The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
LONDON newsstand GOSSIP.
snIisbury's Reconstructed Cabine
and the Liberal Opno.ition.

the most muddy and depressing place this
week. and with the busiest ,thoroughfares
| In the hands Of the roadbreakers. who are
putting down . new telephone service, II
has been a somewhat perileus place. too
In the English provinces they have their
consultations. There. tempted by the mild
ness OF the weather, roses are blooming In
the open air, as in Wales and Cornwall,
understanding carnations are Towering.
terry they have found robins nest with
four eggs near to Matching, but Londoners
have nothing to cheer them beyond occa-
sional glimpses of General Butler, fresh
from South Africa, and the mild sensa-
lions of new Cabinet selections.
Lord Salisbury has at last finished his
work OF reconstruction. and at least half
the Cabinet are veritable sons OF Anak.
well over six feet in height, and as bulky
as they are tall. The cry Of the reformer
Is for younger men to grapple with the
newer tasks OF empire. Well. there were
1.169 years OF wisdom in the old Cabinet.
and there are 1903 years in the new. an
average OF sixty-one years, as against fifty
seven. What more could one wish in the
way OF youth and vigOr? Meanwhile. there
has been some shaking Of the dry bones OF
English Liberalism this week. Mr.. Camp
bell Zimmerman made on Thursday
speech which was everywhere interpreted
as an invitation to Lord Rosebery to re-
sumo the leadership OF the Liberal party.
and promising him loyal, general support.
The door has always been open for Lord
Rosebery's return, said Mr.. Bannerman.
None of them ever rightly understood why
he went out of public life. The desire OF
the Liberal party then was that he should
remain. their desire ever since was that he
should return. But says the man in the
street, What about that big boy behind
the gate?" IL was incompatibility of temper
and policy that drove Lord Rosebery from
Sir William Harcourt four years ago, and
the latter is still a Liberal leader, and
makes no echo of Mr.. Bannerman's invita-
ton.
Moreover, in the same speech. Mr.. Ban
herman went on to trounce those very i'm
perialist Liberals who have formed them
selves into a separate political organiza-
tion, with Lord Rosebery as their special
hero. Mr.. Zimmerman gibes at them as
honest and simple minded men, who have
been led into extravaganza by the heavy
fumes of fermented and haif-digested doc
trine," upon which the chief Liberal and
Roseberyile organ, the London Daily
News" declares that after condemning
others for seeking to drum out little
Englanders," ''Mr. Bannerman proceeds.
on his own part. to drum out Liberal i'm
perialists.' and to crown the situation
Lord Rosebery went down to Glasgow last
night and preached the very gospel of
these imperialist Liberals.
His subject was the British Empire.
m VI no hn N
fee. Of which We inherit the responsible
ty and the glory" that Empire which is
for us matter of influence, of peace. of
commerce, or civilization, above all a |
question of faith" Britons have received |
from their forefathers this great appan-
age, and mo one out of an asylum wishes |
to be rid of it." To hold this inheritance |
against host of jealous and watchful |
competitors in commerce as we'll as in |
calls for incessant Wig lance, |
strenuous endeavor trying sacrifices and |
an increasingly severe standard of train |
ing and of work. Had that speech been |
made the text of vigorous political cam
paign six months ago uadeG Lord Rose
bery's leadership against the proved in |
of Tory administration. Lord |
would probably mot have been |
in power tciay.
Whether it heralds the reformation of |
the Liberal party under Lord r. sebery's
guidance depends more upJn Sir William
than any living man. Lord |
Rosebery will lead no party which does
not accept the creed of his speech last
night.
The women's rights advocates are jubi- |
ant at the progress of their cause. They
earn from Paris this week with peculiar
that the Senate has Just
passed the law, approved last session by
he Chamber, enabling women who have
aiken the degree of licenciee en- droit to
practice as barristers. A Paris CORE
;pondent says on the point:
The main Importance of the measure is
hat it indicates a great iiberaiizing of
french thought on the woman question.
The position of women in France is in
retrograde. To take one instance,
nd a very cruel one: 1t is a fact that in
his country no man can be made re-
ponsible in any way for children born out
# wedlock, yet the women of France,
nth few exceptions, accept their lot, not
erhaps without murmur, but certainly
Without a wall. They are content with
he silent power which makes them the
cal men of France"
in England two womens suffrage So
ieties, one for the Liberals, the other
or the Unionists. have now joined their
orces and mean to make vigorous cam !
align during the coming session. in the
ope of extending to Parliamentary affairs |
he suffrage and representation now en-
Dyed by women in municipal life. Some
( the younger statesmen now admitted
} the Cabinet are supporters of the cause
Every possible pressure is being brought
} bear upon the Bishops of the Church of
ngland to induce them to veto the |
threatened prosecutions of three London
icars for ritualistic practices. Even low
hurchmen. such as the Archdeacons of
ONION and Middlesex, deplore these CO.
rcive measures. They argue that the I
tual prosecutions of thirty years ago
n0wed the futility Of such proceedings.
hich produce the maximum of heated {
rife with the minimum of practical re- l
lit. A renewal Of Them most churchmen
.el, would be especially deplorable Just
Nv. when a modus vivendi is hoped for
5 the result of the recent round-table t
Inference between the Ritualists and c
oderates. I
are making much
the fact that Prince, Christian Victor
no died OF typhoid in South Africa. was t
Ioculated against the disease on his wav
1t. Moreover. Surgeon Captain Ryan of ,
lie Civil Imperial Volunteers records a
any similar deaths despite incubation. ,
There Is something like a famine in i
laid eggs just now. The Poultry Or +
IMITATION Society is using this fact in
gorous campaign against the vast i'm q
'rtation OF foreign eggs. reaching to l.
0 600. COO last year. Through its branches
is seeking to convince the farmer that
can supp!ant much of this Importation "