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forward people to whom Mr.. .DBsAEh1's
tlot1~0a Vero from frat To Last obnoxious.

forward people to whom Mr.. eDBRAEII's
lodges wore from first to last obnoxious.
The fact that arrangements for allotting
small holdings to agricultural laborers Will
constitute the flrst business OF importance
to be pressed by tho Tory Ministers. shows
how keenly they feel the lesson reiterated
in recent by.elections In rural electoral d.
visions, and tho necessity OF doing some-
thing to concillate the large body Of voters
enfranchised by the Reform act OF 1885. In
other words. having adopted Mr.. CHAMBER
LAIN and his man Friday. MIR. JESSE Coll
LIMOS. they are now inclined to endorse the
latter's promise OF three acres and COW.
The prominence given to this measure Ia
perhaps not unconnected with Mr.. CHAM
BERbAINs selection for the leadership OF
the Liberal Unionists In the House OF Com
mons. for the notion Of riding for q fall Is
one that might commend itself to the Biz
mingham exemplar of statecraft. Of whom
even his best friends admit that JOEY B.
Is sly. sir. devilish sly"
There are two other statements In the
Queens speech well calculated to conciliate
public opinion. though they have no chance
OF being embodied in Legislation II an early
dissolution is contemplated. The reference
to the necessity OF relieving public ele-
mentary schools In England and Wales
from the pressure OF the local rates. means
OF course that these schools do not at pres
ent receive as liberal support from the rates
as is desirable. and that the deficiency
should be made up by an increased grant
from the imperial exchequer. The promise
OF extending the advantages Of assisted ele-
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nifty that the moral right OF Catholic volun-
tary schools in that kingdom to receive the
same amount Of assistance In the form Of
Government grants as Is afforded to Cath
Ollie schools In England. Is at last recog-
nized even by the Conservatives. It is not
easy to reconcile this proposal which. II
carried out. would help to keep Irish chill
dren Catholic. with Lord SAL1sBURY's re-
cent speech at Exeter. in which he is said to
have portrayed with horror the prospect OF
Ireland's falling under the domination OF
the Catholic priesthood. an event which. he
said. must follow the restoration Of Dub
lin Parliament. This speech at Exeter was
violently denounced by Sir WILLIAM HAIR
COURT and Sir CHARLES RUSSELL in the
course Of the debate on tho address. and all
that Mr.. BAIFoUR could find to say by way
Of exculpation was that his chief had been
incorrectly reported.
Taken by itself. the alluslon in the
Queens speech to the change Of rulers in
Egypt might mean anything or nothing.
What it really signifies was disclosed in the
House OF Lords by the Prime Minister. who
said that. after the sacrifices Great Britain
had made in connection with the Nile land.
he believed that England would never
surrender it's supremacy over that country
to another power. This is the most explicit
declaration yet made on the subject. and
will satisfy the French Foreign Office that
1t has nothing to hope for as long as tho
Tories have majority at Westminster. 1t is
also evident that Lord SALISBURY means to
make his foreign policy in this particular
one Of the grounds ofinviting the continued
confidence Of the electors. There are many
Liberals who deem it open to question
whether. as matter Of political tactics. Mr..
GLADSTONE did wisely in proclaiming at
Newcastle his belief that Egypt should be
evacuated, thus arraying against his party
all the financial interests concerned In the
maintenance of order In that country.