The discussion of the Irish Estimates in the House of
Commons on Friday week was noticeable for a very candid speech by Mr. Balfour. With a generosity which must have made Mr. Morley a little uncomfortable, considering the attacks made upon Mr. Balfour, the leader of the Opposition congratulated the Chief Secretary "on the rapid and com- plete reward which bad attended his good work in Ireland." He admitted that he had nothing to say against the general government of Ireland by his opponent. "He gathered, how- ever, that subjects which occupied so ranch attention in former years still existed,—.that evictions took place, that resistance to evictions was not unknown, that public meetings had to be dispersed, and that a great many other things which had occurred in the past still occurred, and might still be made the texts of prolonged and envenomed criticism." In a word, Mr. Morley's manner of governing Ireland is the best possible defence of Mr. Balfour's policy. If Mr. Balfour was wercionist, so is Mr. Morley.
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