Salt Lake Herald | 1890-10-18 | Page 1 | Mr. Balfour Speaks

MR BALFOUR SPEAKS On Ireland and the Policy of the Home Rulers TH POPE WILL NOT RECEIVE Dillon and OBrien if They eo to Rome Hays the London Standard Their Trip to America LONDON Oct 17 There was a meeting of the Northern Conservative union held at Newcastle today and attended by 4000 people Among those present was Balfour Bal-four chief secretary for Ireland who was given an enthusiastic welcome A resolution resolu-tion was adopted by the union welcoming Balfour and declaring that his ability and I untiring energy have preserved the union between Great Britain and Ireland Balfour Bal-four in a speech said the condition of Ireland Ire-land was improving prosperity increasing and respect for the law abiding though the opposition had been unable to disguise the I satisfaction with which they regarded anything any-thing approaching a failure of action of the government In the evening Balfour was entertained at a banquet attended by over one hundred guests and presided over by Lord London derrv Balfour said no arrangement ex isted among the t Gladstonians Its to what would be the new home rule ts plan but I every eulogy they passed on tne Parnell ites carried with it a pledge of a future policy which it was impossible impossi-ble to redeem except by obstructing obstruct-ing civilized society in Ireland Balfour Bal-four went on to say the Parnellites never debated anything approaching suggestions sug-gestions dealing with the real difficulties Not content with this negative attitude they had a positive policy attested by a feeling of anarchy which would prove disastrous to Ireland Supposing Morley should come into oflice tomorrow he had not the same amount of crime to deal with that the present government had It would only prove that the Gladstonians were sceneshifters in this disgraceful Par nellite comedy