New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-28
NOTES FROM LONDON
MR.. ASQUITHS ADJECTIvEs -rt,r
CEASE OF THE SCOTTISH LEAn,.~
BISHOP OF IMPERIAL FEprp.
TION-THE MYSTERY OF TIL,
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London Juyu
Mr.. Asquith Is In danger Of falling p,.s
an unrestra'ned prepossession for adjective. ~.
for ad1ectives Of many syIlabes he ma. s
short speech last night at the Eighty c,ms :
ner In honor OF Lord Twccdmouth. whom Ns
body still thinks Of as Mr. Marjoyha,L. W
Asqu'th spoke OF him as dominating. auho.
tative, uncompromising power; meaning TIA, =
had been whip who kept his flock under oh.s,
ence. To be Whip is 10 hold "a place n, :"
ceptional and arduous responsibility" u.
but in highly forid manner descrh.. W.
Marjoribanks as who "in days az do..s
difficulty. and doubt with unfaterine tar, r'..
an unerrlng instinct, with capacity for a,,,..
ing discipline and for summoning entbu,,.
which have never seen equaled bror,oh, -,
rank and file Of the Liberal party into linz ~.
secured for us a complete. undertaking, and ma
swerving success Rhetoric which run, 4,
triplets. whether OF adjectives or substantive, /.
apt to become a little artificial: and oven dor,,
have their dangers A dominating ard con,,.s
ing voice." the "unhestating and unanimous =.
| timony OF Liberals" the central and conv,,,,
and guiding influence" an effective a not.
and omnipotent force'-these phrases may surr.
you as. II not Pathological, cumulative
Inc ltEurHty OF sucn method is 10
with him who employs It. The balance q, mt.
is a little disturbed, and even Mr. Asquith VIII.
head Is particularly level and who can whs, 4.
| likes speak with precision. was not on this ocr,
| sion quite his own master II he had been \.
surely would never have said that II was tina d,..
! Of the Liberal party to show Itself .in svr
PATTY with all the new forces which are gradu
ally thrusting themselves to the front" A.
|
| does not mean that we ought to sympathize viii,
! Anarchism. Why. then. does he use languam
broad enough to include a proposition which y
specifically stated. he would deny? Yet he ada,
| Anything In the nature Of exclusion, anyhin,
in the nature Of rightly. anything in the natun
of a conventional and traditional attitude toward
the questions the opinions. OF the hour Is YER,
much 70 be regretted" There are plenty Of s..
ciasts who will clutch al these loose phrases Al
SO many Qualifications OF their opiniona
There may be Anarchists who will do the sam.
rather hope they will. II they act on them they
will be ruiely undeceived
II Scotland is the home Of Liberalism. Il doa
seem odd that a Liberal newspaper cannot main.
tain itself in the capital Of Scotland 7 speak Il
Edinburgh as the capital of Scotland with much
difidence. and IL would be with much alan
also II the word were in the least likely to b
heard in Glasgow. II may appease the OFFENDED
dignity Of Glasgow If you refer to it as tho
commercial capital of Scotland. That It IN
doubtedly is. just as Edinburgh is the intel
lectual capital But in Edinburgh there seems
10 be no field for Liberal journalism. Tie
Scottish 1.eader." founded some seven or eight
years since TO advocate Gladstoniansm died last
week and there is nothing 10 take lis place. The
Leader" arrived in this world with a somewhat
loud flourish OF trumpets. both political and
journalistic II was 10 be the mouthpiece Of Nj.
Gladstone: who needed none. II was 10 dethrons
the Scotsman" which had declined 10 follov
Mr. Gladstone when he launched into Home
Rule II was TO do many other things and perhaps
though that is doubtful. has been at times d
some use 10 the Gladstonian party in Scotland
But never. from the day of It's birth TO the
day Of It's death. did IT shake the hold OF the
Scotsman" Scotland. That very remarkable
and very able paper continued its IN.
affected by the advent OF the sheet which pre-.
scented Itself as a rival. DOUBT whether II ever
lost subscriber advertisement Glads,cn.
iansm was. and is. in the ascendancy in Scot
land. but there were two stars in the armament
two kings OF BrentfOrd.-two forces which in one
sense were equal since neither could disturb the
other. The Scotsman" could not convert the pec
pie Of Scotland 70 Unonism. and Mr. Gladstone
with all his lieuienants in Midlothian and else
where. could not induce his flock to give up the
paper they used 10. II circulated then. and
circuates still. throughout Caledonia. and
good deal In Northumberland also. and other
parts Of England more or less watered by mo
Tweed on every subject but Home Rule II stu
had the ear OF the reading population II Is "
strong to-day ever; probably stronger
The truth IS. or one part Of the truth IS th1
the Leader was never good or strong papef.
II was i'll supplied with news and Ill edited. and
10 the frugal Scot seemed not a sufficient equlvt
lent FOR the penny It cost. II lived on aims. Inc
hat was going round Subsidies poured into
Its Golfers but poured out again faster still
paper In that eleemosynary condition. and known
to be- cannot thrive The Duke Of Wellington
was once advised when Prime Minister TO buy an
organ YES" answered the old Field Marshal
land when | have bought It shall have TO bV
readers for IT. Readers for the Leader weN
not to be bought. The thing drifted and foun|
cred on. striking a rock here and plunging in'0
a huge head sea there; strained and battered
and leaking at every seam. till it finally went
down altogether. and disappeared from sight
beacon ought 10 be erected where 1t sank II "
the old lesson taught over again once more.
political journal Is the most democratic VI "'
1t appeals and can only appear
the people. and II the people will not have "
will not buy It, will not read II, there Is no plaS
for II OF the face OF this earth.
The appointment Of the Bishop Of Adelaide
be Bishop Of Bath and Wells is perhaps one NOR
step toward that Imperial Federation towala
which the Tntercolonial Conference at OTTAWA
supposed to have made an advance. II Is Lora
Rosebery in whose gift the See lies. and ne u
course has long been champion OF Federation
and still Is. The stronger the centrifugal tenoe~
cies within the Kingdom. the stronger the eno''
and the need Of effort TO hold the Empire W
gether. II Scotland and Ireland and Wales, g's
then perhaps Yorkshire and presently Midde~A
are all to pull different ways, Canada and A~
traa must join hands across the Pacific. how.
ever that is a different matter l take 1t ths'