Mr. Balfour´s Rule in Ireland (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Mr. Balfour´s Rule in Ireland When Mr. Balfour assumed the reins of Government at Dublin, the post of Chief Secretary had gained notoriety as the ruin of many promising reputations, and a post of considerable danger. To go no farther back than the defeat of Lord Beacons-field at the polls in 1880, one may recall the confusion and retirement of Mr. Forster, the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the harrowing of Sir George Trevelyan and Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, the brief rule of Sir William Hart-Dyke, and the sudden appearance and disappearance of Mr. W. H. Smith. Then, from February to July, 1886, while the Home Rule Bill was dangling in the air, came the five month´s rule of Mr. Morley, signalized by the Belfast riots on the one hand, and the patronage extended to the Chief Secretary by the Nationalists on the other. "We may safely receive him with no unfriendly greeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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