and unswerving allegiance, urging the justification th at the nation demanded that its consolidation should be maintained unimpaired. Mr Gladstone wrecked the work of lifetime by the folly of a day. Kot content with fermenting the Irish hatred of English rule, be had exerted his great abilities in trying to disturb the loyal attachment of the Welsh people. In his sudden zeal for Irish revolt against law and order, and opposition to the attempts of Parliament to place the administration of justice in the hands of free and uncorrupted tribunals, Mr Gladstone had not hesitated to defame the English juries. His newborn fanaticism lent great weight and influence to the obstruction of orderly proceedings in Parliament. Lord Hartington spoke in a similar strain. He declared the secession of himself and a great body of the Unionist Liberals had been compelled by Mr Gladstone’s concession to the disloyalists, who were striving to split the Empire. It would be political imbcclity to now abandon the weapons hitherto effective in promoting and preserving the Imperial strength of England. The Tones were prepared to undertake the measures of reform and progress, and the Unionists were recognising the necessity of stimulating their allies to progressive legislation which would assist the leaders of the two parties to effect a closer union. The time, however, was not yet ripe for a definite step to be taken of binding the Tory and Unionist leaders, and further experience would be necessary to enable this to be done effectively. He believed that during the recess the Unionists would formulate a policy establishing a union for the benefit of the country generally.