Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-04
LOOKS HOPEFUL.
Ireland Can See the Dawn ,,,l
Of Better Days. +.
The Chief Secretary, Mr.. Wyndham,
Tells What May Come
And the Whole World Sees Relief from
IreIand's Oppression. sf

| London, April 3.-viscount Gran
borne, under secretary for foreign at
1airs, speaking at st. Adams, tonight
said that though he did not believe
that a dissolution of the House of Com
mons was imminent, the Unionist par
ty ought to be prepared for all CON
| tingencies.
Mr.. .Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, speaking at Manchester to-
| night, also alluded in substantial
| manner to the same subject. He said
| he believed that when the bell rang
for the next elections, the Tory party
would be found ready and would again
carry its flag to victory.
Referring to the Irish land bill. Mr..
Wyndham declined to believe that it
would be repudiated. Ireland he said,
had not enjoyed the opportunities at
the disposal of other parts of the en-
pire. Partly because in 1881, Parlia-
ment, instead of giving her justice gave
her litigation. Furthermore, the last
SO or go years. the age of steam and
coal, had not been happy or profitable
for Ireland, a country lacking in min
eral wealth. Apart from the justice OF
the case, continued the speaker, it was
to England's interest that Ireland
should have a fair opportunity to de-
velop her agriculture. f
'In times of peace" said Mr.. Wynd-
ham, ireland is our best customer,
and in war time, when everything
would depend upon our control Of the
sea, it would be well to have a big meat !
supply in ireland. Every true imperi- |
a]ist wishes Ireland to be a bridge and |
not a chasm between ourselves and |
Canada and with Canada / would asso- |
ciate our kinsmen in the United States. |
and for even an outside chance of at
tanning that object it was worth while |
to make an effort t'
In Seeking q solution, he would set |
only two limits: "One that we must not |
weaken. the imperial credit, and the
other that we must not sap the elas-
uclty of our revenue, which is our re-
serve in times of danger"
Assent having been given to a pol
icy of agrafian peace, he was hopeful
that the result of the Irish land bill
would be something they could con-
template with pleasure.
London, April 4.-The Liberal papers,
this morning, commenting on Mr.
Wyndham's remarkable speech at
Manchester. last night, and the flying
rumors of the governments intention
to-appeal to the country on a program
of local government for Ireland,
declare that it might have been the
speech of a Gladstonian, so friendly
We're its, accents towards Ireland and |
the wisdom of trusting the Irish peo-
pie and conciliating the Irish sentiment
in the United States and Canada.
The Daily News remarks the signifi-
cant silence of Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain on the Irish problem and
the Irish land bill and the fact that
the government appears to be threat
ened with the alternatives of defeat or
dependence on the Irish vote.
Michael Davitt contributes to the
Daily News a long article in which he
discusses these points. Mr. Davitt
shows that the Irish land bill embod-
les to a certain extent the policy
which Mr.. Chamberlain advocated in
1888 though it contains larger financial
than Mr.. Chamberlain then
favored. and it, does not provide for
provincial councils as an authority be-
tween the imperial government and the
Mr.. Davitt thinks that some sort of
of government for Ire
land will almost inevitably follow the
of the Irish land bill
VIM. Redmond speaking at London, |
last night, said that King Edward was
assured of courteous welcome in Ire
land because Irishmen, even in the hot
test moments of agitation, always rec
oSnized that the King was not respon-
sible for the misgovernment of Ire
land.