Of course, like the good:Englishman-he is, Lord Salisbury misses one
point—namely, that to the Irish extremist all the reasons he has given against Home Rule are excellent reasons for a fight. At any rate, his conclusion is a much saner and better one, if not so logical. Instead of saying, " We must have it out," he asks : " Is there, then, nothing to be done ? " He goes on to talk about devolution, and expresses the belief that a good deal might be done by an extension of local government. We agree in theory, though whether in practice the Irish will accept such a development we do not feel at all sure. We are, however, in absolute agreement with him, practical as well as theoretical, when he urges that we should " complete the Unionist agrarian policy," and when he declares that in Unionist hands the Union has been " a conspicuous success." As our readers know, we go further and say that it has been the only success, and can be the only success in existing circumstances.
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