The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-17
EX-PREMIER SPEAKS
LORD ROSEBERRY TALKS TO
ENGLISH LIBERALS.
"GET TOGETHER" He SAID.
AN IMMENSE CROWD AND GREAT
ENTHUSIASM.

A Splendid oratOrical Effort bat Of
fers no suggestion to Help the
Liberal Party Ont of It's Many
Difficulties - Presidents Message
Quoted-Grent Britain WoefuIIy
behind Her Sister Nations I'm Edu-
cation, He Declares, and Her Com
merciai Development sadly Afro
phied.
Chesterfield, England, Dec. 16.-Lord
Rosebery, the former Liberal premier.
was accorded a great reception when
he appeared on the crowded platform
here this evening. He said that he had
come by invitation, and did not wish
to indulge in phraseology, but to speak
his mind End offer the Liberals some
dispassionate advice. The Liberal par
ty, he continued, has passed through
a long and trying illness, but was now
approaching convalescence, one of the
signs of which was that it had gotten
rid of the Irish alliance. The Liberal
party must now regain unity. though
he would not advise just how this
should be done.
much heralded speech delivered here
tonight was received with marked en-
thuslasm by an immense crowd. II can
hardly be said to have thrown much
light along the pathway of the Liberal
party. That the speech was atfinished
oratorical effort was amply testified by
the frequent applause with which the
lrat. fpf TQ.tt de-
doubtful If when he had finished his
most admiring listener could have CIV
en- any justification for his enthusiasm,
save that it was Lord Rosebery.
Resolved into its elements, the speech
merely said: Get together" The
speaker himself confessed that he did
not pretend to say how this cohesion
should be accomplished. In urging his
fellow Liberals to reorganize, Lord
Rosebery quoted the following words
from the message of President Roose-
welt:
I'VE hope to keep going by slow
steps, not by bounds. We must keep
onr eyes on the stars. but we must
also remember that our feet are on the
| ground
The following was the tenor OF the
former premier's speech.
|
Liberals should be very careful how
| they tried to set IL right.
Turning from the immediate out
break OF the war, Lord Rosebery
touched upon education, in which. he
said, Great Britain was woefully be-
hind her sister nations Her CONNER
cial development was also sadly
atrophied. and the time would soon
ccme when Britain would be forced to
tfaH do
then be as helpless as though armed
with bows and arrows.
Lord Rosebery maintained discreet
Vagueness on the question of his per-
sonal inclinations concerning the lead
ership of the Liberal party. He said
that he could not imagine himself in
the position of minister. But in the
next breath he told how he would re-
organize the war Office if it fell to his
lot. He said this reorganization,
however, should be postponed until aft
er the war. The speakers receipt for
the proposed reorganization OF this Of
flee was a characteristally American
one, namely, the appointment of a
commission.
The Government Roasted.
Concerning the governments conduct
of the war, Lord Rosebery was severe
and seornful. The complaint of the
made war according to the recognized
rules reminded him that the same
thing had been said by the old Aus
trian generals of the young Napoleon.
when the latter was beating them. He
was particularly sarcastic at the ex-
pense of the explanation of the Earl
of HalsbuTy. the lord chancellor, that
only a sort of warfare" was now GO
ing on, and he strongly condemned
what he termed the scandalous mis-
representations by which the govern
nlent had precpitated the last general
election.
Lord Roseberry heavily blamed the
government for its tactlessness, which,
he declared, had produced unparallel-
ed i'll will towards Great Britain in
every European population, and which
he attributed largely to what he called
the provocative oratory of Mr.. Cham
berlain, the colonial secretary.
Whilst he was emphatic on the ne
cessity of vigorously prosecuting the
war and expressing the fullest conn
dence in Lord Kitchener, Lord Rose
berry said that he thought the govern
ment should be prepared to listen to
peace overtures, and he contended
there was nothing degrading or abas-
ing in recognizing the exiled Boer gov
ernment for the purpose of making
peace. The three greatest civilians
who had waged war In the past cen
tury, the speaker said, Pitt Bismarck
and Lincoln, had not disdained such
efforts TO secure peace.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF DrcRATF