The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-17
ROSEBERY ON BOER WAR.
Britain'S Conduct of The Conflict
ScOrnfulIy Reviewed,
THE BRITISH MINISTRY is ALL WRONG
Government Heavily Blamed for Its Tact
lessness-Liberal Party Urged to Get
Together to Right Things.

Chesterfield, England. December 16-Lord
Rosebery, the former liberal premier, was
accorded great reception when he ap-
pearcd ON the crowded platform here this
evening. He said that he had como by In.
Nitatlou and did not wish TO Indulge In
phraseology, hut to speak his mind and
offer the liberals some dspasslonate al.
vice. The liberal party, he continued. had
passed through long aud trying Illness
but was now approaching convalesccnce,
one Of Ge 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 hC done
Lord Rosebery's long expected and much
Z hefalded speech delivered here tonight was
received with marked enthusiasm by an
I immense crowd II can hardly he said 10
have thrown much light along the path
way of tue liberal parry and 1t is doubtful
II his most admlrmg listener could have
given any justification FOR his enthusiasm
save that IL was Lord Roscbery.
Resolved into its lemeuts, the speech
merely said: Get together.
The speaker himself confessed that ne
! did not pretend 70 say how this cohesion
should be accomplished. In urging his fell
/ low liberals to rcorganlzc, Lord RoSebery
| quoted the following words from the mos
sage of President RooScvelt I'VE nope TO
Keep going by SLOW steps, not by bounds.
! We must keep our eyes on the stars, nut
/ We must also remember that our feet are
INC following was the tenor OF the former
| premier speech:
The ministry was wrong but the liberals
| should he very careful how they tried to GET
| u right.
| Turning from the immediate outbreak OF
the way Lord Rosebrry touched upon odu-
! caticn, In which he said Great Britain VA;
| Woefullv behind her sister nations. Her
commercial development was also sadly
| atrophicd and the time would soon como
! when Britain would he forced TO nght Tor
! trade supremacy She would then be MS
/ helpless ms though armed with bows anG
/ arrows.
Lord Rosebcry maintained discreet
| vaguoness on the question of his personal
/ fluctuations concerning the leadership 81
the liberal party. He saiu thar he could
not imagine hiWself in the position OF a
mlaiStcr. But In the next breath he told
how he would reorGani2c the war office If
II fen to his lot lie said this rcorganizd.
lion, however should be postponed until
The speakcr's recipe for the proposed re-
organization Of this office was charac-
tcrSucaly American one namely, tue ap
polutnont of commission.
Concerning the Governments conduct OF
the war, Lord osabcry was scverc' and
scorniuL The complaint Of the government
that the Beers had not made war according
to the recognized rules reminded him that
/ the same thing had been said bS the old
Austrian generals Of the young Napoleon,
when the latter was beating them
I He was particularly sarcastic at the eN-
pcnsc Of the earl of IIashnrv. he lord,
chancellor, that only "a sort of warfare
was row going on, and he strongly con
demncd what he termed the scandnlous
misrepresentation by which the govern
mcnt bad preciptated the last general cleo
ton.
Lord Rosebcry heavily blamed the govern
ment for its tactlessneSs which he dc.
CaVd had produced unparalleled ill-will
/ toward Great Britain ia every European
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