The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-12
NEW GOVERNMENT
In England Sure in Six Months If
 Rosebery Wins.

Rosebery Wins.
 Ralph D. Blumenfeld's London Letter in
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 A snow storm, which would hardly have affected the business of an American Vii lage community, completely paralyzed the activities of the entire north of Eng land, few days since. and absolutely disiocated the commerce of the entire country. The telegraph system Of Great Britain on which the people pride them selves so constantly was entirely suS- pended for six days and there is no tell ing when it will be right. The storm ut would have been considered a mere ordi- nary snow fall in the United States), be- gan six days ago, and still we are suf- fering a delay of from three to seven hours in telegraphic communication be- tween London and the north, in spite or the fact that over 3.0eO line repairers have been at work day and night efdeavorihS to put things right.
 I can only attribute this state of af- fairs to a complete and . ineXcusable breakdown of the antiquated system that is persevered in by the telegraph depart ment of the postofice. On Saturday night there was simple chaos at the gen. eral otfice. Distracted officials stood about wringing their hands and moaning about what they should do. No one seemed to be able to take the matter firmly in hand. The wires were laden with snow and ice and were snapping at various points throughout the north and all the officials could think or at the posrofiicu was that on the following Monday Lord RoseDery was to speak at Chesterfield and there would be no wires.
 50 the wise men determined to let all tie commerce of the country slide, while they devoted their attention to making provisions for enough wires to carry the speech. Therefore, from Fri- day night to Tuesday morning there was practically no telepraphlc communicatlon with Scotland and the midlands from n Nxsyh Lord AO4pDeFV delivered ms great speech in railway shed at the little town of Chesterneld according 10 thu program. It COOK the combined en- ergies or the entire postoirce stan to se- cure half dozen wires in order to sat- isty the curiosity Of an eXpecLant na- tion and it was all that the antideluvian railway managers. could do to get she special train3 through to the ptdee or meeting. A few sno" blows would nave Qone the trick with the foot or snow that was to be found here and there. Dut. unfortunately. there are no snow blows in England and no one expects that lheFe will ever Dc any. .t
 Why Lord kosebery should have se- lected the nLtIe out of the way midiandS town to launch his great pronunciAmento remains ono of those mysteries or bllL- ish procedure which ! nave never been able to faIhom. He might have delivered It in decent hall in London without putting people to the extra expense or going 200 miles to the country. It would
  were expended in fitting up the placo of meeting The telegraph facilities would have been ample and the London news papers, need not have been put to the strain of additional expenditure Tn money ad energy in sending men to all points to bring the speech to town by various special trains in order to secure It's proper and timely receipt. But 1t seems to he an unwritten law here for statesmen to go to hole and corner places in the country to make their most important speeches.. and even Lord Rosebery with all his modernity and great common senso does not seem to have been able to break through tho tradition. Even MT. Glad stone could not resist the temptation or his heart before handful of country pumpkins in words that would the next day eiectrif" the whole world
 Lord Rosebery has fulfilled the fore cast which I gave you of his speech m November. He has come out boldly ana firmly as an opponent Of all poilticat shams and he has sounded the oeatn knell of pro-Boerism, little Englandlsm' home rule and old fashioned TorylsIn: Also he has thrown the last handful of earth into the grave or the oid LIDeral party. There is and can be only one re- suit, and that is an enurely new party made up of the best elements or the two great political factions now existent. Slr Henry Campbell Zimmerman has hesn of forever. Nothing. more VIII be heard of Sir William Harcourt. The great party of the future will be that or tho Liberal Imperialists, led by Lord Rosebery himself, and with Sir E. Grey and MT. Asquth as nls lieutenants. Even tho thick and thin government papers agree today that the new factor in the politics of the country augurs Ill Tor ibs Salisbury menage.
 I am positive that if Lord Rosebery persists in his determination to lead there will be change of government within the next six months and perhaps earlier if the Boer war is brought to d close before that time. No one is foolish enough to suggest that the government should be turned out while the war Is in It's present state. but0indications now show that it will not be long before peace reigns. in South Africa. and no soCEer will that much to be desired event than the present government will be glad of the opportunity of laying town the irksome duty of running peo- ole that arc dissatisfied with them.
 As for the Irish question, fear there will be series of sorry scenes in the next session of Parliament, for the Red nondites are at last face to face with a situation that they have not reckoned Ipon and which will seriously alter their position in their own country. It was III well and good for them to insist that they would have no alliances with any English party. No one blamed them for It here, and it read well at home in the newspapers of Ireland. But suddenly I-ord Rosebery. himself former home ruler. now comes out and says there must
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