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Show HtLrOCBIi MOPOilM. He Has n V nan Based upon llh Personal Ob-s-rvallon. London, Nov. 16. "fr. Balfour wlll.-uiue to the Cabinet C uucil tomorrow to-morrow fully pretiared to place be-iiie be-iiie hfs eolleagura In the Ministry bUbte. .rupcat for amendments to the GoverurSttit Irish laud pur chas bill, modeled tfpeitt the retuit of his experiences an J Obsc'-alluii" in Ire-laud during his tour, Jurt Oil bed. It i- already known iu official circles that Mr. Balfour proposes to make further important alterations in his methods of deal-Ing deal-Ing with thu congested districts of Ireland and that he will extend tbe powers of ttre government aud of the lrgtl authorities to deal with both emigration irom the country aud migration from dLstricts which are suffering severely from failure of crops to localities lu which there is no menace of famine. He al, it Is understood, lb ends to raise his Irish mea-ufe up to the level of the 8 -oUMi crullers' act with regard to the enlargement of huluingx. The changes which are proposed by the Secretary Involve an addition to the borrowing powers to tbe extent ot Sevefal millions sterling. An excha'tlje f views among he IHwial leaders has 'milled in a resolution reso-lution to adhere to thelf former line of opposition to tbe policymaking thestate directly a creditor of the borrowing tenant. TJie liberal party will, as a general plan of action, oppose all schemes dealing with the laud question in Ireland as disjointed disjoint-ed from lb settlt-ineut f the local government question. If, however, Mr. Balfour's new ideas prove prac ticable and Just, and- really designee to benefit thu IrMi peas..utry, the iitieral lenders will not hesitate to endorse them as far as they can, followIngMr.GIadstoEe'su ell-know n pclhy ot striving continuously fur the good of the peopK eveu when this leads him to accc t a proposition of his political enemies. |
