The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-06
HOME RULE IMPOSSIBLE | IN NEXT PARLIAMENT
LIBERAL LEADERS SPEAKING As ONE VOICE ON THIS
 QUESTION.

Tacit Agreement Seems to Have Been
 Arrived at, However, Between Them
 and the Irish Leaders--An Interest
 ing PrOblem-FOrmer Premier Bal
 four Has Difficulty in Getting Hear
 ing from His COnstituents-Red-
 monds Persistent AbstentiOn From
 Taking Part. in Campaign Subject of
 Much Comment.
 London, Jan. 5.--John Merely, secre- tary for India, speaking at Amroth, Scotland, tonight, said that personally he believed that the only effective method of reform for Ireland would be an elective representative body which would have control of Irish affairs un- der the direction of the imperial par lament However, he stood ready to cooperate in any scheme involving a less radical departure, if it could be shown that such q scheme would as sure the reforms needed.
 Former Premier Balfour addressed his constituents at Manchester tonight but had some difficulty in securing a hearing His speech was frequently and noisily interrupted.
 David Lloyd George, president of the board of trade speaking at Croydon tonight, quoted from the board of trade returns, which have not yet been | published He said these returns would show that the exports of manufactured goods by the United Kingdom had in- creased enormously. Since 1903, when Joseph Chamberlain said the country was going to the dogs, the Increase in manufactured goods exported had amounted to $175,OOOOOO. MT. Lloyd George said the returns would show that the United Kingdom would ex- port more manufactured goods than Germany and the United States togeth- CT.
 Ireland's fate in the present election fight raises an interesting problem While the conservatives are doing their utmost to foment feeling in the eoun- try against the liberals, on the ground of their home rule tendencies, a tacit agreement, it would seem, had been ar rived at between the liberal and Irish leaders to defeat the tactics of the con- servatiyes. Ireland itself remains qui- esceflt.
 l Michael Davitt speaking at St, Hel- ems tonight said:
 Ireland is in a state of angelic polit- ical calm In no less than IS out,of hel !. ..I,.l. IA nor any foeman of labor dare intrude his political nose"
 While the Irishmen are thus avoiding any excitement of public feeling. the liberal leaders are speaking as of ont voice to the effect that home rule is impossible in the next parliament 1T fact that it Is impossible altogether un, til the country has had the opportunity of giving a special mandate on tho question.
 MT Birrell, president uf the board O education at Bristol, and Winston Spencer Churchill at Manchester, botl tonight expressed this view, Mir Churchill making this most interesting pronouncement on the question: "Timt has largely vindicated the views helC by MT. Gladstone In 1SS6 While ther, never was a time like the present when the greater mass of opinion Is ar rayed against anything in the nature o a startling plunge in the Irish policy there never was 8 time when greate number of sensible, patriotic peopl were prepared to give friendly ant unprejudiced consideration to Irish af fairs, to admit that a wrong system o government prevails in Ireland and t. } approach without passion one of tn most difficult but the most attractiv riddles of British statecraft l T. P. O'Connor, speaking at Liver pool, said that the attempts of the con servatives to say that the issue befor l the country was home rule and not tn l fiscal question was contemptible am 5 dishonest.
 r The persistent abstention of Joh1 Redmond, the leader of the Irish par l liamentary party, from participation i
 the campaign is the subject of muc
 comment.