The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-28

LONDON, March 27-In the house of
commons today Mr.. Balfour. leader Of the
Unionists, spoke at length on his motor
| (of which he gave notice last Thursday
| that the Irish executive be censured fol
condoning serious offenses, and thu:
bringing the law into general contempt.
He made his attack upon the government
with exceptional vigor. and evoked repeat
edly loud cheers from the opposition
| benches.
The present deplorable state Of affairs in
| Ireland. Mr.. Balfour said. was largely in
consequence of compact between the
government and the forces of disorder.
The ministry had made with the Irish
party an agreemant, by which the admin
istration of the law was being defeated
According to the terms OF this unwritten
concordat the government had coquetred
dishonest tenants through the evict-
ed tenants commission to disown
their obligations and treat the landlords
| as law-abiding people would treat male
| factors. The government had fomented
| outrages by suspending the crimes act,
; and had instigated crimes by the release
of dynamiters. The government had not
hesitated to take steps which were in direct
| antagonism to the decisions of the courts.
Disgraceful as were all these disorders,
there was no sign OF effort to stop them.
| In fact, under the present government
| they could not be expected to cease before
| the chief secretary for Ireland should rally
| his courage, free himself from the tram
| mels Of his previous policy. and use i'll de-
| fense of the law the powers which parlia-
| ment had entrusted to him. Loud Union
| ist cheers.
In answering Mr. Balfour, Mr.. Morley,
chief secretary for Ireland, said that the
leading charge against the government
was that they had concordat with the
| present administration had tried to govern
Ireland in sympathy with the Irish peo-
pie [Cheers.] II that was an Irish con-
cordaC he would plead guilty to being a
party to it. Mr.. Morley rebu;ted in de-
tail Mr.. BalfOur's ssertion that agrarian
crime in Ireland had increased under the
Liberal government.
Mr.. GladstNe reproached the opposition
with resorting to license Of language
which they could not possibly justify by
facts. The present government, he said,
had as great desire and AS strong au in
terest as had any OF their predecessors in
preserving law and order in Ireland. The
present governments had, however, differ
ent views as to the manner Of dealing
with the people. They had substituted
mildness and cemency for coercion The
results already apparent prove how sue
cessfully the new policy operated. The
present government sought to establish a
more equitable system Of administration.
They aimed at laying the foundation of
order in the heart and understanding of
the people of Ireland. The Liberal party
believed that the Irish people were as caps-
BILE of being governed on approved princi-
plies as were the people or other countries.
The present effort or the chief secretary
for Ireland was to realize in practice the
fruits of this belief. The government ap-
pealed to the Judgment of the house TO
justify him in this course, and had no
other desire than to share the fate which
the verdict of the mem bers would bring
him. Prolonged cheers.
Lord Randolph Churchill pronounced
the proposed vote of censure to be more
than justified by Mr.. Morley's endeavors
to hush up and conceal Irish crime from
the knowledge Of parliament. There were
times in the history Of the nations when
Providence proposed tests for good or i'll.
Perhaps the English people were now
passing through just such a period. But
the Unionists would not falter. They
founded their hopes on the truth Of their
principles, and looked to the English peo-
pie for justice aud Judgment.
A division on Mr.. Balfour's motion fol-
lowed, and resulted in a majority of AZ for
the government, the vote standing 3l9
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