New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-23
CANADA IN LONDON.
u,,r non. EDWARD BLAKE, NJ. p. AS ORA
TOR, AS EULOGIsT OF MR.. GLADSTONE
AND AS CANADIAN MISSIONARY TO

London December IA.
vo,r Canadian friend. Mr.. Edward Blake. has
a. a first orpcarancc in London as an AFTER
liver speaker ard has been communicated OH
- Dorformance BY Lord RoseDcly Inc OCCASION
n' t ,ros,nt alton of a colossal portrait oi Nj.
We" ,,.ooa % the National I.ibcrol Club, now the
sonortars Of the Gladstonan or Home KuIe
" in ENGLAND; Including under that name
rh Fnolish. Irish and rs 1t appears. O1n'-
49,. olso dare say other ColonlilS are OF may
:, ,bey like. members OF ms hoU'is"ins
or, which SO far members 90, moNt DO
% the largest clubs in the world. LOT"
U.O who can be ELUSIVE when he chooses
',a,i,od il as "a great Liberal institution "hc"
.ns in e., opinion. brcathed new lie mo ,hc
mar =, ina narty.r 1t is odd to hear q leader
% party admit that il had been reduce" "
,...,on but will not question the accuracy oil
sN. Il may have been the surroundings
"r 60 succestcd to Lord Rosebcry this rather
ar image The interior OF the Na'lolai
ss,sa.o, Climb. with it's singular decorative lea
liz. admit. scpulchral 1t is even more like
'"or.jo lavatorv but I will not pursue these
cOmparlSoh-. ,. ,,.,o,l,. ornIicd 70 n
i. but il surely may lie thought descriptive
,,,tcl IMAGE six feet and ten inches III
80. q, a canvas measuring forty square icet
,ou I've TINT the artist, Mr.. j. Colin FORBES
~ i IMAGINE that these mystic letters sig
porol Canadian Academy, but do not KNOW
;n.ordol liz this enlargement OF the na'uIai
.,rsic,I PROPORTIONS Of his subject TO SIGNIFY MS
,n.o,Ioc.ual and moral greatness. IL So no"oN
an oornloin Of his good intentions No's9
It's hos, l~own portrait of Napoleon Is aoouI ""
inches in hcight-thc same as Mr. ioroeS 0''u-
l"o"e minus the feet But who will venture 70
'O" voroloon with Mr.. Gladstone, or MeiS-
0e",nr with Mr. Colin Forbes? There are amer
epees in both cases c..,;,, on.
We now know however, on the 'ah"""'i Nv"
.horitv of Mr.. Blake. that Mr. Gladstone Wv
,o,omos- Of the English race ana tl" "H' VI
- wish I knew how cid MT hioNV H. VI
ho.ber il be proper 20 sug~es0 10 MN ' ~
,hotorical excess is 20 full Of peril as ue SuPI'
,',''n /. : NOT unite clear whether Mr.. Bake
roons 10 confinc lis s1perlativ" TO VIC P,'T,".
Nv, ~ whether he would have Us understand 'h''
u' n.y., 49,, 1,rcl;sb race since tie Conquest, or oven
S.,oro Nv Gladstone j. the forcmo" en-" 'E'
a.. % mon from the beginning of all time III
A. tor,or Of his aftcr-dinner orstory, MI. D"Ne
,aoo. 60 ho oxplcit il would, perhaps ~ kihd
a. aes,,oo no meant only 70 assign to Mt ""u-
e.ono ,vba. Mr. Gladstone himself cals III" PR
-. o,oonc non of his own gcn"Tatioh' Len
.1on ,,ora are those who will caviL II may DC
,e,od whether Il he a trucr test OF greatness III
.ts,esmanship 10 create an Empire, a. Irihc' DIS,
rorct has done. or to devote the mos Sp'""i"
abilities 10 an attempt, not yet SUCCESSFUL " ''
up an Empire. o..,,o,.o,.
Nv Elol,oo somewhat ford and homooyan'
s,vle Gained him. believe, some reno"h III u
Dominion Of Canada. But. like some oil 'no
finest vegetable products of that vast province, II
doris not bear TRANSFORMING 10 England i"''
island has neither the extent nor thc chIn''
.,';.o,io % those overcrowths of Eaturc. Arc
mus Ward once remarked tat in England ne was
afraid 20 walk ont at NIGHT lest he mg'l, wal"
ovcrho.rd At another time, that adihlr"o'' NJ
rorist made use of an oft-quotcd phrase about
gopping over Both may be useiul 70 os"' -
mind as Won read such sentence as this which
now Quote from Mr. Blake still STRIVING 10
evp,css in sufficient language his conception OF MI
Gladstone. or of Mr.. Colin Forbes's Gladstone
an no former instance had the length Oh .ne
e,ro.r the vastuess of the staging. the m"lu-
,;,v or tlc interests the variety. the br lllahc2
ord the snIcrlor of tie gifts. the many s:d d"e'S
NJ tho character Of IA Statesman been present ~
give materials fer the formation OF III 'gh III d.
to that career as the case win ie@dI" "
Mr. Gladstone ..... - o,.or
II vou spread that ont over Continent or even
oyer Canada, there may seem TO W room Io' ~
hnt not in this hitherto invioiate lfe' NJ
cIoo,,oDn is .nd in spite Of the melancholy mis-
take of his closing years will ever BE-, ma2n'n-
cent figure in English history. Bat II Is po'Sip,"
10 make even Mr.. Gladstone seem less a'!illi'|
than he is by lniudicious ard lndls Tim'Ha'o i'"-
dation II Mr. Blake is going to SPEAK as 10
doubt ne j. in Parliament, his irch'S W'"'" Wv
well 10 put him n short diet OF a|e' i've
Rnt Mr. Blake's frienls in Canada who may
will r,,iOicp tie
condiments Lord Roscrcry paid him He d.
scriicd Mr. Bakc's speech as "a notlr sIHcrhFh
ofolo,uence.- I,or Ros berry has wien h co S.
a ,o-. delicate sense Of the value Of words; ana
a serse of humor: AMI modcsty VIII Ieip'c' 20
his own talents which lie expresses with hcqNeh'
sincerity. To his commcndation upon the nohl l'y
NJ Mr. Flakes cloquencc. he al led the aNo"d4
that he himself could only shine a firthihg
ruslllght in the blaze OF the Canadian 3 e"cuIc
Illumination The reader must be left 10 lnuIe
for himself what Lord ROScbery's real opinion OF
Mr. Blake is 70 aid him in forming 1t ne may
note that the FOREIGN Secretary used IN" same
word noble 10 describe the speech he hai llst
listened - and the portrait it was his olhclh
duty TO praise. Official, not as Foreign sec E.
tarv but as president of the club dinner hcli lor
the reception OF the gft brought by Mr.. LAKE
ION behalf Of the liberals of Canada lie sald'
no doubt with that gravity, and that mastery
over his own couptcnancc which distinguish INN
in difficult circumstances
ST receive on behalf OF the club thc gift OF
that noble portrait OF Mr. q ad,tone. | canno,
speak more strongly, because through the clouds
Of tobacco smoke which envclop 1t | cannot
clearly discern the features"
Well portrait of which you cannot see the
features may as fifty be called noble as anything
ol,e 10 os in this case a COM limcntary eplthct
OF some sort is imparaiiyely necessary. The pic
tuIc dealers have word which, had it occurred
- Lord Roscbery, he might have substituted for
"noble." They describe picture Of unusual big
ness as important There can D. no question
that Mr. Colin Forbcss portrait of Mr.. Gladstone
is an important picture.
This dinner had, or was m"ant 70 have. an IN
portance in anOthcr sense political as well as
..iot..-ial rrnlnr leavn nnlitlc, ont TO