The record-union., 1899-05-14
His Recent Speech Before the Lon
don Liberal Club
Has Proven an 0ratoricaI Apple Of Discord
Of the First Order.
Elected a Viru1ent Reply From Sir
William Harcourt in q Speech
Before the Devonshire Club,
Which Has Been the Political
Sensation of the Week.

Sensation of the Week.
copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press)
LONDON, May 13.-Lord Rosebery' S
speech before the London Liberal Club
on May 9th, in the course of which he
expressed wish for the revival of the
old liberal spirit, has proven an ora
torical apple of discord of the first
order. 1t has elected a virulent reply
from Sir William Vernon Harcourt, in
speech before the Devonshire Club,
which has been the political sensation
of the week.
Sir Williams speech bore witness to
the bitterness of the duel for the
leadership of the Liberal party between
himself and Lord Rosebery, and to the
pent-up personal feeling of the speaker
against Lord Rosebery, who was re-
sponsible for his temporary effacement.
In the course of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt's speech he declared that
Lord Rosebery's words were tanta-
mount to the advice, Take a sponge
and wipe out the glorious inheritance
which Mr. Gladstone left the party be-
fore his ashes are cold
The Liberal organs have taken UP the
cudgel in behalf of Lord Rosebery and
talk of Harcourt very straight. The
Speaker calls his Interpretation of
Lord Roseberys words "a most alb
surd and malicious Justification of his
meaning, and the worst example in re-
cent years of downright misrepresenta-
tom
The British Weekly says Har-
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slanderous, and only accounted for by
a rancor of hatred amounting almost to
madness.
The mouthpieces of the Liberal party
insist that Lord Rosebery. in urging a
return to the Liberalism of 1886, did
not mean a change of program, but a
return to the party discipline and CO.
hesion that existed in the halcyon days
of Liberalism.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt to-day
announced that he would speak to his
constituents on May 25th. His utter
ances are awaited with the keenest in
terest, and another speech in his best
fighting style is expected. Meanwhile,
the Conservative press interprets Rose
berry as Harcourt does, and in some
quarters the opinion is expressed that
Rosebery's utterances are nothing less
than direct bid for Joseph Chamber
lain and a prelude to Rosebery's iden-
trying himself with the Liberal I'm
ionists.
The English press publicly abstains
from comment on the latest phase Of
affairs in the Philippines. Filipinos
in London insist that there is no proba-
bility of success of the peace negotia-
lions at Manila, and yesterday, on the
other hand from well informed English
sources, it is stated that the rebel
lion must end shortly The Americans
in their latest operations have occupied
the whole of the Tagal country, and
Aguinaldo and his colleagues have now
been driven to the Rampambank coun-
try, the people of which are quite dis
tinct from the Tagals, and certainly
cannot be relied upon to support
Aguinaldo.
One of the features of the annual
meeting of the Congregational Union
here this week was an Anglo American
demonstration on Thursday, when an
American delegate, Rev. Dr. Judson
Smith, aroused intense enthusiasm by
an eloquent address, in the course of
W
tude for England's support at criti-
cal moment Dr. Fairbairn warmly
welcomed Dr. Smiths utterances, and
expressed confidence that America S
new departure meant the growth of
new religious impulse, a new moral
enthusiasm, a new divine passion in
the policies of the world.
Archbishop Ireland of ST. Paul made
a most favorable impression by his ora
ton at the Joan of Arc ceremony at
Orleans Monday, and has been asked to
deliver panegyric on ST. Clotilde to-
morrow at ST. Clotildes, Fauborg St.
German.
The Paris DE Bats" highly compli-
ments Archbishop Ireland on his elo-
uuence and marvellous acquaintance
with the French tongue, adding:
Archbishop Ireland has a wealth of
language and a variety of correctness
in the use of expressions which even
many French orators do not possess
and he is capable, with his bold evan
gelical ideas, of stirring great multi
tudes.''
The Daily Chronicle" characterizes
as a remarkable utterance this SEN
tence in Archbishop Ireland's pane
gyric: Let US by all means be care
full not to take away one iota from the
faith, but let US also take care not to
add to it ideas and interpretations
which are binding upon nobody
This says the Chronicle sis ex-
actly what so many Roman churchman
are always prone to do. The struggle
of Archbishop Ireland and his Ameri-
can friends against these forces of re-
action is an interesting episode, and we
are curious to see the result. Arch
bishop Ireland is treading on delicate
ground, which may break under his
feet
The Russian Government has de-
cided upon the exceptional measures
against the Jews, doubtless owing to
the intense feeling against them pre-
vailing in many parts of Russia at the
present time. The first anti-Jewish
was promulgated yesterday,
when the stay of all, even foreign. Jews
is prohibited in ST. Petersburg. No ex-
emption will be made even in the case
of French Jews.
There have been serious outbreaks
against the Jews at Nicolaieff. in con-
nection with the Easter festivities of
the Greek church. The Jews there num-
Der 10000 out of a total population of