On Tuesday night, Mr. Trevelyan obtained the second read- ing
of his " Tramways " Bill, for developing the resources of the West of Ireland, and also consented to devote £50,000 out of the sum granted for emigration to an experiment in migration, —that is, to the removal of the starving Irish peasantry to other land in Ireland capable of better cultivation, so far as such land can be found. If Mr. Trevelyan has any real hope of the success of that experiment, we,are glad that he has consented to try it. If it be a mere concession to popular pressure against the secret convictions of the Irish Administration, we regret it as one of those blunders which are fruitful of other blunders, because they show the Irish Members the squeezability of the Administration. We trust, however, that Mr. Trevelyan has found some reason to change his mind as to the possibility of at least a limited success.
Previous page
