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Show lOnXIIUIALAMI I'Ol.lrll'AI. COM-IIIMTIOH. COM-IIIMTIOH. HiriJiT dltpatcbea front llugland convey the Idea that (uren Victoria Is favorable to a local government for I relaud. 1 1 Is even staled that ihould lurk a nieaiuro be pawed by the Hout of Commoni, her Majesty "will uteall her wrr and nunal Influence In-fluence to prevent the Iordt from up-otlng up-otlng It." The fait It that the tjueen has always nulnUlned a decent regard for publlo opinion, and for the eeutl-intnt eeutl-intnt of the majority ou vital lattice. It waa generally lupruted that the antagoulred the illietubllthnient of the IrUli church by (llailatoue lu Hoo. This was a great mistake. Hhe waa entirely guided by jtil.llc o Inloii. Her letter to the archblahop of Canterbury at the lime It now pulllthed. In It the lays distinctly that the rejection of the church bill by the lordi, after Mlng Ihe Commons with suih an overwhelming majority, would only lea I to retulu dliaatrous tu thenatluuasa whole. Hut II Is not In the granting of a meaiuraof Home llulo to Ireland that slgutot a striking revolution In llrlllali attain Is niaulfoated. Urd Hallabury wat rerlrd a lew days ago at entirely Intyinpathy with a federation of all the different rtlont of the ItrllUh empire, 11 this federation It meant a union of the scattered raloulr with In home government. Till scheme muat be turprlalug to Ihe average con servatlve Hrltlaher, yet It U lielng actively protevutcl In Hnglind. There la already eitabllthed an I nirlil Ted-eratlou Ted-eratlou league, and at Hi meeting In lioudon a few days ago, 1-ord Halls-bury's Halls-bury's altitude on federation waa favorably fa-vorably commented on. This Idi has len agitated for years In trade circles. The obataclet to a commerrlal feilerallon were not considered con-sidered eerloui, while those presenting thenitvlve Wa the way of lltlcal union teemed to many Insurmountable. Insurmounta-ble. As to the Australia!! a ud American Ameri-can rulonles, and even the t'i setile. Dienls, there wsmi no great hi iidrame lo their going lu tho union. Hut wllh India the rate It Ultlereut, Hoe-wtlild Hoe-wtlild such a vaat empire be represent-td represent-td lu the Imperial Parliament? It ruuld not be ou a 'Mala of p.) ulallon at the other HUtia wojld eiit to aland, There It another dlniculty In the caae of Kronen Cana llaua, 11 It doubt, fill whether they would willingly en. lera union of this kind. However, Ihe sthenic It rarm-ally considered, and II looks at If some definite plau for agreement will be repared, and then a ooulereni-e of oolunUl statesmen m 111 lw rallnl to consider It, l)l..tili.n from ll.rllu state that it glgantla commenlal union hu Ueii jrmedbyaermauy,Auilila-IIungary, Italy and HwlUeiland, A confereiiru will be held III Heme on July uih neat an I a conttllutloii adotel by which Ihe leugue will be governed. How far this union will mini Kraniv, Luglaud, Ihe Uplti-d Hiaics and other )Z2?m&BZev" ira cuiinttlts iwllllcally ran not well lie detcrnilnnl until the result of the Heme confereiiru has been rubllahed, II looks at If the Iruit crate had taken itoMenlon of tho nations nl the world. In place of Individuals forming comblnra to control trade and luduslry, we have Ihe powerful ccuntrle of Kurope entering luto lotverelnt, federations fed-erations and alliances. The situation It not much different In America. Mr, IlUlne't reciprocity scheme lilt In It the Idea of commercial unity amour the retiubllcs of this continent. Perhaps Per-haps was this enterprise on the lt of our Hecrelary of Hlate, that hu set the i:uroan tail rolling. |