The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-10
SYSTEM AND NOT THE MAN.
AFFORD NO REAL, PERMANENT
RELIEF.
HIS LEAVE TAKEN OF LIBERALS
Ventured to Disagree With Mr..
Gladstone.

tnedter mere was packed tonight to
listen to the Earl of Rosebecy, the re-
firing leader Of the Liberal party.
1t was his agreement to speak at this
meeting, which precipitated Lord Rose
berv's action in resigning. In his letter
to Mr.. Ellis, the first Liberal whip.
Lord Rosebery said in explanation of
his resignation: when L speak, which
L do this week, 1 must speak my mind
without reference to party" This an
nounced intention to speak his indie
pendent views Of his country's atti-
tude toward Turkey, even aside from
the distinction of the speaker, con-
tr1buted to swell the interest in the
address. Tremendous enthusiasm
greeted Lord Rosebery upon his ap-
pearance before the audience, the whole
assembly singing Hes q Jolly Good
Fellow"
The Earl of Rosebery was pale with
suppressed feeling when he rose to
make his address. He said in part
that he had resigned because he could
not sacrifice national interests to per-
sonal ambition. He welcomed the ma
tlonal agitation in Great Britain on be-
half Of Armenia, because it would con-
vince foreign governments Of Great
y,
and would strengthen the hands Of
the government. But the present agita-
ton differed from Mr. Gladstone's Bull
garlan agitation. Then" he said.
Great Britain was supported by Rus
STA. Now we have Russia and her
armies against US. Russias declar-
atfons on this point are absolutely con-
elusive
Moreover, then we had to force the
hands of an unwilling government.
while now the government is animat-
ed by the same wishes as ourselves"
He possessed unprintable details. the
speaker said, of crimes, in horror sur
passing all he had ever read Their
cruelty seemed to transcend the mag
nation Of very fiends BY advice Of
the powers, the government had at
first doubted those massacres, but the
more recent Constantinople massacres
made 1T impossible to deny them. After
referring to the unspeakable govern
ment of Turkey, Lord Rosebery point
ed out that party measures would not
suffice, the whole Eastern question he
said, was raised. In dealing with the
various remedies proposed, his lordship
said:
The mere deposition of the sultan would be
no remedy, as the system and not the man
must be tackled. Moreover, this would be i'm
possible without the concert of the powers,
better to call upon it to deal with the larger
issues involved The proposal to withhold
the Cyprus tribute IS impracticable, as this
is paid to the sultan's creditors and not to
the sultan and 1t would be like tickling the
tortoise's back to make 1t laugh
Regarding the proposal to place the OAR
danelles or Turkey in the hands of Russia
Lord Rosebery pointed out that neither Of
these was Great Britain's to dispose Of and
Russias methods were not SO ideal as to
warrant England in aequiescing. He also
6iffprod wifi Mr. lodi
of diplomatic relations with Turkey, but
they differed, he added, as friends. warm
eulogy of Mr. Gladstone followed but the
ex-premier continued. He even deprecated
the proposal of such thing, 1t would not
only deprive Great Britain of all her in
nuence with Turkey, but might drift England
Britain in the same position plus the public
humiliation of confessing her Importance
Lord Rosebery also differed with Mr.. Glad
stone in his contention that Great Britain
was bound in honor by the Cyprus convention
to intervene. He proceeded:
cannot agree with Mr.. Gladstone that the
edge to a very recent time was that a fixed
and resolute agreement existed of all or
nearly all the powers to forcibly resist any
s!ngle-handed intervention by England in
Eastern affairs. | earnestly protest against
q policy involving the horrors of a European
war, preceded, as this certainly would, by
the extermination of the very Armenians in
whose behalf it would be waged.
Such war would transcend twenty Flod-
den Fields, and the CHASTITY phantom of the
death angel which legend says appeared over
Edinburgh on the eve Of the battle of Flod-
den would appear to every hamlet village
and town of the kingdom to summon the
mower OF youth and manhood to sacrifice
their lives in European conhagration. Any
minister engaging in such war except from
the direct necessity, would be criminal in
his country.
Peace is necessity Of your empire. For
the last twenty years you have been laying
hands with frantic eagerness on every avail
able tract Of territory. The amount thus
brought into your possession of influence in
the last twelve years is $500, coo square miles
This policy has produced two results first
the exciting Of an almost intolerabie de,
gree Of envy, entailing malevolence instead
of beneyolence; second, the making of an
unwieldy empire, difficult to administer and
to defend until long period of peace Ell
fects its consolidation.
Although 1 am aware that it is unpopular
to advocate diplomatic methods, I shall never
England engaging In such dangerous war;
of which you can see the eloquent commence
ment, but nobody living can see the catas-
troDhe or the end.
The speech was often INTERRUPTED by
ordinations indicating the confidence
and the desire of the audience that
Lord Rosebery should retain the lead
ership. When he sat down the entire
audience rose and cheered yociferous-
~. A resolution requesting Lord Rose
berry to reconsider his resignation was
carried unanimously.
Mr.. Asquith, In his speech support
ing the resolution, declared that Lord
Rosebery enjoyed the full confidence
Of all his late colleagues. Lord Rose
berry replied that his decision to re-
tire was the result Of mature reflection
and was absolute and was taken un-
der q conviction of necessity,