Lord Randolph Churchill

CHAPTER XX

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1888-1889

CROSS CURRENTS

Irish Local Government--A disregarded pledge--Suakin--Vacancy at Birmingham--Mr. Chamberlain’s attitude--Mr. Jennings’ account--Lord Randolph withdraws--Disappointment of Birmingham Conservatives--Mr. Balfour’s intervention--Correspondence with Mr. Chamberlain--Royal grants--Speeches in the Midlands--‘Mr. Podsnap’--Hostility of the Conservative party.....370