MR GLADSTONE AND THE FUTURE OF HIS IRISH POLICY.
[i-UKss .>PUJii.V.) I on mix, October A nKi-rrATiox from Kidderminster inis presented Mr Gladstone with a Itatpls-inic- c-arjiot. Tin-}' congratulated him nit his Irish policy, and coud-mue 1 die repressive measures adopted by lite Gov-ninnut. Mr • Iladslot e accept* <1 the presentation, and in thanking them for the gift, said, though he had suffered a smashing defeat in the elect ions ou lbb-3, yet recent elections indicated that public opinion \v;is rapidly changing, and he was hopeful of soon returning to power. The secession of Mr Gost-hen and other Liberals had tended greatly to weaken the Liberal party, hut those gentlemen were now placed in a most deplorable position in being connected with the Conservative party. Referring to the Irish questions he sitid a settlement of the difUculfy would be speedily arrived at. and lie was delighted that the Tories itad forestalled the Liberalsm bringing about that s-ltlement.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2379, 8 October 1887, Page 2
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157MR GLADSTONE AND THE FUTURE OF HIS IRISH POLICY. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2379, 8 October 1887, Page 2
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