New-York tribune., 1903-10-06

rbe-de rTee trade and in MY published letter - NJ
possest ss 1rst Of these documents you had in your
- sslon before the generality of tie csby1e,
---e second you saw the r7a-1,s.-t-. s ,x :.
for - IN IA tae newspapers. With both here
49, - we're intimately acquainted during fha
l-oIe fortnight in which Won lent vo1,- oos7,+ 5 e
-..1o-tO 70 me government after the recent resie-
60 i must suppose therefore that ii "a
z,--s.. tlonal discrepancy between the
Nrl1,en and spoken words which now drives ,.o1,
ueset the administration Won So long
Tr1tl,-,-e S9lch unintentional discrepancies are
os--.5.-S-lco -lcoI hard 10 avoid. Not every one
CeI 81 IOslnly not lean always be sure NJ Ar5f7r
s-,sta-s4,Ir s4,Ir OF the moment. before az eager
S1-C-lCe O nVe thousand people. the precise
phrase which shall so deXtrouslv express the ex-
-. - oplhlon OF the speaker on difficult and ab-
CI seraCI subjects as TO foil his opponents who
nouio Wrest II either TO the right hand or 20
ne tert But till l o'clock this afternoon I had
CONFESS counted you not as an opponent but
e e colleague colleague in spirit as in name
= rt--L,s a one II would have seemed natural,
50 should have thought to take in cases Of ap-
ES aS.-l discrepancy the written rather than the
ekoAeH Norus as expressing the true meaning
q ne author. or. II this is asking too much at
sI leAsI 20 make an inquiry before arriving at a
nrlal hostile conclusion.
but after all what and where Is this dis
CLePaIcy which has forced you in Une<-
PeSCeo a tashlon TO reverse considered policy
40 not believe that il exists. and II any other
man than yourself had expended so mach in
Gulsitorial subtlety in detecting ir,AS Sina-y here
.--f---- = Se-- HiiSeC Ia n< Mas HIO.
aIAious 70 PICK quarrel than particular ss 20
Ohe sunclency OF its occasion. To you. fortu-
nstely- no such suspicion can attach.
1el an 1 Cnreasonabl in thinking tnat your
Tsslghation gives RE some just occasion q COM
paint and perhaps some special occa sScc Of
regret 70 yourseif2 Am l. for example. not right
IN complaining OF your procedure in reference to
my Sheffield speech? You fear that it will ag-
gravate the party division. II there is anything
certain L is that the declaration OF policy then
made produced and is destined % produce
greater harmony in the party than las ITe-
vailed since the fiscal question first came TO the
'front.' six months ago. Had YOU resigned on the
10th or had you not resigned at all this healing
e1ect would have suffered no Interruption To
resign now ana 20 resign on the speech is 10
take the course most calculated 70 make harder
the hard task OF the escsrnaKcr-
Again, Go you not feel some special regret at
having. al this particular juncture. 70 sever
your connection with j UniOniSt administra-
tion2 Doubtless. there is no ina aginable occa-
inficting on II serious loss. At the moment
of its most bCOyant prosperity your absence
from IFS councils would have been sensibly -elt
but YOU have in fact. left II when in the opinion
Of our opponents its fortunes are at the lowest
and its perplexities al the greatest
Nav be however you are spared this agra
walton Of the inevitable pain Of separation by
holding. 7 hold. that our opponents are IN
difficulty in carrying out the policy, which Tor
a fortnight YOU were willing 10 accept. by the
aid OF an administration, which for fortnight
YOU helped NJ 70 construct
on this point I feel no dtsquiet cannot pre-
tend 10 view with light equanimity the loss Of a
colleague whose services 70 the CniOnist party
no change and chance Of political fortune can
ferlpt any Cnionist TO forget Your sincerely.
A. J BALFoUR.
DEvONSHIRE To BALFOUR.
Late this evening the Duke Of Devonshire's
letter 20 Nj. Balfour. 70 which the foregoing
Continued on fourth pnse.