Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
Rosebery's Opposition to the
Campbell annermanRegime
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, December 23-If one were to
Judge Of the drift Of events. forgetting the
historic names Of the great parties Of Great
Britain and ireland, there are four great
parties instead Of two-perhaps more-but
certainly four. One of these is the party
headed by the new premier, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, another headed by
Mr.. Balfour, the former premier and lead
er of the conservatives, now leader of the
opposition to Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man. Lord ,Rosebery and Mr.. Chamberlain.
The split In the conservatives regarding
matters of fiscal policy between Mr.. Bal
four and Mr.. Chamberlain Is well known.
But the split in the camp of the liberals
is so sudden that all England is talking Of
1t with bated political breath. And soon.
1t Is believed, these mutterings and whis-
perings will make so great rent in the lib
erals that there will certainly be four large
sized, well developed political parties when
the era of the general elections takes place.
The theory is advanced that when Lord
Rosebery saw the political newspapers talk
ing about the split in the unionist party he
declined to be outdone and decided to create
@ more real and sensational split In the on
position. After declaring with his hand
upon his heart, as the children say, that he
would not even now utter one 1arring note
which could conflict with the unity of the
free trade party" he went on ito say. en-
phatically and explicitly. and once for ALL
that he could not serve under that ban
ner"
Rosebery Opposes Home Rule
THAT banner Is the home rule flag,
which, again to quote Lord Rosebery, the
honored and responsible head of the liberal
party has hoisted once more, In its
most pronounced form. at Stirling" Lord
Rosebery had provided himself with full
report of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's
speech. He told his fellow Cornishmen--
Lord Rosebery is freeman of Falmouth
that he was sorry to say that more care
full perusal had only confirmed and
strengthened the misgivings which he fell
when he first read the speech and he
could not conceive that 1t was possible for
him to have nisread Sir Henry's utterances,
because II was so careful, so strenuous and
so reiterated" Lord Rosebery interpreted
that remarkable utterance as 1t had been
universally interpreted, except by the faith
ful henchmen of electric radicalism, whose
mission Is to explain away any indiscre-
lions of the "honored and responsible head
of the liberal party. Lord Rosebery took
the passage to mean what II could only
mean and was intended to mean-"home
rule by degrees" Sir Henry's words are so
direct that they will bear any amount OF
repetition. IF installment Of represen-
tative control were offered to Ireland or any
administrative Improvement he would adj
wise the nationalist thankfully to accept It,
provided 1t was consistent and led UP to
their larger policy.-but," he repeated s.it
must be consistent and lead up to their
larger policy" Mr.. Redmond says that
"larger policy is home rule pure and sim
pie, unauthorized and unqualified.
II Lord Rosebery stood alone his emphatic
and explicit refusal would not so much mat
ter. But there is the liberal league, Of which
he is president and OF which Mr.. Asquith
Mr.. Haldane Sid Edward Grey and Sir
Henry Fowler are prominent officials and
: the great majority of successful radical
candidates at byelections are adherents
What of them? Under which banner are
they going to serve? Lord Rosebery demurs
to the revival OF the home rule policy on
several grounds, and among them ION
high constitutional objections, founded on
she experience. the recent experience, of
foreign European countries" How do his
feilow-liberai leaguers view these high
constitutional obtections7' The little rift
in the unionist lutte Is really uninteresting
compared to the hole that Lord Rosebery
has knocked In the radical big drum.
Effect on Government.
OF course. what most people are asking
themselves ana their neighbors Is whether
and In what respect this escapade OF Lord