Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
LIBERALS ALL ACOG
Effect Of Lord Roseberry's
Burst of Candor.
THE IRISH QUESTION
KAISER SUFFERING FROM DIS
EASE OF THE EAR.
Winter Sports Now ON in Europe
Lock Of Nelson's Hair Sold
Historic Homes.
sr,ecial correspopdepce Of The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, December 2, 1906
Lord Rosebery's remarkable burst of can
dor regarding his unwillingness to fight UNI
der the banner of home rule has set the lib
erals all ageg, and all hands are working
hard to smooth things over and restore har-
mony. Lord Rosebery is undoubtedly right
about his position, but 1T is perhaps bad
policy for political leaders to air their diff
ferences at a time like this. Even those
liberals who are most sympathetic to Lord
Rosebery's general views agree that he has
made a deplorable faux pas, for they know
very we'll that home rule If by that is
meant the establishment of an Irish parlia-
ment, VIII form 10 part whatever of the
policy of the next government. Lord Rose
berry himself said down at Stourbridge only
u month ago the policy which he believed
was marked out for the next liberal gov
ernment'-a policy of large administrative
reforms and the eve.opment of local in
situations in Ireland" Beyond a liberal in
depreciation of these principles the liberal
government will not go.
One supreme tactical considerable alone
dictates how far they will carry their Irish
policy. They will not carry it beyond that
point at which they might safely appeal
again to the confidence of the country in
defiance of the rejection of their plan by
the house of lords. Moreover they are con-
scious that they viii derive at the coming
election no small support from free traders
who prepared for an Irish compromjse
for the sake of smashing protection, but
who will not support liberal free trade
government If it involved the establishment
of home rule.
The explanation of Lord Rosebery's cr,Idsr
emphasis must be sought in his tempera-
ment. He has morbid love for unneces-
sary candor, and a coura geous, but indis-
Greet indlnerenee to what is inopportune. He
resembles the late Marquis of Salisbury In
this. And the protectionists who are So
jubilant today naturally do not point ont
that even laundering honesty, which nuts
personal point of view in nutshell, is
more admirable than the laborious artfice
by which prime minister conceals his onin
ions during many weary months of coniec-
ture and remain wilfully silent under a hail
of diverse interpretations.
But the mischief has been done ire ae
feet has to be faced. Protectionists TODAY are
unanimous in saying that now Mr.. Balfour
must strike while the iron is hot, dissolved
and force the liberals to exhibit their own
disunton instead of dwelling on the chaos
in the fiscal army. They are all hot on the
scent of the red herring which Lord Rose
berry has disobligingly trailed across the free
trade pain. believe that Lord Rosebery,s
speech Will have consequence lust &c =, =
mentous as Mr.. Chamberain's Bristol Org.
ton. He has come to Mr. Balfour's rascna
and shows him how he may cover up the
In burning his boats. The prime minister
Will now, believe, stake eyerything on
an early resignation, without dissoJ1tton
and Win challenge the liberals to pick up he
gauntlet. w TUG
The kaiser's ear Is again troubling him
and 1t Is stated that London specialist no.
been sent for. The last London spec,aIIst
VINO was summoned to Berlin to examine
a member of the imperial family was Sir
MoreA Mackenzie, and the present en-