p. 2-3

proposals against Ireland
and will be delighted to see
them carried.

It will lessen the weight
of one embarrassment
which pressed on the Liberal
party - viz - the Home
Rule incubus.

They have no intention of
giving Home Rule -

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not even of "wanting one Session
in discussing it, as one of their
learned men told me a short
time ago.

Campbell Bennerman will {struck-through: "probably"}
not approve of Balfour's scheme
and I daresay will or what
he can to help Redmond,
but a lot of the so called
"Liberals" are about as
Liberal as the "Irish Times"
and when Ireland is the
issue, will find many
"fly-blown phylacteries" in
which to wrap their foreheads.