The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-02
BY HERBERT PAUL.

| SPECIAL. nv cART.E
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~, 80. -, t,|Hp opsi i.sH,' rpo' ~ ene
Ne" h'iN iieialo Non'pahyJ-"e oritish-
ers are patient people. or We have very
| little belief in the necessity of govern
uents
Perhaps both these elements in the ma
| tional character combine to form the singu-
lar spectacle We now present to the world.
The forces of the country are engaged in
two very difficult and critical enterprises.
That the Beers are being slowly conquered
no one doubts. confidence In Lord Roberts,
as II ought to De. Is undiHinished. but the
ca1hpaisn Is sul' TO all appearances. ardu-
NaS.
our IosseS are sieadiiy mounting up. 10
uS' So 'Hs sdu news thit TWO oiIcers
% ot .hs i'iie oiisaoe nave oleo Oh their
| IT..
-. onihese ., puzzle IS more OF q puzzle
nan i esei. olnce tne weieoHie ihtenisence
.ni,o,.as Ai. VS. eap.ueu any 'he Fsasiohs s
a,tha..; 49,. 10 ~ Ta n.Ne -r vi ,,i notins
tbara is J,,,,in-lo,io ,,i.. taou'e4n
--,,. o NI,, -. .- ~ ' -.
,, 80, 49,. 20 any ter,iS .ney
Is hv no mems certain ts,av arc asra.d
D,frereuces NAV became acuts at anv 70
mont ;f ,b.v ba,a no, hooo,r. =, aI-asav
germany ia no, one wbt, w.. ,n,arastod
in CIliua than we ara Indeed ber corn-
meroial stake tbsra Ia vsrv rn,,ch sn,ausr
rhap o,rrs
Yet the German nevsnanersLor At least
those of them which represent canstitution,
eT-n nrinciDles-ara depan5irs ,bat abe
Reichstag shall meet at once because the
questions raised are far too serious to be
sstsiea oy tne executive without pariia-
iAiei'ais cohioi-
"uo"s ooSernment'
mere we nave nor ohly no Pafhament. out
no Io eose'hinent. .ne Caoinet, "hich is the
suNeIhins pouy oi tiie Einpire' mas moi met
since the prorogation. There Is no word
of their meeting. The Prime Minister and
Foreign Secretary are at Schlucht- In the
Vosges, on the borders of France and Ger
many, to which place. of course, all Of the
messages have to be sent
Lord Salisbury has not even taken a pri-
vate secretary with him. He Is alone with
his family, who between them decipher the
kilograms. other members of the Cabinet
are scattered abroad. nobody. to say the
truth, much caring where
When Lord Salisbury was away year
ago Mr.. Balfour attended at the Foreign
Office and personated his uncle. He is not
there now.
Sir Thomas Sanderson. the permanent Un-
dersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Is enjoying
the rest, which, no doubt. he has amply
earned.
Mr.. st. John Brodrick the parliamentary
undersecretary. is only heard Of at local
haDitatOnS of the Primrose League. The
thing" as Cobbett used to call the British
Constitution. works somehow. but how it
works under the circumstances is a mys-
terry
Everybody Is talking. though nobody
knows anything about the dissolution. Mr..
Brodr1ck wants a Young. fresh Parliarnant
and all the rest of IT. A dissolution this
year would produce nothing of the kind for
the elections would be helj on a stale ex
hausted register. which is on the poirt of
beipg superseded nv the rev.sing har-,stsrs
To disfranchige possibly for sly veaTs
thousands of capable citizens. legally ouaIi-
fed to the suffrage, Is not quite the hest
wav of testing public opinion.
Moreover. the elections take time. and the
affairs of China reouira ahoya a,, th;nr--
promptness.
Salisbury a Dictator
Lord Salisbury never sees the ouc.n who
counts a good deal in foreign policy. nor an |
Ar,h.ssador nor coI,o,cra ~ .,..,
clerk He is a dictator albeit a so,nrolsnt
ono
In more poiiticaI times. desnite the Rri.-
isrn nhlesm. this would have heen consid-
erred a scandal.
In is not that peopla feel anv nart,c,lar
confidence in Lord Salisbury. They know