OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
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Lo*»Df>w, F'hru*ry 10. Mr Gladstone, speaking m the House of Commons, said he regarded the reference m the Queea's Speech, to Ireland, as * distinct challenge to Home Rulers. He denied that there had been any diminution of crime, and invited the Government to produce proofs. He regretted the speech contained no intimation that local government would be granted to Ireland Mr W. H. Smith m reply to Mr Gladstone stated that he would supply the House with ample proofs of the decrease of crime m lieland, and further remarked that the Government were prepared to extend equal local government privileges to Ireland when the Irish people showed that they were reconciled to law.
London, February 11. In the House of Commons, Mr A. J. Balfour, Secretary for Ireland, said that there vw & notable decrease of boycotting m Counties Kerry and Clare, where the National League had been suppressed, bir James Fergusson, Under-Secre-tarj for Foreign Affairs, m reply to a question, said that England was not pledged to offer military support to Italy or any other Power.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 2
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184OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 2
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