New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON.
lord ROSEBER1 AND THE LIBERAL
DONNYBROOK FAIR.
STRONGER AND MORE CONSISTENT DI
PLOMACY-CosT OF CORONATION

lBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUYE.l
London Feb. 22-The English press is stiu
-sfbfng about Lord Rosebery's secession as
fresh proof Of Liberal disunion. The divisions
NJ that party are of long standing. and must
,Iuavs exist when it represents the more pro-
rreseive elements OF the general electorate
only the commanding force Of Gladstone's char
acter impaired unity and direction to the party
during the greater part of his career and even
he was not strong enough TO prevent the open
frE of the lines Of cleavage. On the Irish Home
Rule question the Liberal party remains di-
,lded as # has been since Gladstone's death
.nG The formation Of the Liberal imperialist
group. including Lord Rosebery Mr.. Asquith
NJ Grey and Mr.. Fowler is neither new nor
starting. What IS really important is the de-
uberare attempt Of Lord Rosebery 10 prove that
Ike Gladstone he Is d necessary man. without
whom the Liberal party cannot be permanently
reunited Temporarily. he has failed to accom-
ulish anything. and the want of success is due
mainly 70 the lack Of constructive ability and
administrative originality He has taken away
all the Liberal principles at one swoop and has
NOT SET UP anything TO replace them. He has
represented a species of political agnosticism-
something besides the levelling process is re-
quired # the old articles OF the Liberal faith
70 he expUngeo. new democratic creed must
Re f7rmulated- Until this is done, Lord Rose
hery cannot reunite the distracted party.
The effect Of Lord Rosebery's separation is
likely TO be disastrous Sir Henry Campbell
Baunerman's leadership Of the old Radical
hands has tempted him 70 repulse Lord Rose
be-y's overtures for reconciliation. and he is
r1ornerrarily left in supreme control Of the
fortunes Of the Liberal party No practical
politician iuagines for moment that Sir Henry
Campbell -Bannerman can reunite the party
the basis Of pro-Boer sympathies and Irish
Home Rule, or in emergency form alterna-
tive government organization. The Rosebery
group may convince the Liberals that Sir Henry
Campbell -Bannerman is impossible leader
even II il does not demonstrate that Lord Rose
bery IS necessary leader. In this way ultimate
reunion may be promoted by the temporary
secession OF Lord Rosebery. He apparently
knows his own mind. and is bent upon leading
reorganized party after proving that nobody
else can do il He resembles Lord PaImerston,
when the crisis calls for constructive states
men Ike Pitt. Peel and Gladstone.
The stale Unionist government is delivered
from all political anxieties by the reversion Of
The Opposition to faction feuds. In South Africa
il continues 70 plod YEARLY il more hopefully.
The successful ambUscades like that of the I'd
Dragons light up the ardOr Of the burghers,
but there is gradual wearing down of the re-
sources Of resistance on each side Of the vaal.
ish exploit az Nootgedacht. with the Beers
themselves entrapped. In military reform the
government remains incorrigibIe and incom-
petent- Mr- BrodriCk's management OF the re
mount scandal cxcites discomfort open revolt
even, among the best disciplined Tories The
Parliamentary reform procedure is making slow
progress and promises larger results than
the hxity Of the members dinner hour. legisIa-
tive sanction for the week end adjournment TO
and re
tunties for self-advertisement by the postpone
ulent Of the questions hour when the galleries
are empty These matters Of high poll
tics The government viii not pull itself TO-
Eether OF the education question until after
Easter. and il is without definite policy in Ire
and, where the no rent agitation by the United
Irish League may be the sequel to the evctons
of Lord De Freyne's estate.
The situation in Ireland is particularly serious.
because II IS the direct result Of the government
scheme for buying out the landlords and wind
.1g up the agrarian discomfort. The settlement
-f the Dillon estate by purchase has unsettled
he De Freyne estate and other properties whose
.anciords refuse 10 sell out. The ministers take
everything easily, even the menace Of the re-
TiVal Of the agrarian agitation in Ireland on d
'7rge scale. They are stale, but indispensa bic.
with no possible successors among the faction
rent mob in the Liberal Donnybrook Fair.
The government has regained prestige abroad
by stronger and more consistent diplomacy.
This is evident from the change Of tone OF the
Continental press. which now regards Lord
Lansd0wne as q great statesman taking the
lead in diplomacy in the Far East. and having
the moral support Of the United States and Ger
many. Secretary Hays Manchuria note has
Induced The Spectator" 10 lament that Lord
Lansd0wne had not joined him in joint repre-
sentarions, instead OF plunging into alliance
with Japan. Il is difficult for even the most
trustR orthy friends Of America in England 10
Be convinced that no European power can ever
have anything more than the moral support Of
the United States. and that formal alliance is
out OF the question.
Otherwise foreign questions remain the
background The German tariff situation has
not cleared. and the forecast Of the possibilities
u compromise ----ong the factions at Brussels is
premature. The conference is still celebrating
and hestating over the abolition Of sugar boun-
ties, with the prospect Of ultimate action bright
ening
The accounts Of the Barcelona riots have not
.'ss q life and the extent Of the disturbance
I-ve been grossly exaggerated. There is no
direct evidence that the anarchists have invest-
-eted the riots. and the rumors that the Carists
fil take advantage of the opportunity Of A
general outbreak are sensational
The resignation Of the Italian Cabinet is a
aau furry, quickly ended.
he cost Of the coronation as represented in
-le Civil Service estimates, is 100000 This
may include the expenses Of the two professions
aad the alterations in the Abbey. but obviously
4oes not cover the entertainment Of the guests
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