New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-21

~ .ossible TO that which he himself Yields
Inv ,,auences which supply his own deficien-
a." -, 70 those which augment his natural bias.
"a posebery is the soul Of honor No man
-, hotter afford to take his coun,rymen into
-. confidence. He has clear views. No man
ii, better afford to state them clearly. He has
r,od Judgment of circumstances and tenden-
xo man would be more likely to hit upon
~ .,sbt moment for announcing policy. With
- this he is a diplomatist by training as well
. bv birth-for take 1t that all Scots are born
,,,,omatists and born with dose Of distrust Of
nor men, He has. therefore, by no will of his
srn and perhaps to his own surprise, come TO be
rcd upon as reluctant to disclose himself fully.
~,s country recognizes his directness OF purpose
,,a strength of will; knows very well that II is
Ling led somewhere and is not quite sure where.
10 more was it under Mr.. Gladstone but Mr..
Gladstone was eighty-four and Lord Rosebery is
,,r,v.seven There is difference The elder had
,oh,nd him sixty years OF public life. with all
,,e,r accumulated titles to confidence. The
,rser because he is younger. has most OF his
-, IA earn Mr.. Gladstone was not Prime Min
lar fill he was ffty-nine. and he had been a
c,,ine, Minister twenty-three years before that.
Nd Rosebery's first acquaintance with the Cab
-, is hardly more than ten years old The
,,.,a intervals OF time and spaces of experience
.,s enormous IL you look at the careers OF the
,wo men The country is quite aware that IT has
roune Prime Minister. think the people OF
1,,s,and disposed to be fair to him, and beyond
,,,b. well disposed TO him, in spite OF their dis
commitments in some particulars Of exaggerated
oynactation But people do take account OF the
,,screnancies | have noted. and they do think
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and :, ne assured that the policy of the present
,un,s,rv shall be. in so far as the Prime Minister
has the direction Of it. definite and frankly put
ho,o,e the country for acceptance or rejection.
The entire direction OF policy he has not Few
pr,ne Ministers ever had; perhaps none Tor any
,o,s,b Of time. How Lord Rosebery is hampered
have explained pretty fully before-not quite
n,rv for reasons which have some reference TO
tho personal relations between himself ana one
Or ,vo Of his colleagues. Some things are better
left unsaid even in a distant land. No'hing can
,s gained by dwelling on the want Of harmony
between him and the leader of the House Oh Co'n-
IONS so far as it exists IT is a serious obstacle
70 the smooth working of the Ministry ana 10 'ne
.,ocossf,, development Of considered policy.
But when all allowances have been maze 10Y 'ha'
and for the other hindrances on which dwelt'
remains the TACT tndl l$Oib ie''N'N'' -
primo Minister He is judged as such, and Will
be Judged as such hereafter He has, IN my De-
lief a great part TO play. If YOU hold MN re-
sponsibe for the hesitations and uncertainties Oh
the las, six months no doubt he must accept 1t
Everything rests ultimately on him. Al the same
time. neither contemporary chronicles nor 'he
history which passes its Verdict upon perloo
can be written without taking account OF circuf'-
stances II will not be history II 1t is written IN
that way Neither will history limit hersel 10
The last six months. If Lord Rosebery has mace
mistakes. he has plenty Of time before MN III
which to retrieve them. and TO recover all anu
more than all the prestige with which ne haa
set out.
NV own view is that, excepting the predoni-
nant partner passage in the House OF Lords ana
the attempt to explain ii away at Edinpureh'
there is very little in the Commissions OF 'he peo
which need be attributed TO the Prime Mihis'e''
or in which he a free agent But II 'he'e
were much more / should still look to lhe future
Just as hopefully. say hopefully, because 'houei
7 nrohab,v differ from Lord Rosebery on most
public questions. l do think ana nave always
thought that what a country any country. most
needs Is a man capable of governing'-not Dis
marck. necessarily, nor a Lincon-they are the
two most Sharply CONtTdstcu WV Wv - $500
ter or President. or party leader or whatever
he may be, who has mastered the luhdanieha
nr,ncipIe that the business of a Government is tc
govern and Of a leader to lead. If his lot be cast
IN a Democracy. he must. no doubt contrive t(
eoy,ern nv and through the Democracy. but he
will still govern and still lead. think Lord Rose
,.r,, sucb man. II ne were a Minister who
believed in letting things drift. who had nc
,oIiD y-hn a
tunist and nothing more, he would cease TO inter
GO, ma az Minister. He would hold. inevitably, a
subordinate place, whether you called him Prime
Minister or not
us NAV seem to have been subordinate and not
predominant at certain rather critical moments
., ,.,e The whole truth is not known, and any
Judgment is premature. But, II you IKE W"
make Won a present Of these few months. They
are no long time in the history OF man anc
st,,l less Of State. lie, them go. The Interest
ing period is the future; perhaps the near future
during which more than one momentous decision
may have to be taken. But the future s're'o"e'
y, There will come a period when Lord Rose
berry will have a fair trial and free manu. "hei
ne will have made his appeal 10 the country
when he will have his own Cabinet MS own ma
jorty and an opportunity to enforce MS o"" p'''
cv The other policy. the inherited PoHcE' may
have 10 work itself out meantime "helher
succeeds or fails-and l believe 1t VIII rail-
will he out Of the way. Then we shall be able L
see whether Lord Rosebery has the constructive
genius and the political authority which some
us believe are his. TIL then he may remain al
enigma his career may be clouded. his true char
ac.er or his real force OF government and lead
ership be left doubtful 1t is Idle to predict Al
! mean TO say is that my conception of Lord Rose
,erv &C a statesman and my belief In his capacit!
,or leadership are what they were when ne be
came Prime Minister. u W. o
PAPER on CORNEILLE AND RACINE
A, interesting paper on the lives OF Corneiiie an
-. was read at the Professional Woman
League yesterday afternoon by Miss Lillian John
con The former OF these great French writer's.