Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-12-16
Colonial Secretary Has Not One
Friend Outside of His
Family.
Traitor to Home Rule Will Meet
With Hostile Reception
in Ireland.
HIS FALL EVOKES NO SYMPATHY.

Each succeeding day brings to light
additional evidence that the war now be-
ing prosecuted by England against the
Beers is an unholy one and instituted, as
Michael Davitt said, only for murder and
plumber. Englishmen are now beginning
to see Chamberlain in his true character,
and the correspondent of the New York
World thus pictures the situation as it
now exists in London, which will prove
depressing reading to our Anglo-Saxon
maniacs:
Public sentiment on the war is under
going a marked change. The gravity of
the situation in South Africa is now rec
ognized. The struggle is expected to be
protracted, and its outcome even doubt
full. This does not weaken the resolve to
see it through, but alters the aspect in
which the Ministers responsible for the
war are viewed.
Yesterday there was Cabinet meeting,
but cheering crowds were absent and the
assembling Ministers were watched only
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unusually crowded with society people,
but depression reigns supreme. Last
night the dining room at the Carlton was
crowded with fashionable women, beauti-
fully dressed, but instead of merry peals
of laughter and the customary gay chat
ter prevailing the silence at times was al
most funereal. At the outset the war got
into the heads of the people; now it has
reached their hearts.
Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain
has been dethroned. His reception by
his colleagues at yesterdays Cabinet
meeting was remarkably cool. Chancel-
Tor of the Ekchequer Beach is said to have
asked lard Salisbaz5I .glaessIlses cAa.Ahss=
lain's triple alliance speech was made
with his foreknowledge. This put Cham
berlain on the defense. but he found no
support. Lord Salisbury can not unload
Chamberlain in the thick of the present
crisis. But the stories run that they
never will forgive him for the humilia-
ton he has brought upon the country
and themselves. This bitterness is ac-
centuated by his responsibility for the
calamitous war into which, it is now
realized, he rushed the country with
criminal reckleseness.
Chamberlain shows consciousness OF
his shaky position. In the spring he was
offered an honorary degree by Dublin
University, but he excused himself from
travelling to Dublin to take it owing to
the pressure of official work. He has
now volunteered to take the degree on
the 18th, although the work is heavier
than ever. He thinks the ceremonial
will assist in rehabilitating him, but it is
quite likely to have an opposite effect.
The Irish Transvaal Committee is ar
ranging a hostile reception for him, and
if Chamberlain shows himself in public
there certainly will be disturbances. This
will be his first visit to Ireland since he
deserted Gladstone and home rule.
By strange irony this week Chamber
lain attained the summit of his aoricul
tural ambition by securing the coveted
prize for a hybrid, his own production
and the result of eighteen anxious year.
of experiments. He christened the orchid
"Chamberlainiana triumphans," par
ticularly unhappy inspiration at this mo
ment. Nor are his troubles solely politi
cal. He looks unhealthy and ages rapid
ly. His temper is becoming uncontroll-
able. In addition he has suffered heavy
financial losses through unfortunate
manufacturing speculations into which
he put his sons.
From being worth 100000 to $3.50, 900
year, his income is now reduced to g
point at which his Cabinet salary of $685..
900 becomes a consideration. Chamber
lain has always been pitilessly selfish in
the pursuit OF his own personal ainbi
tions, so his fall evokes no sympathy
He is not known to have solitary per
sonal friend on earth outside Of hi.
family.
TEMPLES GREAT OFFERING.