. A short history of England and the British Empire. began to feel that his policy of repression was a failure. Parnellwas released from prisonon the understanding thathe would support themeasures of the govern-ment. Gladstone on hispart promised conciliationand further legislation toremedy conditions in Ire-land. Forster, disgustedwith this change of policy,resigned his office, and theprime minister sent LordFrederick Cavendish toIreland as chief secretary. The Phcenix One day, whilePark tragedy. the new secre_ tary was walking throughPhcenix Park, Dublin, hefell in with Thomas Burke,another
. A short history of England and the British Empire. began to feel that his policy of repression was a failure. Parnellwas released from prisonon the understanding thathe would support themeasures of the govern-ment. Gladstone on hispart promised conciliationand further legislation toremedy conditions in Ire-land. Forster, disgustedwith this change of policy,resigned his office, and theprime minister sent LordFrederick Cavendish toIreland as chief secretary. The Phcenix One day, whilePark tragedy. the new secre_ tary was walking throughPhcenix Park, Dublin, hefell in with Thomas Burke,another government offi-cial, who was deeply hatedin Ireland. Suddenly aband of revolutionists surrounded the two men and slew themboth. The tragedy filled the entire kingdom with was stricken from the Liberal program and coer-cion took its place. The alliance between Gladstone and Parnellwas broken, and the solution of the remaining Irish problemswas made exceedingly difficult. The prime minister turned hisattention to other Charles Stewart ParnellAfter the painting by Sydney P. Hall. SETTLEMENT OF THE IRISH LAND PROBLEM 587 530. The Third Parliamentary Reform 1884-1885. The reform act of 1867 had enfranchised the workingmen in theboroughs but it had left the country laborers still without There was an insistent demand for a new franchiselaw that should remedy this defect, and Gladstone determinedto yield to this demand. In 1884 the government passed areform bill through the lower house, but the lords Franchiserejected it on the plea that if the franchise were to reform- extended, there ought also to be a new distribution of par-liamentary seats. Gladstone adopted the suggestion, and onhis promise to take up the matter of parliamentary reform thelords accepted his measure. The promised bill was passed thefollowing year. It was drawn up by the leaders of both politi-cal parties and was therefore not a partisan measure. The refor
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