The sun., 1894-04-07
CHIEF OF THE LIBERALS.
LoRD RosEBERY's EINEssE, DARING.
and DIsCRETION.

Frtnnc Eavortte wtth AoynNT-hts Noin-
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Rneing-HIs Grasp OF Foreian Ahairp.
LONDON, March 23-The new Prime Minister
Of England has good sporting blood in him.
Perhaps this description Of him IL the best
way Of explaining the high esteem and
confidence In which he IL held By men Of
affairs In all political parties in England. He
is q man OF nerve aud Of III esse. Of daring and
Of discretion. OF silence and Of deeds. All his
chief characteristics are in rare combination.
He has almost no personal enemies. he has
few intimate friends. His friends are In the
most extreme political and social camps.
More radical By far than his recent chief he IL
q primo fsvorite with royalty. A peer and .
royalist. he Is higher In favor with Socialist
Radicals than Mr.. Gladstone.
"Rosebery IL . sporting man. and We must
stand By him." said prominent Radical mem
Der OF Parliament TO me the other day In
depreciation OF Mr.. Labouchere's threatened
opposition to the new Premier. And, as have
said. that IL the feeling with which he IL re-
Rarded even By many Of his political oppo-
nents. Yet Lord Rossbery is not q sportsm IN
In the ordinary sense OF the word He II .
timid horseman. he cares little for shooting or
fishing. he does not play golf or cricket as
many Englishmen OF his aRsdo. But he 10 the
owner OF the Hrst favorite for the coming
Derby. II fhe wins the greatest sporting event
OF the year he will gain also great accession
to his already wide popularity. just once be-
fore. the Prime Minister OF England, the third
Duke OF Grafton was the winner OF the race.
1t Is generally believed that about two years
ago Lord Rosebery made an important decls-
ion regarding his future career. He had then
been two or three years widower. and popu-
lar gossip was anticipating an early announce
ment OF his engagement to one OF the daugh-
ters OF the Prince Of Wales The announce
ment did not come. and as he directed his am
bition toward the goal which he has In so
short time gained It cannot be expected
that he will sacrifice an illustrious political
career even for an alliance with royalty. I
cannot better describe the personal qualities
OF the new Premier than by quoting from an
excellent sketch printed q day or two ago
by the Daily Chronicle. The writer says:
The carieaturists will nnd Lord Rosebery
. welcome subject in one respect He never
changes the style OF his dress His collars are
as unvarying as Mr.. Gladstone's: his black
silk tie is always In the same knot; his short,
black coat 10 independent OF the vagaries OF
the fashionable tailor. In extreme privacy he
fsvors the dressing gown and slippers cos
tune on more occasions than most men. but
In public he presents . picture OF extreme and
almost m on otonous neatnesa He is regarded
hard and Unconditional man. but beneath the
polished and calculated exterior there hides an
upsuspected susceptibility.
Lord Rosebery knows his Horace By heart,
and there exists at least ono unpublished
poem BY, him which may see the light some
day. Like many very busy men. he finds in
in French-the necessary period OF mentl II
purgatory which interyenes every day between
sseS 5S the ose 81 Lord hS
bery's chief difficulties. Turn on thy noise
Council or the, Fore an ofiice, when he has
square in the middle o! the night. For time.
good deal ol snIiety. but fortunately this
yielded completely to medical treatment,
Everybody who has occasion to see Lord
begin with. he is not only q professional han
prysse PRIV sfudsat Of them 70 toll him anything
be does not know about the details Of some
ST Very %s 'Rs
On one occasion his attention was called by a
ss8Ss oo HS .Sfd Il
stances. to, take possession Of The Foreign
Ing. and his visitor went away thinking he had
given him Q valuable piece Of Information,
Rossbery's secretary a, long letter. enclosing
several bulky Blue books, the whole affording
But mo- Welcome could Ss %ofs
cordial than that which awaited at the
Foreign once the rare person who has any
for the Foreign seeretary would SNAP, up his
points and eviscerate his M APPS with the un-
ss aSs asa.S Iota q fOssSs9y
what he knows and what he does not know.
the s e be ysor the
galed with about three minutes delightful
personal talk. and the FOREIGN Secretary con-
note OF what he has heard.
which have seen in any EnRlish paper TO the
great crisis last summer when for several
Tsrre Of war The % readers Of % The 81 Sun at tSas
critical time Knew tsr MoIe about The I'm pend.
the action OF Lord Rosebery at that time the
II he had been q lingo eight months ago
Ys might have been at war. with France
There was q certain Sunday night. when, IN
The balance between peace and war swaysd 30
that nobody could tell on which side II would
s sss Of EIs.as sSs 1snsss sps Aas u h
Lord Rose6ery played his superl stivsly dim:
deserves and viii receive when the facts are
made so few speeches as Lord hosebery. He |
s a social reformer. and he has thus defended
In a way the agitation OF Socialist subjects: |
1T Is not so many years since the move
ments OF q social character or Q socialistie |
character were regarded as Anathema mara
natha. Fourier. st. Simon. and owen were |
words OF Ill omen and I'll SAVIOR In the eyes and |
shs Is HSsy % s Soss sees haG ss
pull down what IL sees to be Objectionable |
10 these experiments TO . reducible mini
num- and that 1t can welcome all the rest,
Il sees also that IL has Included In the word |
'soclalistic' that which is not merely unob- |
soton able but desirab bls and II th ere still sur
,ive a little confusion OF mind on this questiOn
Tou must expect confusion OF mind long t6out |
i've the causes which it maintains Everything
hat is eonsidsred a bogey. everything that is |
abooed. Ia danger to society at large. either |
n itself or as showing the condition OF mind |
What on the other hand. IL freely discussed is |
res from danger. because IL is accepted or re- |