Mr. Morley spoke in Edinburgh on Thursday, and after ex-
plaining that he had no objection at all to Lord Randolph Churchill's political menu, but that all the same he should refuse to say grace till the dish-covers were removed, and describing the Government as resembling a blind man led by two very lively dogs with very different conceptions of the route, he apologised for his comparative ignorance of purely Scottish affairs, but said that, whatever the desire for extended local government in Scotland might be, he was quite sure that all Scotch Liberals would agree in this,—that the need for extended local government in Scotland is not at all on all-fours with the need for Rome-rule in Ireland. It did not follow in the least that because Ireland needs a local Legislature and an Executive dependent on it, Scotland needs one toe, and against that view
he was most anxious to protest. After indicating his sympathy with the cause of Disestablishment in Scotland, Mr. Morley excused himself for saying nothing on the new programme of the National League in Ireland, on the ground that the question would soon come before Irish Judges, and that Englishmen should not interfere.
