The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-14
ROSEBERY AGAINST CHANCE
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSES CHAM
 BERLAIN's FISCAL POLICY.

Speaks in GenernIities and Without Figures or Facts but Raises Great En- thusfasm Cannot, He Says. Leave the
 BriIiiant Known Tor the Dark Un- known.
 London, Oct. 13.--Lord Rosebery spoke tonight at Sheffield. whither he went in order to definitely record his opposi- ton to MT. Chamberlain's fiscal policy. He was greeted with the utmost entlu- siasm by an immense audience which he held in rapt attention for an hour and a hai Rosebery delivered a characteris- tic speech brilliant rhetorical denun- citation of protection interspersed with clever and caustic allusions to MT. Chamberlain and predicament in which he had placed the government.
 He doubted, he said, if there had ever been any fiscal inquiry. The ministry had probably investigated not the na- tion's commerce but the constituencies. He deprecated a policy of retaliation which would land the empire in a con- test with every nation in the civilized world. a contest to which Armageddon would be 8 friendly joust. He held that free trade had not failed, but had bene a great success. The new policy instead of solidifying would ten to dis- locate and probably dissolve the empire. His lordship warned his hearers that they could not try new policy and drop it if 1t failed. Protection once es- tabEshed could not be uprooted and would bring is it's train trusts, monopo- lies and probably corruption.
 If the country wanted to better itself. he continued let it cultivate it's scien- tisc spirit and better education and above all keep the universe for a reser- voir of food and raw material He ridi- culed the idea that the colonies would consent not to establish new industries for the benefit of the United Kingdom. A sair and practical imperial tariff could not be devised, and heaven pro- tect them from the bad blood and jeal- ousies that such an attempt would en- gender.
 He was doubtful about the proposition that a fiscal should precede a political union. In any event, what MT. Cham berlain's friends ignored was that ev- erythiag in the empire had been strong and successful because it was free and spontaneous. Lord Rosebery quoted Sir Wtlfrid Iiaurier to the effect that not restricted trade but only the most ab- solute freedom, political and commercial would succeed in building up the em- pire.
 In conclusion Lord Rosebery said that he could not forget the long agony with which the nation had passed from the protective system, which had brught it to the verge of famine and ruin, into the better and freer conditions now prevail ing. They could not risk this, splendid result on hazard of the political die. | They could not leave the brilliant known under any guidance or prophet ship for the dark unknown.
 A storm of cheers greeted his cIosiner regarks.
 Lord Rosebery made no attempt to re- flute MT. Chamberlains contentious by argument, statistics or detailed exam ination of his proposals. He confined himself to generalizations. He evoked applause by describing MT Chamber lain as the real head of the present goy- ernment. In reference to MT. Balfour's attempt to gag parliamentary discussion Of the fiscal problem, he said: ' You cannot prevent a storm by sit- ting on the barometer"
 He was loudly cheered when he de- clard that the prospect of worse rela- tions with the United States, Germany, Russia, and France was not alluring to |