Ireland in 1880--The Land League--Outrages--Lord Cowper and Mr. Forster demand suppression of Habeas Corpus--Mr. Gladstone's hesitation--He yields under threat of Lord Cowper's resignation--Introduction by Forster of Bills for the Protection of Life and Property in Ireland, January, 1881--Labouchere's Irish views--Not at first a Home Ruler--Labouchere criticises Forster's measure in the House--The arrest of Parnell--His liberation--The "understanding" with Mr. Gladstone--Murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke--Renewed coercion opposed by Mr. Labouchere--He negotiates between the Government and Irish {xvi} leaders in order to modify the Coercion Bill--Correspondence with Mr. Chamberlain--Interviews with Mr. Parnell--Identity of his Irish policy with that of Mr. Chamberlain CHAPTER IX LABOUCHERE AND MR. GLADSTONE'S EGYPTIAN POLICY Mr. Gladstone and Egypt--A legacy from Disraeli--Cyprus and the Berlin Congress--The "Comedy of the Liars"--The Anglo-French Condominium--Ismail--Nubar and Sir Rivers Wilson--Sir Evelyn Baring--Deposition of Ismail--Khedive Tewfik--Revolt--Arabi Pasha--Mr. Wilfrid Blunt--Labouchere and Egypt--Labouchere drops his burden of Egyptian bonds--A letter to Sir Charles Dilke--Labouchere and military occupation--The Egyptian Government and the debt--The champions of Arabi--Speeches in the House--The Soudan--General Gordon--Correspondence between Labouchere and Chamberlain; between Labouchere and Mr. Blunt--Letters from Arabi to Mr. Labouchere--A later letter to Mr. Blunt CHAPTER X HENRY LABOUCHERE'S RADICALISM Labouchere's political attitude--His faith in Chamberlain--Despair at Chamberlain's secession--His article in the _Fortnightly_, 1884--The Radical creed--The House of Lords and the Crown--The Church--The Land Laws--The Royal Family--Female suffrage--Whigs more to be detested than Tories CHAPTER XI IN OPPOSITION (June, 1885-December, 1885) Sir Henry Lucy on Labouchere--"The friendly broker"--Lord Salisbury's First Administration--Irish and Tories--Labouchere, Healy, and Chamberlain--The General Election--The Midlothian manifesto--A letter from Mr. Davitt--From Mr. Parnell and Lord Randolph Churchill--Letters from Mr. Healy--Labouchere's letter to the _Times_ about Home Rule--Correspondence between Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Chamberlain {xvii} CHAPTER XII THE SPLIT IN THE LIBERAL PARTY Legislators in correspondence--Further letters from Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Healy--Resignation of Mr. Chamberlain--Labouchere's efforts to reconcile Mr. Chamberlain with the Cabinet--His disappointment CHAPTER XIII SOME CONSEQUENCES OF BALFOUR's COERCION POLICY