TIIK A(,k. \K1.\N REFORM OF 1903. 



former it was much more than a move in the 



game of party-politics. the outcome of 



a genuine conception of social reform. The 



Irish look his jjifis with thanks; but the very 



i he carried into his work con- 



uted to make him unpopular. It was seen 



i he had set his mind on real reforms, and 



that he inwardly despised the parliamentary 



manceuvrings of his opponents, for whom the 



political moveme: an end in itself, just as 



reform was to Balfour. His work will therefore 



endure, but it will not be recognized until two 



or three of his successors have been likewise 



cted as leaders of reform, and likewise held 



as hear: > the hatred of the Irish 



successor, George Wyndham, continued 

 the policy of conciliation. A brilliant cans, 

 one whose charm is hard to resist, an artistic 

 nature, to whom form appears the main attrac- 

 tion one, however, whose intellect, notwith- 



iding its spontaneity, coolly takes m< 

 measure amid the surge of personal and social 

 forces Wyndham knew how to champion the 

 conciliation policy as if it were a matter of 

 heartfelt personal concern, and the Irish blood 



ch flows in his veins makes his line of action 



more intelligible. 

 He began his work under auspicious circum- 



nces. On the throne sat a King whose heart 

 was set on the contentment of Ireland. The 

 Premier was Arthur Balfour who possessed a 



