IMPORTANT SPEECH.
London, Nov. 9. In the course of a speech to-day the Marquis of Salisbury made feeling references tor the deaths of Mr Cecil Raikes and'Mr W. H. Smith, and extremely regretted the los3 of such vnluable colleagues. .Referring to Irish affairs, he said that the work done by Mr A. J. Balfour, the late Chief Secretary, way the best ever experienced in Ireland, and ho felt assured that peace and freedom from priestly domination in that country would follow the completion of the legislative -programme. Dealing with the labour difficulty, the Premier thought that thfc settling of the recent engineers' p strike • indicated that there would be fewer strikes if labour would only act for itself, and ignore secondhand advice.-As? to European affairs there was not a speck of cloud on the horizon forebading danger; and with regard to Egypt 1 he declared that the Government' had no intention of withdrawing until such time as Egypt was in a position to repel any external or internal disorder. In concluding, the Premier said that a great subject for the future was the renewal of commercial treaties, and in this respect he was convinced that the country would adhere to a policy of freetrade.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2279, 12 November 1891, Page 4
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204IMPORTANT SPEECH. Temuka Leader, Issue 2279, 12 November 1891, Page 4
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