Okolona messenger., 1902-07-23
VOL. 30.


of the Conservatives in the House OF Commons, ana
ia believed to have made no enemies among MS col
leagues. On the face OF things the "Hotel Oecll
remains as dominant ever in the British Govern
ment, but it will probably be found that, as mat mat
ter of fact the centre of political gravity has been
materially shifted. 1t is true that no further
changes in the Cabinet are, yet known to be con-
templated but from the nature Of things the rela-
tive weight OF Mr. Joseph Chamberlain IN Mlnls-
terial councils will be considerably increased
For MANY reasOns-sOme social, some pOhtlcal
and some moral-tha outgoing Premier exercised a
Christening and subduing influence on the seiassert,
i've member for West Birmingham. AS the head
of a historic family the younger Dranch OF tine
House of Cecil; as one who, though porn IN uhe
purple, proved himself IN early mannOOu aOle u
earn livelihood with the pen; as pariamentaran
of fifty years. experience and thrice Prime Minister;
and finally, as person easy-golng IN small mat
ters but masterfu and lnhexibe in things that
seemed to him of consequence, Lord Salisbury unit
ed the qualities most likely to command respect
and Difference from man of Mr. Chamberlaln's an
tecedents and character Insatatly ambitious az
he is, and undisguisedly disdainfu of some oil his
competitors Mr. Chamberlain seems to have recOg
nized that so long as Lord Salisbury should remair
in Office, where MacGregor sat would De the neau
the table, His relations with Mr.. Balfour, the new
Premier are necessarily on different Iooung
though they have been singularly cordial.
Mr. Chamberlain waa twelve years older, to be
gin with and he was president OF the Board o
Trade with a seat in Mr.. GladstOne's Cabine
when Mr.. Balfour was skirmshing on the Oatskirt
of the Opposition as a free lance in Lord Randolph
ChurchilPs "fOurth party of four" lnthe crucla
month Of June, 1886, when he organized the secess
ion of Liberal Unionists that defeated Mr.. Glad
stone; as the leader of the Radical Unonisf
contingent in 1895; and, finally the contrlver
the ''Khaki campaign" in 19OO Mr.. Chamberlain
has come near to being GUis in politics, the IN
dispensible man; whereas nobody would preteD
that Mr.. Baiours retirement to private life at an
time during the last sixteen years would have pU
the Unionist coalition in jeopardy
In respect to temperament, also, the tW
men differ widely. Mr.. Chamberlain is born CON
batant; Mr.. BalfOur, a philosophical spectator
The former believes that anything he wants mus
be got though it shOult take battle; the latter
inclined to question whether anything in this sui
lunary sphere is worth fighting for. Given the &C
existence of two such men in the Cabinet the on
as nominal chief, the other principal lieutenaI
In the COmmOns-given also the certainty that the
natural tendencies instead OF being checked by fr'
ton, will obtain full play through friendship-an
there can be but little doubt which will prove th
DYNAMIC factor. A man who knows precisely whs
he wants. and means to have it, is unlikely to CIV
way; the man who likes nothing over much an
hates nothing except row, is tOlerably certain
yield
Passing to concrete and prOximate results OF th
change in the Premiership Of Britain, Sir Mcha
Hicks-B Beach, distinguished as an opponent OF M
Chamberain's colonial policy, has gone or is gOnl
The others Of his kind are yet to be heard from.