The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-17
If the Elder Pitt Had Not Accepted
n Peerage America Might Now
he Part of the British Empire.
YELLOW PARTISAN STORY
EFFORT BY LA PRESSE TO CREATE
A SENSATION OUT OF NOTHING.
No Truth in the Report that Gen Por-
ter. the United States Ambassador
to France, Has Been Recalled.

GLASGOW, Nov. 1.-THE Earl of Rose
berry was installed as lord rector of Glas-
gov University to-day. His rectorial ad-
dress, on the subject of 1.-THE British EN-
pre- was stirring appeal to the race to
realize its responsibilities and to prepare
to fight for its existence. Never, said his
lordship, did the empire so urgently re-
quire the strenuous support of it's subjects
because there was a disposition abroad to
challenge both its naval and its CONNER
cial supremacy. The twentieth century.
he declared. would be a period of keen
intelligent and almost fierce international
competition, more probably in the arts Of
peace even than in the arts of war. There
fore. he added II was more TO undertake
periodical stock-taking, to remodel the
state machinery and educational methods,
and to become more business-like and
thorough as warriors, merchants and
statesmen, and to look thoroughly to the
training of first-rate men for the struggle
ahead. as on these depended the future Of
the empire and the race. He thought the
now Anticipated methods of training had al
most resulted in commercial disaster. and
the time had arrived to reconsider the ed
ucation apparatus.
Lord Rosebery asserted that but for the
small incident of the acceptance of a peer
age the empire might have been meal
culably greater. Had the elder Pitt when
he became first minister, not left the House
OF Commons, he would probably have re-
tanned his sanity and authority, and he
would have prevented or suppressed the
reckless budget OF Townshend, induced
George III to listen to reason, introduced
representatives of America into ParIia-
p1ent and preserved the thirteen colonies
tc the British crown 'Is il fanciful to
dwell for q moment on what might have
happened" continued Lord Rosebery 1.-THE
reform bill of 1892 would probably have
been passed much earlier, for the new
blood of America would have burst the old
vessels of the Constitution IL would have
provided seif-adJusting system of repre-
sentation, such as now prevails i'm the
United States, whereby the increasing pop
ulation is proportionately represented. and
at last, when the Americans became a
majority of the seats, the empire would
perhaps, have been moved solemnly across
the Atlantic, and Britain would have be-
come an historical shrine, the European
outpost of the world empire What an ex-
traordinary revolution il would have bee.
The greatest known, without bloodshed.
the most sublime transferrence of power
in the history of mankind Our concep-
lions can scarcely picture the procession
across the Atlantic OF the greatest sover-
eign and the greatest feet in the Universe
Ministers. government and Parliament de-
parting solemnly for another hemisphere.
Not, as in the case OF the Portuguese SOW
ereigns, emigrating 10 Brazil under the
spur of necessity, but under the vigorous
embrace of the younger world. America
would have hung on TO the skirts of Brit
ain and pulled her back out OF European
complications. She would have profoundly
affected her foreign policy in the direction
OF peace. and her influence on her domestic
policy would have been scarcely less no
tent. Probably we would have appeased
and even contented Ireland. The ancient
constitution of Britain would have been
rendered more comprehensive and more
elastic
ION the other hand. the American yearr-
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