The Washington times., 1901-08-11
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

LONDON. Aug Io-Lord Kitchener's
| peremptory proclamation to the Beers in
arms brings the last flicker to the dying
political season. a maker Of parallels apt
ly hits off the political situation at home
thus:
NJ. P--we now proceed TO weil-earned hoIi-
days. after six months of arduous legislative
labors.
Man in Street-And what have you donef
One thing, however, has been accom-
plished during the session though outside
the doors OF Parliament; that Is. the Lib
eral party has emerged from a cloud OF
suspicious back-stair whisperings. which
so long kept the rank and file OF LIBERAL
ism. who, after all. form something like
half the British nation, from spirited
united action. Lord Rosebery has been
forced into the open, and. in defiance of
me wishes Of his closest political allies.
MT Asquith and Sir Edward Gray has set
ahout plowing his own furrow alone
waiting Tor time to remove the personal
OBSTACLES which stand between him and
the undivided leadership of the party
On the whole. it is perhaps the best thing
which could have happened; for LIBERAL
ism, released from the haunting presence
! OF rival leaders. half hiding round the COR
ner, now has chance of asserting itself.
SIR Henry Campbell Bannerman's speech
this week illustrates the general charac-
ter OF this Liberal assertiveness. As
Liberal leader in the House OF Commons.
ne opposes the new policy of relentless
measures against the Beers In the field
which Lord Kitchener is adopting upon
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's instruc-
tons. opposes the use OF Kaffrs In the
a Sc.
ward all belIigerents. whether formerly
subjects Of the King in Cape Colony or
Transvaal burghers, and demands the
speediest possible self-government for the
conquered territories. In home politics
the Liberals. as represented by Sir Henry
Zimmerman. find ample field for
criticism of the Government policy in edu-
cation. rating, and local government.
Thus unembarrassed, the Liberal oppo-
sition and the Nationalist are pretty
certain to bring the Government good
deal of anxiety when Parliament reassem-
bles In January. The Irish Nationalists
are thus included for reason which will
appear from the following statement of
the situation as made by the well-accred-
tied Dublin correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian
"All over Ireland is subdued dissatis-
faction. The intermeddling of the local
government board in the work of county
councils, undignified harangues of judges.
packing of juries, the gross mismanage-
nent of the education department, and
the ficuting of the Archbishop and his re-
forms, the surrender to the mandarins of
Trinity and the Castle. the action of tbs,
land commission as a mere landlords
agency-all these things are ranking and
Will one day make themselves felt Never
recollection he aliu
been so strong in Ireland All aspirants
to office have to run a race of bigotry
against their rivals. The illustrious pro-
Vost of Trinity is old and infirm and his
resignation is spoken of. There are four
gentlemen casting lots for his robes They
cast lots by outlying one another in ig-
norant blgotry through the medium of ar
ticies in English reviews How thew
would gasp were Lord Cadogan to choose.
as he may do legally. some great Catholic
scholar for the post But there is one
1t. would be wise and right"
As BELTS the holiday season now begin
ming. parliamentarians are able to join.
upon quitting st. Stephens in congratu,
lations to Mr.. Herbert Gladstone. to
whose exertions as chief Liberal whip it
Is largely due that Liberalism has any
leaders at an or any party cohesion. MIR.
Siiadstone Is engaged to marry Miss
Dorothy Paget, a member of an old Eng
fish Tory family. daughter of Sir Richard
Faset, lot thirty years starch Tory
Some stir was created this week by the
circumstantial reports from Rotterdam
that Mr. kruger's health is causing his
friends serious anxiety and that a special
list In mental disorders had been sum-
moned from Berlin. However that NAV
pc, authentic news has reached the Par
liamentary friends of the Beers that in
spite Of the apparent fortitude with which
the ex-President received the news of
his wife's death. he had really been
gravely upset. Insomnia and intense
mental depression supervened. At the
same time, il is asserted that the indis-
position only made him more determined
in regard to the prolongation of the war
Naval experts are summing up the les
sons or the maneuvres, SO suddenly stop
ped by the Admiralty on Monday After
only seven days II was clear that the de-
Tending fleet which failed to prevent the
attacking fleet from securing command
OF the Channel, cutting off some of Eng
lands food supplies and ravaging Eng
fish commerce, failed because IL lacked
the cruisers necessary as scouts and
commerce protectors. The demand is
therefore made that the cruiser squadron
of the British feet be doubled forth with
The second lesson of the maneuvres is a
lesson OF the South African war viz
the paramount Importance of as great
speed as compatible with good gun fire
and protection Mobility must tell in
naval as in land warfare. Lastly, the
Admiralty is told it must hurry forward
shipbuiidiDg, and add another squadron
to the fleet. SO that England may have a
real, fully equipped Channel Squadron with
torpedo bases at Portsmouth Portland
and Plymouth, and also at Attorney and
st. Mary's, Settles. with other ships cap
able or carrying out repairs.