The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-10-16
GREAT BRITAIN In NO CONDITION
FOR A War ON TURKEY.
QUITS PARTY LEADERSHIP.
and Mr.. Gladstone and His Follow
ers-Great Britain's Interests All
for Peace - His Retirement
lrrevocable Asquith
PrOpable Successor.

EDINBURGH, Oct 12.-Four Thousand
people gathered in the Empire theater
here last night to hear Lord Rose berry,
the retiring leader of the Liberal par
ty, explain his motives in retiring.
When he appeared the whole assem-
bly, sang For He's a Jolly Good
Fellow"
Lord Rosebery said that he had
resigned because he could not sacrifice
national interests to personal ambi-
tion. He welcomed the national agi-
tation in Great Britain on behalf of
Armenia, because it would convince
foreign governments of Great Brit
aims unselfish integrity and would
strengthen the hands of the govern
ment, but the present agitation, Lord
Rosebery pointed out, differed from
Mr. Gladstone's Bulgarian agitation.
In dealing with the various remedies
proposed for the settlement of the
Turkish question, the speaker said:
1.-THE mere deposition of the sultan
would be no remedy, as the system
and not the man must be tackled.
More, this would be impossible with
out the concert of the powers, and If
that were attained it would be better
to call upon it to deal with the
larger issue involved The proposal
to withhold the Cyprus tribute is i'm
practicable, as this is paid to the sui
tan's creditors and not to the sultan,
as 1T would be like tickling the tor
| toise's back TO make it laugh"
o,s11v lx0
Dardanelles or Turkey in the hands
OF Russia, Lord Roseber,v pointed out
| that neither of these was Great Brit
| aims to dispose of, and Russia's meth
| DDS were not so ideal as to warrant
from Mr.. Gladstone's proposal to cut
but they differed, he added, as
friends.
A warm eulogy of Mr.. Gladstone
ued that he even deprecated the pro-
posal of such a thing, as it would not
only deprive Great Britain of all her
influence with turkey, but might
drive it into war, and it's failure would
leave Great Britain in the same posi-
tion plus the public humiliation of
Lord Rosebery also differed from
Mr. Gladstone in his contention that
Great Britain was bound in honor by
the Cyprus convention to intervene.
Peace" Lord Rosebery affirmed,
''is a necessity of your empire For
the last twenty years you have been
laying hands with frantic eagerness
on every available and desira BILE tract
of territory. The amount thus
brought into your possession or sphere
of influence in the last twelve years
is =, 500, 600 square miles. This policy
has produced two results-frst the ex-
citing of an almost intolerable degree
of envy in the other colonizing ma
tions. entailing their malevolence now
instead of their benevolence; second,
the making of an unwieldv empire,
difficult to administer and to defend
until long period of peace effects it's
consolidation. :"
After reminding his audience how
Golden. Bright and Gladstone had
been publicly revlled for the advocacy
of an unpopular peace policy, Lord
Roseberry declared: "Although am
aware that it is unpopular to ad dvocate
diplomatic methods. / shall never
cease to exert my voice and strength
against England engaging in such
dangerous war, of which you can see
the eloquent commencement, but no.
body living can see the catastrophe
or the end"
Unless his retirement should rro-
duce unity, Lord Roseberry said, the
sacrifice would have been in vain. He
advised them that whoever was
chosen leader, they should support
him loyalty. for a united party be.
hind an inferior leader was better
than dlsgruntled party behind the
best leader. He closed by thanking
his colleagues for their kindness, and
predicted that Mr.. Asquith's qualities
of head ano heart would eventually
lead him to the highest Office in the
state.
Augustine Dirrell, member of Par
lament for the West division of Fife,
then moved a resolution requesting
that Lord Roseberry should recon
slider mis- resignation This was car
ried unanimously.
Mr.. Asquith, ID his speech, Sup
ported the resolut ton, declaring that
Lord Roseberry enjoyed the full con-
fidence of all his late colleagues.
Lord Rose berry, replying, said that
his decision to retire was the result
of mature reflection and was absolute
and was taken under a conviction of
necessity.