IRISH AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2315, 6 February 1892, Page 1

IRISH AFFAIRS.

London, Feb. .2 Mr Perry, the property agent in County Clare who was shot by three armed men has died of his wounds. The Dublin Express advises the rejection of the scheme of local government offered by the Tories. The Independent urges a renunion of the Irish parly. SPEECH BY THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. London, Feb. 2, The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a large meeting at Exeter Hall last night, the attendance being estimated at upwards of 10,000. Referring to Egyptian affairs he said that the new Khedive, Abbas Bey, would follow the policy of his late father, and on the land question he declared that the Government were very anxious to multiply the number of small holdings. The Irish question was still the burning question of the day, and he warned the people of England that if a separate Parliament were set up in Dublin it would produce a result which would compel the whole world to declare that England was in a state of senile decay. He appealed to the country to avert the crowning v and disgrace. Throughout s addr e/ s the Marquis of Salisl.- made n 0 reference, ' dissolving it Parliament date Qn whic g w re ky e fH ux i on 0 f time. He said oiie approaching general election Avould only be the beginning of a protracted struggle. If England lacked the nerve and manliness to control Ireland then one by one the flowers would be plucked from the diadem of the empire until Great Britain stood alone. Feb. 3.

Lord Salisbury, in his speech at Exeter Hall, referring to the condition of the agricultural labourers, said that at present no Government could afford to propose to supplement the provision for old age. Experiments would be very risky. He ridiculed the idea of Parish Councils, on the ground that they wouid only increase the amount of local rates. He minimised the by-elections, and insisted that no general deduction could be drawn from them. Home Rule, he argued, would create an ultra-pro-tection, and a clerical State under the rule of Archbishops Croke and Walsh. The majority in Ireland had been allied to the enemies of England in every crisis of her history. .