The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-17
1t Is Not Incompatible With An
Imperial Spirit.
CECIL RHODES SUBSIDY TO PARNELL
Plea For Justice and Sanity in
Public Affairs.

In his inaugural address as president
OF the Forest OF Dean Liberal associa-
ton at Sydney, England, Mr.. John
Morley said in part:
1t had been said that there was a
hdeous political apathy, but for his part
he did not think it was so much apathy
as rumination. The electors were indeed
Illuminating over the votes which they
gave in 1895 (cheers and laughter). He
had had many suggestions, one of them
being that he should give "scatfing
analysis OF Lord Rosebery's recent
speech. In the first place, he objected
to doing SO because he did not wish
to disturb the serenity OF his Whitsun-
tide holiday, and in the second place he
did not wish to interfere with anybody
elsc's serenity. His noble friend had
described himself as a disembodicd
spirit. Well, he did not think that that
was any worse than "a dark horse in a
loose box But dark horse in a
loose box was the last thing that he
(Mr. Morley would care to subject to
"scathing analysis Qaughter). How
ever, let them get rid of these differences
OF platform controversy. There was a
lot OF talk that the sectional difference
OF the Liberal party begun in 1885, No
more gross delusion was ever attempted
to be iolsted on an intelligent country.
Before Home Rule was mentioned
there was marked desertion from the
Liberal ranks of the very elements it
was now sought to recover. Lord Sails
bury, the other day, said that Home
Rule was incompatible with the impe-
rial spirit. Let him inquire into that
Tor moment. II there was one man
who was regarded as the very incarna-
ton OF the imperial spirit it was Mr..
| Cecil Rhodes, and he gave ten thousand
pounds to Mr.. Parncll, SO that he was
evidently not afraid OF Home Rule
Lord Rosebery himself was at the head
of Cabinet whose existence depended
OIL the Irish support, and that support
was only given on the explicit under
standing that the policy OF Mr.. Glad
stone was to be continued and carried
on by Lord Roscbcry (chccrs), and
Lord Roscbcry, as Prime Minister, cx-
pressed in March or April, 1894, his be-
lief that the Liberals would have an
English majority at the next election
in favor OF Home Rule, and that even
ii there were not an English majority
there might possibly be all Irish and
Scottish majority, which would still cn-
able us to carry it. What then became
OF Lord Salisbury's assertion that Home
Rule was incompatible with the imperi-
al spirit? (cheers). He wished to refer
to an incident which occurred after the
victory OF last September The corpse
of the Mahdi was dug TIP, his head was
hacked off, and his body was thrown
into the Nile. According to an arti-
leryman, the head was placed in an emp
ty kerosene can. 1t was understood
now that the Mafdi's head was burnt
at Wady Halfa. Well, when the subject
was mentioned in the House OF Com
mons OF this desccration OF dead enc
my he said, "It is revolving in itself; it
reflects no honor upon either the good
sense or the right feeling of those who
ordered it, and it reflects disgrace upon
the British name" (cheers). He held
to +l,,+ Joc1,r,+;oo ,,j 1,o ,,,,, e,,.o
they agreed with him (cries of "Yes").
He would undertake to say that on any
platform in England everyone would
say that that language was a true de-
scription OF that act. He had been re-
buked for his language, and indeed he
supposed that before long it would be
as much out of order to say word OF
criticism about general as it was now
to criticise judge. AT any rate they
would make fight against such an idea
(cheers). There was going to be pro-
posed special mark of honor in the
shape OF vote for 100000 to the Com
nlander, who admitted that he was re-
sponsiblc for this act. He (Mr. Nor
ley) for one would not vote for any spe-
cia! mark Of honor to any general, how
ever brilliant, however successful, who
had been responsible for an act of bar
barism so deplorablc and so revolving
as this (checrs). They talked of i'm
perialism, but let them take care. One
OF the very worst mischicfs of the sys-
TEN, the aspirations, now fascinating the
people was that a reaction was going
to take nlace in the character Of cair