SPEECH. BY LOUD SALISBURY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1884, 27 April 1889, Page 1

SPEECH. BY LOUD SALISBURY.

London, April 24

The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at Bristol, said the principle of the nationality of Ireland was barren of solid argument. Men were bound by the present and not by memories of the past. No previous Opposition, he said, had justified embezzlement and fraud, The union between Conservatives and Unionists waa beconvng closer, and the growth of the Primrose League was transcondentiy more valuable than parly interest, or the solution of any current questions, as it was instrumental in cementing classes, In the course of his speech at Bristol, the Marquis of Salisbury said (hat only the grave nec-ssity for protecting the enormous fabric of England’s industry induced the prosecuting of the naval scheme recently submitted to the House of Commons by Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty. While England was on the most friendly terms with every nation at present, the peaceful aspect might change with the suddenness of a summer shower, though the only menace to England from the Continent was that part of the coast extending from the River Eyder, in Holstein, to the River Loire, in Prance. Re. ferring to Irish affairs, the Premier said that the separatist po'icy compelled England to watch Ireland with the same care as the Continent. The Government must increase (he number of owners of land in Ireland before granting local government, which in any case toust contain no germ of Home Rule, or anything which might bo used as a leverage (o obtain Horae Rule. The only hope for Irish progress was a long spell of administration under impartial laws.