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Show MORLEY GOES AFTER BRITISH GOVERNMENT. LONDON. AprU 14.-Rlght Hon. John Morley speaking at Montrose last nlht referred re-ferred to the introduction of the Irish land bill as a new. great chapter In the Irish revolution, and a confession by the Government that their vaunted policy of a resolute Government in Ireland, pursued pur-sued for seventeen years, was an abject failure, so abject that they were to pay millions of pounds to get on a completely complete-ly new track. It was a case of the deformed transformed, trans-formed, and an acknpwledgment that the Irish policy of the last century had been upon entirely wrong lines. As to being converted to borne rule, he did not suppose sup-pose that the Government had any more idea of home rule now than they had six months ago. Mr. Morley said he agreed with John Redmond as to the Inad disability of mixing mix-ing the questions of land and home rule, but to transfer the Irish land to the people peo-ple would greatly strengthen the principle princi-ple of self-government for Ireland. |