The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-08
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Lospos, August ? Political matters
have become badly mixed ny In Easlasd
and chaos seems 10 falEn, oil on account
Of iord Randolph Churchnl's defiance oi
discipline The Cabinet IL badly split
and demoraIifed Churchill IA practical.
" Prime Minister pro TEN, and most oi
hla crew are muilnous slr Michael
Hicks Reach ne Chancellor oi the Exche.
quot supposed he was going 10 he leader
aud spokesman Of The party In the Com.
mons The nfst Lord oi the Treasury
being Ia the upper house, he stands stlnly
on bis rights, but Churchill coolly thrusta
him aside and regardless Of precedent,
usage aud everything else, places himself
al the front, leaving Beach and the 9th.
ers to follow as they may feel disposed
Churchill Is warmly seconded by iford
Manners and the Duke Of Richmond
Lord lddeslegh, who has never forgot
ten that the hrst step toward his deposi.
tlon was the selection of Beach for Com
mons leadership, thereby putting him out
Of the race for the Premiership, OF course
gives Churchill his support In everything
involving Beach,
Salisbury gives way to Churchill for
the sake of peace, although unable al.
ways TO conceal his resentment at tho
young leaders assumption OF supremacy.
Churchill Is bad enough In Office; freed
from ties he would DO simply lntolcrable.
Beach can be more easily spared, II there
must be q break up. Churchill is not
AFRAID OF provoking a crisis. Far from
that he appears resolved 10 force the
resignation OF Beach and any OF Beach's
supporters who refuse to bend the knee
! lie Is ready 10 Oil their places with men
OF his own stamp. active, aggressive aud
uncompromlslng. lie dictates Sails
bury's foreign policy, and will content
himself with Sallsbury's nominal leader.
ship as long as the Premier follows his
advice but not day longer. II Is all
Important to the Conservative party 10
go before the country Ia Novem.
Der with united front, hence
Sallsbury's reluctant acqulescence In
Churchllls supremacy. Churchill thinks
the Beach crowd ought 10 be completely
cleaned out and tho Cabinet completely
reconstructed with men Of one stripe be.
N..N. sl.. 81 L. Al.
Beaconslcldan axiom that the first elc-
ment OF success is party discipline.
Rather q good joke that from tho mouth
Of man whose every stop In life has
been taken ia defiance OF party discipline.
Churchll's opponents In the party assert
that II IL chiefly owing TO Churchll's de-
flance OF leadership that the organization
has gone so completely 10 smash.
Churchilps refusal TO attend the great
Liverpool meeting was the first sign OF
his reformed views. The Tories are TO
move like machine IN future at the
crack OF the party whip, and the whip Is
to be welded by Churchill men exclu-
slvcly.
Advlces from st. Petersburg, Berlin,
Vienna, Paris and ConstantInople ali
point TO the certainty OF war II Torn
majority Is returned 10 Parliament at the
next election. Church III, referring 10 the
Central Asian question, declares that the
Tory leaders will neither be cajolod, nof
deceived, nor frightened by Russian tao
tics, but Intend TO preserve peace 10 gain
time TO make the northwest frontier OF
India absolutely impregnable against any
Russian army. This statement admirably
defines the Anglo. Russian situation. The
Cabinet, against their personal prcdllec.
tlons, are preserving the peace to gain
time. When they are ready, II still IN Of.
fee, the mask will be thrown of and war
invited. The one flaw In the programme
Is the provoking freedom preserved by
the Russian Generals 10 brlng on a con.
nlct, whenever and wherever they
think best. Churchill chafcs un.
der what he has designated
situation grayely compromised.
The Queen and country have
been pledged, he declares, and positions
Of incalculablc military aud strategic
importance lrreyocably ceded 10 Russia
The Liberals were not 4 lighting Govern
ment. They said In effect, we can do
nothing, we are not military power.
II Russia would obligo us by annexing
the British West India lslaBds, we should
know how TO take II. The Admiralty
would De up aud ut 'em In less than no
time, but as II IL, we can only threaten
and protest. The Tories take different
view. They argue that an empire con-
talnlng Just four times the population Of
Russia and It's annexatlons, and with
vastly more money aud facilities for wag-
ing war at command, ought 10 have no
real difficulty In the time OF need In rails
Ing four times the military strength OF
Russia. They say II is mere question
OF cost resolution and necessity.
Under the new regime the India Office
and War Office have been brought into
unusually close relations Of late. One
J OF the first discoveries Churchill made
on looking over the India Office was that
nothing effective ln the way OF mill.
iary preparations could be done with
out the energetic cooperation Of the
Horse Guards. Under the Liberal Gov.
eminent the relations Of the two de-
pariments become painfully strained.
Stories have been put into circulation,
apparently for purely party purposes,
that the Duke Of Cambridge, Com
. mander Chief, and the Secretary Of
State for War have seriously quarreled.
The facts simply arc, that through q
M ddling aide.ds.camp, a stupid ques.
tlon Of procedure was raised, the per.
manent officials OF both branches OF the
establishment, Horse Guards snd War
Ofilce proper, assuming the right Of pro-
cedure 10 the exchange Of Official CON.
munlcation with the India Office. Mr..
smith settled the matter by walking
over 70 the Commandcr.in. Chiefs room
and holding conference there without
formalIty, limiting al the close that 70.
! turn visit would always be acceptable.
! The hint was taken, and the snobs Of the
Chiefs entourage have glvon up the At
the house. and there ls peace.
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