Balfour in Birmingham.
The Chief Secretary for Ireland attended the first annual meeting, of the Midland Conservative Union at Birmingham, November 4th. He was accompanied by a detectiveand the chief of the Leamington polico. At Birmingham, armed detectives were posted at the depot to watch for suspicious characters. Balfour, during the day, gave assurances that the Government was resolved to proceed boldly and firmly with the work they had taken in hand in Ireland, and bring it to a good conclusion. At the meeting in the- Town Hall he said that at the next session of Parliament, England andi Scotland would get a fair share of legislation Still the first question would remain the foremost problem in the mind of everyone who took an interest in the fortunes of his country. The question was not whether Ireland was to be governed under her own or an English Parliament, bufc whether she was to bo governed at all in accordance with any of those principles which had hitherto regulated the action of every civilised state in the world. The remainder of his speech was principally devoted to the defence of the action of the police at Mitcheilstown, and attacks on Gladstone's policy.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 233, 17 December 1887, Page 8
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201Balfour in Birmingham. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 233, 17 December 1887, Page 8
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