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choice of the electors in the coming general election is solely between Mr. Gladstone's policy of remedy for Irish grievances, and Lord Salisbury's traditional Tory policy of English Rule in Ireland maintained by force. In deciding how he shall vote at the election the voter may pass by Lord Hartington, for he is, in this case, only arrayed as the temporary supporter of Lord Salisbury's policy. The voter may ignore Mr. Chamberlain, for he, too, though in favor of some large remedy for Irish misgovernment, has for the moment given in the lobby the strength of himself and his friends to swell against Mr. Gladstone the ranks of Lord Salisbury's followers. Tories know this well enough, for they openly declare that they intend to vote for the so-called Unionist Liberals who have figured in the division list against the principle of local self-government for Ireland. The choice for the nation to-day is only between Mr. Gladstone and the Tories. Mr. Chamberlain in his manifesto says that the Government came into office on the amendment of Mr. Jesse Collings in favor of allotments and small holdings, and complains that, neglecting the English agricultural laborers, Mr. Gladstone has made novel and