New-York tribune., 1901-12-17

London. Dec. L, q. m.-The oracle
has spoken and the old Liberal party
is more disorganized and disunited than
ever, while the germs of new one possibly
have been sown. Lord ROsebery was received
With tremendous burst Of cheering when he
rose n address the long looked for meeting at
Chesterfield last night. The scene. indeed. was
most impressive. large railway shed had been
sneCially NI-ce ~ for the occasion. and nearly
FIVE th~~-.4r.4 people crammed themselves into
Il. YER lord Rosabery appeared on the plat
form. accompanied by his son. Lord DaImeny
the audience rose like one man. and the ap-
piausa VAS so prolonged and so deafening that
he could not for some minutes obtain hearing
Al the very outset he explained that when he
promised 10 put his ideas into the common stock
he had n" intention of posing national hero
sr5 he f21 not imagined his undertaking would
evcte 80 much comment and attention. This
s.aremerr was not entirely the liking Of the
r-estinC. and il was not until The Man of the
Frture. As Mr.. Gladstone once called him. in
81 sd that he Irish alliance had come to an end.
sj"ea TIE Nationalists had ranged themselves
wish he eren1y. that the audience felt disposed
- cheer again. Warming 10 his work the
Premier proceeded to denounce the Government
in terms that caused the rafters of the shed to
ring with the cheers Of the crowd. Nothing. he
said struck more strongly against political mo-
rality than the general election of 1900 The
government had promised new blood, hut they
instead had given old blood and blue blood.
Minister had said there was no alternative gov
eminent TO the present one. IF that were So"
said Lord Rosebery with the greatest emphasis.
"ue should forswear our empire and go dig in
our cabbage gardens. Such nation would be
more fit 20 control allotments than empire
II fact, throughout the whole speech Lord
<r,I 70 Ia+ hear lnO
that he had not altered his views the ques-
ton Of imperialism The statesman he said,
who dissociated himself from the new SEN
timent Of the empire must not be surprised If
the nation dissociated itself from him.
Referring TO the war he maintained that 1t
should be carried to 8 successful termina ton.
but ne would gladly listen TO peace proposals
from those surrounding Mr.. KRUGER The Beers
chose the arbitrament of the sword, and they
must now submit TO Incorporation in the British
Empire There was no parallel in history for
the i'll will with which England was regarded
by almost every population in Europe, and for
this state Of affairs he largely blamed the
oratory Of Mr.. Chamberlain. Lord Rosebery
wound up one of the finest speeches he ever
made by an appeal TO the tribunal OF public
opinion and offer to place his services at
his country's disposal.
On the whole, Lord Roseberys speech meets
with q hearty reception this morning. The
Standard which IS the only paper to condemn
it utterly. advises Lord Rosebery to go back to
his lonely furrow' or cabbage garden" as
there is no place for him in serious politics. but
tie general opinion IS that he has vindicated his
position. and his appeal from Parliament TO
public opinion will be watched with the greatest
interest
It was expected here that the Hay-Pauncefote
IN 4ba h71-- -I1e
majority In its favor has occasioned surprise.
and is regarded as diplomatic triumph for the
President. THE Standard says the amicabe
settlement OF the Alaskan frontier boundary is
desired py friends Of goodwill both in Canada
and the United Staets. and the announcement
that solution had been found would be vel
come sequel to the ratification of the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty
Marconis triumph caused quite a slump In
shares OF the cable companies yesterday. Scien-
tifc men this side OF tb. Atlantic are inclined
70 wait for further ara more decisive results OF
Marconi's experiments before expressing any
definite opinion with regard 10 their value, but
the newspapers generally look upon Marconfs
achievement as a great stride forward. and one
Of them speaks of the discovery as the most
notable in electric science since Wheatstone took
out his FIRST patent When Marconi was at
Dover less than month ago, he said in con-
versation that the idea of bridging the Atlantic
without wires was outside the realm Of things
practicable.
At a meeting of the London and Globe FL
nance Corporation yesterday it was stated that
NJ. Yerkes was intending to purchase the cor
porations interest in the Waterloo and Baker
Street Railway The report, however, lacks Of
fetal confirmation.