On the subject of Mr. Chamberlain's queries as to whether
he was prepared to satisfy the demands of either of the two existing Irish parties,—the Parnellites or the Anti-Parnellites, —Mr. Morley was perfectly frank. He evidently is quite pre-. pared to do so on all points on which it is at all probable that they will care to make a stand. He has no wish to retain the Constabulary and police for any appreciable time under central control ; he probably has no wish to withdraw the Judiciary for any appreciable time from Irish control, though he rather passed that subject by; and he fully concedes that if a good Land Act cannot be passed-before Home-rule is granted, the Irish Legislature must deal freely with the land also. Never-. theless, he dwelt a good deal on the absurdity of supposing that the Irish Members do not know that they must give as well as take, and are not prepared to make reasonable con- cessions to Great Britain. Only what Mr. Morley thinks. reasonable concessions to Great Britain, appear to be conces- sions which nobody in Great Britain would care for. If the ,Irish may take the kernel of the nut, there is no objection at all to Great Britain taking the shells.
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