The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-04
LORD
Salisbury Has not Retired f Om
ParlIs ment.

LONDON, JUNE 2-When Egland is !
not talking of peace i'm South Africa !
and the maner Of it's accompli the |
tonic Of the day is the dissolution of par
lament and the possible retirement of
Lord Salisbury Sir Howard Vincent
writes to the Times declaring that the
premier's withdrawal from the field of
activity would be nothing loss than a
calamity for the universe. The Spec
tator surmises that Lord Salisbury will
give up the ministry of foreign affairs,
contenting himself with being premier
only and suggests that Mr. Balfour
should be given his uncle's portfolio and
be made a peer, while Mr. Chamberlain
should succeed the Marquis Of Lands
downe, these changes to come after the
dissolution, which the Spectator recon-
mends should occur this year. and in
sists must be followed by a thorough re-
construction of the cabinet. other week
| lies and dailies also refer to the possibi-
! ty of Lord Salisbury's retirement.
Enquiries made by the ed Press
reveal the fact that there is not the
slightest ground for believeing that Lord
Salisbury contemplates retiring either
from the ministry Of foreign affairs or the
l ledueTSHlp Oh lHe party. ne mas never
mentioned such a contingency and his
spirits are equally good, even to the point
OF what for him is unusual jocularity,
while his interests in home and foreign
affairs is keener than ever. SO it is safe
to say that If the conservatives are sue
cessful at the forthcoming general cleo
tion Lord Salisbury will once more plot
the fortunes of the country and party.
The outlook keenly diagnosed the pre-
miers recent remarkable speeches,
whereby he has gained the reputation of
thinking aloud, when it describes him
as looking with a half amused, half
pitiful gaze on the hurly-burly."
His utterances this week were saved
from being a mere collection Of platitudes
by the frank declaration that mot a
shred of independence" could be left to
the Boer republics This was intended
to be taken as an answer to any peace
seeking messages that President Kruger
might be contemplating.
A decision anent the date Of diss olu.
, tion is still in the air. Mr.. Chamberlain
favors an early appeal to the country
but Lord Salisbury will not formerly dis
cuss the matter until Lord Roberts 81
, shapes the military aspect of South Afri
ca 50 that there cannot be a shadow Of Z
doubt as to the completeness of the Brit
ish victory
The Chinese question is attracting mucI
public interest here, yet the ravages O
the boxers" and the landing of Brit
p ish and other armed parties have scarce
, ly caused flutter Of excitement, fo
] Lord Salisbury, does not believe the lat
est outbreak will result in anything Sc
a rious That it will bring up acutely tn
question of the partition of China is
possibility al present considered too re
d mote of any expression of opinion. TIL
= attitude of the British foreign office ma,
: be described as nthing less than phleg
$ matte. "Eeverything is left in the hand
e of Sir Claude Macdonald, our minister
= said one of the officials responsible 70
s the conduct of these affairs He is EN-
powered to requisition the men and gun
y he needs from the Chinese squadron. A
/. the ministers at Pekin seem to co-operat
e harmoniously We know practically moth
l. ing of the local conditions existing ther,
d I am inclined to believe we shall nc
e hear of them again in the near future.
II The situation an be clearly understoo
If we thoroughly study the Pretoria dis
It patch. Lord Roberts advanced from tn
N Vaal with two columns, he himself wit
g the main body, following the line 0
st railway and Generals French and Hamil
Is ton keeping pace with him a short marc
e to the left
le on Monday night Cen. Roberts was a
20 Kip river station, ,.e left wing colum