Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
THINK PEACE Is NEAR
English People Believe the Ne.
gotiations For Peace Have
Been Reopened.
Favorable Turn in Events in
South Africa Reassuring
to Britons.
Rosebery the Central Figure in
Parliament. Chamberlain
Popular Hero.


of the report that DR.. Kuyper's visit to
London last week was Connected with
| the proposed reopening of peace nego-
| tiations between the Beers and Eng
| lish seems positive. in spite of the
scraftily qualified rentals of kuyper to
| the Journalists at The Hague and of
| house of lords. The belief prevails
here that peace is In sight. City men
are surer of 1t than ever. Croakers out
of parliament are silenced for the mo-
| ment.
On Thursday there was much ado be-
cause it was learned that the govern
to South Africa for its own use. This.
coupled with the news of Kuyper' s
| hurried and mysterious visit, created
| great excitement but the war office or
| the colonial office often needs all the
wires for its own use for some hours.
and the visit of the Dutch premier.
| from home only a ten hours journey. is
not amazing of itself. The detailed
statement, however, undoubtedly has a
| firmer foundation.
| Meanwhile the sum of news from the
front continues reassuring, and the
chance of Britain giving its persistent
opponents terms which the Boer dele
gates now in Brussels will consider
peace with honor seems remoter than
ever
! Parliament has resumed its sittings
| with small promise, so far as can be
seen now, of decrease of the flood of
all but purposeless talk which in later
years has chiefly distinguished that
august and ancient body. When, we
have said that some of the talk this
early in the session has been good talk
we have said all. Lord Rosebery con-
tinues to occupy his anomalous, isolated
position in the house of lords, and In
the house of commons Campbell Ban
herman continues to try to hold togeth-
err the various utterly discordant
branches of the opposition in his usual
bungling way
Lord Rosebery's speech the first day
was a delight to hear. and it reads as
well as all his speeches do. but Il was
not the sort of utterance likely TO pro-
party. His and Lord Spencer's harping
on the old strings certainly suggests
that neither-of these noble Lords has an
linkling that the government is more
nearly out OF its troubles than at the
close of the last. session, and Rosebery
at least, It seems, ought to have some
knowledge OF what is going on in high
circles.
The Irish question in its various man
ifestations rises with the opening of the
session in all it's might and with all its
characteristic bewiiderments. surprises
and humors, Poor. nervous, racibe
Swift MacNeil suffered the first bull
of the season from the nationalist
benches. He cried out to Bal
four, When will the Butler heliogram
and telegram be published? Answer,
yes or no." And roars OF appreciative
laughter arose from the conservative
side. UnhappIly there is no promise
that the perennial Irish problem will
be solved this session. IL. indeed any
whole hearted attempt Will be made to
solve 1t while the present government
Is in power. The great body of rather
sodden, middle class. English sentiment
Is stubbornly opposed to intelligent re-
forms In Ireland and the temper and
training OF the most influential tho GER
tainly not the wisest or best Irishmen
who get in parliament harm rather
than help their caase from year to year.
Meanwhile, comparatively speaking,
Ireland has been lately the most pros
porous and progressive section of the
United Kingdom. Irishmen who do not
NEEDLE in politics and do not fight land
lordism, whatever their private and po-
litical sentiments may be- have been
thing the few good acres to excellent
advantage and manufactures and other
industries have experienced notable
awakening. Mr. Wyndham has de-
clared definitely that no compulsory
land bill will be passed by the present
government, but the session is likely to
see the usual amount of legislation
aimed at the national evil Il mean lane
lordism. not rum) and witness the us
ual obstacles put in its way by the ma
tionalists, who would probably oppose
the wisest legislation to better Ireland
in the same way in the infatuation with
their scheme to bully home rule out of
England.
Arthur Lynchs friends have lately
taken new tack, and now declare he
was in South Africa only as a newspa-
per correspondent. but they have been
boasting too long of his achievements
in the field to make that course avail
able, and it is unlikely that he will APP
pear at ST. Stephens.
In the political world the hero of the
hour is Joseph Chamberlain. who has
gained greatly in public esteem because
of the unjust accusations made against
him in Germany and on the continent
generally, and who has shown his usual
skill in meeting the situation squarely
and unfiinohingly He is to get an adj
dress in gold box from the city of
London, which Is nothing If not con-
servative, and he has quite overshad-
owed Lord Rosebery in prominence in
public prints here and abroad in the
last few days.
1t Is Lord Rosebery's idea that in
boasting OF the governments foreign
policy he is spreading the tail of his
coat to be walked on, and the noble lord
proceeds to walk on it, but, poor az it
may have been. the governments for
eign policy is at least policy to which
Lord Roselery offers no alternative,
and has no party to carry it out IL he
did.
Meanwhile, the silly tempest of con-
tinental fury is subsiding, and 10, it is
Chamberlain and none of his enemies,
who is getting credit for calming it
down. AS for the prominence given
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