The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
WARNED By R|)SEDERY
BRITISH COMMERCIAL AND NAVAL
SUPREMACY is SERIOUSLY
THREATENED
LEADERSHIP Oh LIBERAL PATTY
SEEMS DESTINED NOW TO REMAIN
WITH CAMPBELA-BAN-
HERMAN
THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Summoned for December; Is Expect
ed to he Brief-SOmething
About Lord Sails
bury's Pay.
LEADERSHIP OF LIBERAL PATTY
THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT

bury's Pay.
LONDON, Nov 1.-THE increasing
frequency of Lord Rosebery's public ut
teranCes in no way decreases the thrill
OF admiration and fascination which fol-
lows on each occasion The strange
mingling of common sense, sentiment
surprising rhetoric and homely phrases
puzzles the people Of Great Britain to
such an extent that the former premier
may we'll be said to have gained more
power since he has been out Of power
than he had ever enjoyed before. His
speech at Glasgow yesterday on the Oc-
casiOn of his installation as Lord Rector
of the Glasgow university causes the
other events of the week to sink into
SnsignifiCanCe. Yet the underlying note
of that wonderful monograph of the
British empire was one of warning, and
the Daily Telegraph appropriately de-
cIares it as follows: Now that two ma
tions at least, the United States and
Germany, are so closely at or back
that their shadow falls in front of us
and that they are in a more athletic con-
ditiOn than ourselves, we have no doubt
England has a reserve pace which our
competitors scarcely suspect But we
are very near the time when we will
have to put forth the best of our speed
ana stretch every fber.
1t is Lord Rosebery's constant reitera-
tion Of those features which makes his
words so deeply weighed by politicians
and business men in Great Britain.
With cOnsummate skill he presents both
the weakness and the strength of i'm
peTialism.
A correspondent describing Lord Rose
berY's appearance at Glasgow says: His
aloofness from the crowd and un athomed
an, ef1ilr 70
that passionate interest in the public bus
mess of the nation"
Yet, with all this adulation of his
cOuntrymen, bestowed regardless of party
lines, it seems unlikely that the former
Liberal premier will emerge from his
political retirement, at any rate at pres
ent.
SALISBURY PAY.
His great antagonist, the phiIosophic
Lord Salisbury, has decided quite unex-
pectedly to call an early session of par
Bament, and has consented to accept a
salary of G2,000 for fulfilling his duties
as premier, though nOminally he receives
a recompense for so doing, for the lord
privy seal emoluments, which We're
abolished in 1884, are his Lord Salisbury
personally was not anxious to receive
any pay, but it was thought to be a bad
precedent for a cabinet minister to work
for nothing, so the salary, $4,000, Of
lord privy seal was received and is now
his.
The first meeting of parliament
promises to be short and is likely to be
adjourned over the new year as soon rs
the necessary supplies are secured. One
of the most serious questions of the week
has been church matters. The arch
bishops and bishops met in solemn con-
clave to consider privately many con-
troversal matters, the chief of which was
whether the ritulist clergymen refusing
to obey the aTchbiShOpS command should
he prosecuted. AS a result of the DELHI
erations it is probable that the obstinate
ritualists Will be allowed to pursue the
even tenor of their way, for the Kensit
party opposed prosecutions on the ground
that they were likely to retard expected
legislation while the high churchmen
were nearly opposed to any civil inter
ference. The decision averts, at least
temporarily, what threatened to be a
crisis in the history of the church Of
England.
PREFERS SANDY HOOK.
The controversy in the United States
regarding the proposed change Of the
Americas cup course, from off Sandy
Hook to off Newport r: l., can
ONLY be settled in one way. according to
Sir Thomas Lipton's idea, l. e., by stick
ing to the old order of things. He said
TO a representative of the Associated
Press: Il prefer Sandy Hook I don't
think there is q better course in the
world. / have never made any objection
to it, In fact I have always spoken of
it in the highest terms No doubt the
races last year were prolonged OWlnS to
there not being sufficient wind to finish
within the time limit But it is my opin-
ion that with sufficient wind there could
not be q better or fairer course, and
possibly l feel there would be more glory
i'm fighting the battles over the old. his
torical course, where we have SO often
been defeated. Anyhow there has al
ways been sufficient breeze for the
American boats to win at Sandy Hook
and had the Shamrock been a speedier
boat the same wind would have brought
her in first.
''Were I TO go over new course 1
could not have worse luck so far as
results go, than I had at Sandy Hook,
and the Americans could not have better
luck than they got there. These are my
personal views. The members of the
New York Yacht club are certainly the
best judges and I am quite willing to
abide by their decision"
When questioned regarding the cable
report that the Chicago packers were
getting their revenge for the Upton pork
deal by squeezing him, Sir Thomas Lip
ton said: There is no truth in the re-
port. My pork business is progressing
quite satisfactorily. Moreover, the Chi
cago dealers are much too good friends
of mine to attempt to take revenge
That word is used UNJUST ttfably, for I
have nothing for which revenge is
needed"
The Duke and Duchess of York's forth
coming visit to Australia is quite likely
to be finished up with a trip through
Canada. Additional excursions may be
made into the United States
Another royal rumor is the engagement
Of Prince George of Greece, who IS now
! here, to one of the English princesses,
10 which the queen is said to have given
her approval.
Mr.. Francis Howard, Mrs. T. P O'Con-
nor's son, by her first marriage is a
passenger on the Oceanic He goes to
the United States to induce the Ameri-
can government, If possible, to establish
a national art gallery Messrs. Whistler
Sargent Shannon and other famous ar
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