The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
CHAMBERLAIN'S VICTORY;
HIS COLONIAL POLICY JNDORSED ~
THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS
Votes Of Confidence for Him In large 'lt''
Ills BItterest Detractors Defeated
Famine. Plague and DisanectIon In
India -London's Docks Inadequate.

India -London's Docks Inadequate.
IoxnnS oct There was never any doubt
that Lord salisbury, Government would get
the Endorsement Of its South African policy
for which IL asked the country by di~-olving
Parliament The surprise ~ IA" election re-
turns Is the overwhelming vote oI confidence
An MFR Chamberlain which comes from the great
centres Of population Birmingham WIS hI~'
OF course London and Liverpool haN" been
strongly Conservative for ten years and Man
chester scarcely less So, and nov the re~"lute
exponent Of Colonial Imperialism has added
Glasgow and Newcastle wholly and half "i
Edinburgh to his personal following. he'lde'
winning seats Ia Leeds. Sheffield, Northampton
and all the manufacturing district More
than that, his three bittcr".t drifiotor' IN fdr-
liament-Philip StauhOpe. james stuart ana NT
Wilfrid Lawson have all been uu'rnted
Yet 1t cannot be- said that the country has gone
over to Rhodr,'s chartered company. Wherever
It's director, or a>,oc,di"~ have stood. whether
As Conservative or Liberal lmprrliIl-t-, they
have been defeated In Leeds Bochtort Maglire,
who i, Cecil Ehudcs's intimate friend and
henchman, stood a, a liberal lmperldit~', but
the UnIonist~ would have none Of him and they
won what used to be "A safe Liberal seat. what
Is II then that the country ha- exactly expressed
1t is easier to SAY what IT has repudiu'"i most
smphattcalIy, ami that i the rnttr" political
philosophy Of John Morley. He will, of course
hold his safe Radical seat at Muu'ro~', especially
rs personally sympathy i felt with hlm because
his throat alrct,uu mas prevented nm from
conducting lat, CaudtdltIrc personally bHi
he has PIT into good literary English in u post
script to his election address his complaint
against the policy expressed b. ~'mI'np'i'"h-
ism, and it il that policy which Mr. Morley lie.
d.. ,l.t ia, .utYfr. ll- al this election 80
emphaticalIy indur-cl Mr. Morley writes.
There i not u man versed m our national
AFFAIR, who docs not -re and know that We" ar"
sxplnding orr responsibilities beyond ID"
limits OF our resources, that III" pubic burdens
ure growing perilously heavier, tha' giant
rivals are slowly but surely -prlnEiuE up against
us in all the markets Of the world, WhI" "" are
o-oiglualy 81 Ilndr-iug the trcaSur" mat W"
,hould he diligently hlsbanding. Tia" merchant
and tho manufacturer are gradually ihdluS
but that the doctrine Of trade following IN"
dag IS a bubble, and the taxpayer H. iludlnG
put that you do not expand your frontier III
Two continents for nothing. Aud let hlm
'sali2e that he Is not ending. hcls only beginning
Perhaps the day Ia not remote Whcn we. shaIl
.yen regret Lord Salisbury,
"A Ministerial majority now means the
triumph Of the very school whom mol 80 long
ugo he most earnestly condemned 1t means
a new era OF vaporing sentimen wildcat
language. quack devices, economic and fiscal.
We have no longer to believe that the true key
10 national strength and prosperity i peace,
low taxes. reduced debt, the Advancement in
comfort, skill, industry and wcll-being Of the
people Of these Islands. the good will ~ the
world. No. our new aim Is to be extension
Of territorial dominion, the Transformation Of
She ancient realm Of the Queen into Boosting
Military Empire. inevitably TO be supported
by military CONSUMPTION. with an Imperial
Customs Union thrown in. that viii lose our
best markets for the sake of the worse.
How can / doubt what opinion you will
hold Of the competency OF statesmen who have
brought us within sight OF such a prospect;
At this moment. too. when. as the Prime Min
lister tells you. our country, since he has ruled
over it. has somehow become the object or
deep dislike, not to the Governments. but to
the peoples OF the world. This is hardly a
triumph, whatever else 1t may be. and | beg
you to mark that it is an additional misfortune,
for which you may thank South Africa, when
Power, who begin to dislike cease to fear.
Is for the war, I have not one word to with
draw Of all that it has been my duty To say to
YOU about it. | regard IL A. "A hateful incident
In the retrograde policy to which | am now
earnestly drawing your attention. l regard
the Incorporation Of the two Boer states aS the
contamination OF one OF the most evil blunderS
In our history. and I look forward with much
misyiving to a future settlement which is {, he
eNectei under the direction OF Ministers, and
OF an agent on the spot, who are the Responsible
authors of that evil blunder.'
Thi, i "A severe indictment. but 10 j. I,u--
trativc Of Mr.. Morlry'- lack Of touch with public
opinion that the vast industrial POPULATIONS
which used TO be- devoted To- his ccuuoulc policy
that of John Stldr, Min. John Bright and
Cohdsn have not only turned deaf rrr- 10
him but have voted in greater numbers than
ever tor Mr.. Chambcrluin'- policy OF colonial
empire aud enterprise. wen tn" Fabian So
ciety which l. a centre Of Socialist PROPAGANDA
plumpS Tor Mr.. Chamberlain and annexation
OF the Boer republics. II puts IT. approval
Of his personality aud policy into Il manifesto
which observes that:
The Colonial Secretary. because h." has
graduated in municipal business and under
stands from commercial experience how to get
things done and to deal with practical men.
easily overrides his colleagues. though his
International manners are 50 bad that not even
the Importance of maintaining cordial re-
lations with so near a ncighbor and valuable
a friend a. France restrained him from making
that reckless and shocking speech at Leicester.
which contrasts 30 painfully with the letter
In which Admiral Seymour has shown how
England should behave in the persons o' her
pub lie men"