The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-06
LORD SALISBURY PUZZLED
CANNOT IMAGINE OBJECT OF
 DUTCH PEACE EFFORT.

Business Now and Not sentiment-The
 Peace That yViIl be Accepted-sccurity tn That Part of the Empire Upon | Which, the Premier Says, "the Am-
 bition of Mir. Kruger Has Poured This Abundance of Sorrow and DesoIa- ton"
 | London, Feb. 5.-Lord Salisbury, the premier, unveiled a life-size marble statue of the late Queen Victoria at the Junior Constitutional club tonight. Speaking at the dinner after the un- yelling the premier referred to the re- cent Dutch note in tone, for him, of unusual flippancy.
 Lord Salisbury said that doubtless some of his auditors thought it bit Of luck to catch cabinet minister and extract from him some information concerning that abortive crisis which hai lately filled columns in the neWspa- pers. The speaker said he doubted however, if they wculd extract much. For himself he was unable to imagine the object of the Dutch government for whose friendly feeling he had the great est admiration but he could not see the precise object they hoped to gain by this curious step. "It was clear that the Dutch" continued Lord Salisbury, had no authorization from our enemies on the continent since from the moment this action on the part of the Neither lands government was announced these enemies vied with each other in declar- ing the Dutch action to be undesired.
 His majestys government certainly knew nothing of the genesis of this movement The fact that such step was taken, however, reminds me that we have arrived at a condition of things which in critical period of this char acter, always occurred, a period when there would be many persons attempt ing to bring numerous people of differ ent piews together and where there would be many suggestions which it would be neither easy nor desirable to notice'
 The premier explained that his only reason for alluding to such things was that time was coming when the peo- pie must think more of the suggestions of their intelligence and less of the sug- eestions of their emotions.
 "There is no longer any question of sentiment" continued Lord Salisbury. we have entered upon a matter of business which we must push through. What we are now seeking is security. AZ t1Ac ftyItx hn rights of the sovereign and gives us se- curity for the empire we should accept not only with willingness, but with de- light
 Tt is useless to tell us to behave so as to leave pleasant recollection in the minds of those with whom we are fighting.
 ''The only result that can compensate for the sacrifice of blood and treasure is that, for the future. there shall be security in that part of the empire upon which the ambition of MT. Kruger has poured this abundance of sorrow and desc lation."
 Lord Salisbury said he had no mis- swings for the future, and that he be- liaved the war had made the country more confident in it's external policy mcre convinced that it's opin ons would IT tceive due consideration from the com itv of nations. But when the present strain had passed away, continued the sneaker, there would still remain duties which could not be shirked. Tht exist ence of hostile feeling in Ireland was a s enal that the efforts on which depend ed in no light degree the glory and con- tinuance of the empire must not be re- laHed.
 '"rhe maintenance of our position in Ireland is the most vital object the em- Dire has, and it can only be attained by strenuous exertions,' said the premier.
 The premier asked if the Irish people owed the government better than they lid formerly, and replied himself that -hey did not He said the feelings of hostility which had been expressed were nore uncompromsing than any express ;ions which had ever issued from the ips of Parnell or O'Connel. An Irish with power to accumulate lrms and ammunition, would consti- ute 4 more serious threat than had the 3oers While the orthodox leader of he liberal party had declared himself n favor of home rule, said the speaker, he semi orthodox leader of that party, whose utterances were harder to inter- ,ret. while he had not pledged him self O home rule, had studiously avoided my pledge from which the contrary night be inferred.
 The prenlior concluded with saying hat the conspicuous duty of the union- sts was to maintain permanent june l ion between England and Ireland, and hat it was by sustaining this junction hat they would maintain the greatness f the constitution and the splendor of he British empire.
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