The sun., 1900-05-10
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n,,.,.-yre.. Condemns His speech.
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,,,,,> Nayg- Lord salisbury was greeted
NTH enthusiasm by "A vast audience 'o-aaS
uber he ,oon the chair to preside AZ meeuhs
of hs Primrose League In his speech 'he
p,o,,,,,r ,l,udrd to the change that had TAKEN
',.,, ,,,ir,np. in regard 10 empire. and sad
81. d,ctr.nc of the Manchester school was no"
,,,erIy condemned The reaction began "heh
,h. d,.nster of Maiuba lll was followed py
fan Gordon death which has been aVehseu
Tndar The brilliant guidance OF l'ord hooer'S
orooo0 mon are now in lar way 10 a'ehse
Nouuh, mn. winning back for the queen terri-
,cr,.s L.ch ought never to have been reeaseu
Tt,,ya, the only hope for the restoration oil
,o,ro ard the development and tranquility Oh
south Nrca.
Tb. .,,rlt OF contempt for. or II that was TOO
s,r,,.r a word Of depreC6tion Of the EMPIRE
which was the one great blot on Mr. Gladstone
s,lerd.d intellect, led him to deal under the in
r,er,, n0 the same ideas with the diificult ana
i,,,,,,rr Irish problem. careless OF the iutnre
,,u,r ,f the country and his deepest interests
In an.yI moment for his fame and for his
nam, no attached himself to the 'd~a Sf'shs
ser,ration of England and ireland
f. fa.cd after long and unsuccessful
s,r,.rIe Lord Salisbury added that he
d3 NOT believe that cause once beaten
rparrearcd 20 any purpose III hnshsh
t.t,ry There was no hope that the
rredominant party would ever consent 10
give Ireland practical Independence, Great
Br.tain had learned something from
mo south African War. She had been
warned how a dlsioyal Government can'
IN ,p.t" Of any precautions, accumulate
munitions Of war, artillery and the
element, Of "A military force. which will give,
even against a most powerful conoatant.
most terrible advantage She now knew better
than size knew Yen years ago what the risk
would be If she gave a dlSloval government IN
Irelard the power of accumulatng forces
against the sovereignty Of the Queen
Hpdd not, therefore. apprehend that the
verdict which had been given on the Irish
claim was likely 10 meet any early or prompt
reversal, but the effect OF MIR Gladstones great
mistake has been upon the constitution oi
tho parties and the working OF Englsh
polrc, could not be ignored 1t had shat
tered the Liberal party, which was now
poNerlnss a, a factor in English politics. he
earnestly hoped that they would soon get
into fighting FORM a. the present
po-ition was bad for the Conservatives them
selves He did not think the ingenious inven'
,ion by ord Rosebery Of a new Imperial party
would solve the difficulties Of the Liberals.
The Premier said he could not speak toe
highly of the neutrality Of the Governments OF
the world despite the deep-rooted prejudice
against England among many peoples. Still,
Of tha oil
Law in their own eflcaclous defence and their
own righ. arm. once allow blow to be struck
al the heart OF the Empire and Englands his
tory was ended.
Lord Salisbury said further that conscription
was not now acceptable. He advocated foster
ing rife clubs by personal effort. An Internal
foe he said. threatened them no longer but
there was more formidable enemy outside,
and if they contributed nhectually TO defeating
that enemy they would be justified as they had
never before been justified by liberty and
patriotism.
Lord salisbury declared that external affairs
vould occupy a considerably larger place than
IN rerinds Of the century that had just passed
BY II they looked round they would see that
thc elements and causes Of menace and peril
were slowly acyumulaing They might ac-
CImulalc 10 such point where il might require
In land most active efforts to repel them.
IT, was nervous about using language that
might b. thought to indicate that something
wa, known az the Foreign Office He wished 10
say most .rnphatically that he had no idea Of
the kind
Continuing, the Prime Minister said he was
not urg.ng despair or even apprehension OF the
furIra, but precautions. In time he trusted
these precautions would prove unnecessary,
hI' the loss Great Britain would sustain in pre-
pairing would be- inconceivabiy small compared
with what she would sustain if the precautions
proved inadequate The defence movement
mus, come. not from the Government, but from
the people themselves He urged the League
q utilize it, organization bv promoting rifle
clubs. In conclusion ho said
MY feeling J. strong that there is danger
when the present war Is past of forgetting
The anNirte- it has produced and the lessons it
has TAUGHT, II i for you to urge upon every
hudy tA" u"C.--ity for placing yourselves in the
position OF an armed nation such as the Swiss,
whose strength does not lie in numbers or
military organization, but in the spirit
OF those who iOve their country and are pre-
pared ~ de iur it."
Nr Wyudham, Parliamentary Secretary OF
the War O'llce moved that the meeting call
upon her MajcStyS subjects in the United
KINGDOM TO prepare in time for an imperial
emergency lIr said that Lord Salisbury had
left no doubt that the Government would afford
every facility for rifle practice. 50 that the pur-
pose OF the motion might BE- achieved The
Present patriotic enthusiasm had increased the
ro,ruru- Of regulars at the rate Of 5000 a
year ard ur militia iO,Oo0 Will" 5000 volun-
teer, had rnr,I'd in five months. If the en-
thu-a-v could be maln,nncd il would forever
baH,-l 'h" lear o' compulsory service
!. .Np. y. MAY ~ Lord salisbury. reference
ye,'.rda, 10 Ireland, in his speech at the
ANNA, meeting OF tie Primrose League, strikes
al ou, the prelud,coi here a, painfully in
i"Hr'ou- ro -ay tho least, but the papers
e'nrr... nah" up comment Those that do
'm' auol ir condemn him.
Ia' 'iruur'r say that Tor some occult
reason lrrI salisbury seldom opens his mouth
wrNJrN0h NJ letting la.i some inapt and
loo" ."-. "utd,. He emphasized his ability in
tM' arrr'oa 10y hl- comparison OF the Trans
Na'. W'h Nr Irish Nat!lnalI-'S He said
ndt Nr,lt Britain had learned something
iruu I., var hut ther" j. one lesson appar-
"Ily H..,l o." Minister, have failed TO take to
h'..'. namely, ~" need 81 n little discretion
"Nny Nm' regret, that tho Prime Minis
ter-.oDoa u,y, c'o.cn such a time a. th, for
lar~. rrmara- " ,ays il and- in his
~, rU recognition Of the new situa-
uo. nUca a. been created. and no
s"n-' 3D.! t'' imro-tanc" of seizng
the -o. len moment which was reached