New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-20
MR. BALFOUR DEFENDS HIMSELF.

REPLYING TO HIS CRITICS IN ANOTHER SPEfCh
RECEIVING AN ULSTER DELEGATION.
London Nov 19.-NIr. Balfour's speech at Grimsby
last night has prominent place in all the Conserva
tive newspapers and is strongly commended by them
The Irish Secretary met with an enthusiastic reception
from the 1000 persons present at the meeting. After
speaking at the regular meeting Mr. Balfour addressed
an overflow meeting. He said that he had been as
sailed with degree and kind OF calumny unexampiea
in English history in any political controversy not
recently connected with Ireland. He continued: II
have never shrunk from meeting those caumnes lace
IN face and count them my happiest moments whcn,
instead of saying these things behind my back they
say them to my face in the House of Commons where
can contradict them But whether they say them
in the Commons through the mouths OF llus'llous
politicians like Mr.. Morley and Mr. Gladstone OF
whether through the obscure channel OF the paio
lecturer or the itinerant COmmoEer, am prepared
IN meet them Eoth in and ont Of the House of Com
mons have acted with the singemnded view OF bene
fting not only the Empire. but the population
before which am habually held up as an object Oh
common contempt and execraion. the lrlsh poh'f
clans have too long been in the habit OF regarding every
misfortune and weakness of Ireland as another weapon
Ia use against the Government. Irish distress does
not prcsent itself to them as aAordng occasion on
which they might mpartialy consider the best method
Of dealing with the condition OF the people, but as
new means OF setting class against class ana hc"
occasion for tnc issuing Of no-nnt manlieso. All!
man who suggests that the difficulty to be dealt WIN
is the rent difficulty shows either ignorance OF Dad
faith Ii every shilling of rent in the cohsestec us
trcts were abolished the problem would not DC Ie less
| menacng"
Mr. Balfour received q number OF delegates from tne
North Of Ireland Conservative and Unionst associa
iioa, and expressed his taids for the message that
they brought from the men Ulster lie said he was
accustomed TO be called tyIant, but their warm vel
come showed that this description OF MN was Hot
altogether He had yet to learn that inc Csler
PROT knew less
of the other parts OF Ireland . Iii. po,,a..
Mr. BalfOur accepted an invitation 10 Visit be1@ss
Mr.. Bafour addressed an enthusiastic meeting at
lie said that he was Becoming tired the dreary and
melancholy task of tracing up the calumnes ana ns
it had been his painful duty to plough through a
Midlothian rhetorical campaign He found the Mtches,
procession and other ancient figures more decrept
and wrnkled and with false teeth than ever but
they st had tile old recognizable shapes He would
would let Mr. Gladstone go remembering as long as
he pleased an incident which had been argued and re-
sSued E to Mr saor ad he %
find him even more careless OF aec1raGs cnd tnah
stones reference to the police, land cultivation and
landlordsm in Ireland as extraordinary faaes anc
his wild career of improvisation here, Dillon ana
oBren were following no less wa caree s o. 70 % noo
persons had been imprisoned under the Crimes Act ana
man had had been sent to jail for merely 5oGeenS
for the American market and they were not excluded
by the Mckinley tariff. Their purpose was to eX-
tract dollars from creduous audiences, and in this
they succeeded. The course of events ia Ireland,
could the American people but know II, afforded most
striking commentary the travellers tales with which
these two distinguished fugtives from justice were
regaljng them. Mr. OIrien had called him an I'M
mitigated liar, but he must repeat that all the play
| acting on the yacht in which O'Brien fed was un
| necessary He might have saied away In comfort,
because the Crown was absolutely powerless 70 arrest
the man until he had broken his bail by not appearing
| in court.
| Dublin Nov. 10.-At meeting Of the Cork. Bandon
and Southeast Coast Railway Company today II was
| announced that the Government proposes to spend
E7O 900 extensions to Skbbereen and Bantry, in
| order TO relieve the distress Of the inhabitants.