Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-03
Indignation at lncompetency
Of Ministers.
NEW LEADER IS NEEDED
And ROsebery's Name is Most Pr0mi-
nently Mentioned--Mr Wyndham's
Statement in the House of COM
mons Yesterday.

M AOlIAOIl, + CO.. Os-\1OPy WV
by Associated Press).-The. indignation,
humiliation and amazement OF the ma
tion at the incompetency displayed by Its
ministers has risen to heights probably
never before attained. While the en-
pire is engaged in the most serious strug-
gle t. which it has been committed since
the first years of the nineteenth century.
while the statesmen and the legislatures
OF self-governdng colonies faithfully rep
resent the imperial spirit of their con-
sMtuents, while the Britislhers Of all ranks
hav risen to the occasion with q courage
and q unanimtty unsurpassed In their an
mails, the statesmen at home have COM
united themselves to party maneuvers.
mutual recriminatiOns, contradictions,
efluf1ing evasions and palpably lame ex-
cuses SO utterly needless of the temper or
the people that the movement IN favor Of
q reconstruction OF the cabinet, first in
~augurated a few weeks ago, promises.
unless a more vigorous policy Is speedily
adopted to develop into a national upris-
Ing which will sweep out the politician
whose utter failure almost appears to
justify, in the words of the Daily Mail,
"the prophecies Of the downfall OF the
British empire SO literally poured forth
by writers and speakers in the United
0NAtCo dlIu vi llS NOIbllIIcut.
Even the Times, that bulwark of con-
servatism, declares the. chatter in the
house of during the past few
days is simply Irritating n offensive to
nine u of ten people in the United
Kingdom.
Consequently it is not astonishing that
the people are looking for some strong
man to lead them. Lord Rosebery's
name Is the most prominent. His pitt
less lashing OF oLrd Salisbury ON the day
parliament reassembled, marks him, In
the opinion Of many, as the right mar to
face the present imperial crisis. A small
faction led by the Daily Mail Is push
ing the claims OF Mr.. Joseph Chamber
aain,, the co1onia secretary, for a trial.
The Mail says he has shown 4himesh to
be a "shrew, determined and able for
ganizer and apparently, is the only mem
her Of the cabinet who grasped the reali-
ties OF the situation In South Africa
though THE paper admits he lacks the
tact and.his speeches nave done much ia
ALLEVIATE the syunpathies Of America in
thisNwar and gave nmbrage to Germany
and Francs Yet the Mail suggests II
would be we'll to watch Mr.. Chamber
lain's attitude during the next few days
Truly has the patience and fortitude ot
the people of Great Britain been subject
ed to severe tests. After a brisk rally
from the staggering blows to the nations
military prestige the people had a righl
" tuAA W pdTIldLILSIIt aOV announcement
and inspiration. But, one by one the
ministers have been unmasked and dis
credited and the weakness of the official
leaders of the opposition has been revea;.
ed. From every newspaper in, the LAM
has arisen the CRY that party strife mus
cease and political ambitions be laid aside
and that the stifled determination of q
willing people must have rein.
A result of this outburst is seen in new
and more lofty o n introduced into thu
discussion by the speech of Mr.. George
Wyndham the parliamentary under secre.
tary of the war office. Thursday evening
which was the first ministerial statement
evincing a proper appreciation of public
feeling. There is no hope of the debate
on LordEdmund F1tzmaurice's amend.
ment to the address in reply to the speech
from the throne ~collapsfng, so a division
will hardly occur before Tuesday. Their;
is a movement ON foot to induce the gov.