In the debate on the Address, Lord Salisbury commended the Government's action in Egypt, and agreed that there was no change in policy, though evacuation was now rendered more difficult, The keynote, he said, of the Irish policy of the Government was to obtain the support of the criminal classes. He condemned the repeal of the Coercion Act and the release of the prisoners.
Lord Kimberley, in reply, said that the Home Rule Bill was to be no milk and water measure, and scouted the suggestion that the result of its enactment would be the oppression of the Protestants by the Catholics,
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