Tue last great task of the government before the dissolution of the present Parlinment is to be the carrying of " Local Government bill for Ireland. It is denied that this is a long step towards Home Rule, but it is a step that has.to be taken, however hateful it is to the Conservatives, because the governmeitt promised Mr. Chamberlain some time ago that it should be done. The Times says that Mr. Balfour has done so well, and hi of Ireland has turned out so satisfactorily, that if he says it is time to give the Irish people County Councils, he must be believed to know best. The Stuxdard supports the measure in " very half-hearted way. "If We assume," iL says, "as we fear we innet
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