14 DECEMBER 1889, Page 2

Mr. Morley was very angry indeed with Mr. Balfour for

saying that Mr. Gladstone had encouraged Irish crime. That Mr. Gladstone has apologised for the " Plan of Campaign," and spoken of boycotting as mere "exclusive dealing," and as a weapon without which the Irish peasantry would be worse off than they are, Mr. Gladstone himself would not deny, and his language about Father MacFadden was conceived precisely in the same tone. Of course, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Morley think that such language does not encourage crime, but equally of course, those who do not share Parnellite pre- judices believe that it does encourage crime, and encourage it very seriously. We cannot conceive how even Mr. Morley can blame Unionists for not looking at facts through Home- rulers' eyes.