2 JANUARY 1897, page 15

The Irish Agitation.

I N the O'Conor Don's able and temperate speech on Monday in the Dublin Mansion House on the question of the right of Ireland to be taxed with relation to the "taxable capacity"......

Will Scotland Become Conservative?

W E wonder if Mr. Balfour is right in predicting that Scotland, now the chosen home of " stalwart " Radicalism, will one day become reasonably Conservative. We do not feel quite......