Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-06
WAT NEAR DEFEAT
GOVERNMENT ONLY SAVED BY
OUTSIDE VOTES
Rumors of the Dissolution of Par
lament at the Close of the Pres.
ent Session. --COnseavatives Go
Before the Country on Extension
of Social Government in ireland.

London, April 1.-The correspondent
OF the Daily Chronicle at Dublin claims
to have the authority of a member oil
thesspresent government for the state.
ment that the government intends te
dissolve parliament at the end of the
present session, the general elections
being in the autumn. The leading
plank in the Conservative platform at
the elections, aflirms the correspondent,
will be an enormous extension of the
local government in Ireland, providing
for the establishment of Legislative
council, which will have control of the
Irish police. 1t is understood, further
asserts the correspondent, that the colo
NAL secretary, Mr. Chamberlain, warm
ly supports the governments project,
and that the economies Mr.. Wyndham
promised in connection with the Irish
land bill largely depend upon its real
ization. Neither Gerald Balfour, pres
ident of the board of trade, nor the
present war secretary, Mr.. Brodrick
would be included in the next cabinet.
According to the supposed plans of
the government, the Dublin chamber
will consist of the Irish county coun-
ellis, and will deal with local matters
such as gas, waters and railroads.
The government was only saved from
defeat in yesterdays division in the
house of commons on the second read.
ing Of the private bill regarding the
payment of light dues by the support
of a number of Nationalist.
The Liberal papers this morning,
commenting on Mr.. Wyndham's re-
markable speech at Manchester, and
the flying rumor OF self-government for
Ireland, declare that it might have
been the speech of Gladstonian, SO
friendly wer, its accents toward Ire.
land, and the wisdom of trusting the
Irish people and conciliating the Irish
sentiment in the United States and
Canada.
London, April 4.-Viscount Gram
borne, under secretary for foreign az
fairs, speaking at st. Adams, said that
though he did not believe that disso-
luton of the house OF commons was i'm
prepared for all contingencies.
Mr.. Wyndham, the chief secretary
ior Ireland, speaking at Manchester, al
luded 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 believed that it would be re.
pudiated. Ireland, he said. had not
enjoyed the opportunities at the dispo-
sal OF other parts of the empire, partly
because in 1881 parliament instead OF
giving her justice gave her litigation.
"In times of peace, said Mr.. Wynd-
ham, "lreland is our best customer,
and in war time, when every thing
would depend upon our control OF the
sea, it wonld be we'll to have a big
meat supply in Ireland. Every true
imprriais, wishes Ireland to be brid e
and not chasm between ourselves and
Canada, and with Canada would asso-
ciaie our klnsmen in the United States,
and for even a possible chance of OBJ
tanning that object it was worth while
t. make an cffJrt'
la seeking solution, he would set
only two limits: One, that we must
not weaken the imperial credit, and the
other, that we mus, not sap the elias
ticity of our revenue, which is our re-
serve in time of danger.