The sun., 1909-06-16
LORD R0sERERY's SPEECH,
10 an Observer OF British Statesmansh,n
It sasgests litter nefI ectiops,

To THE EpIToR or TEE SuS--Sp. I,-d
| Rosabery's speech at the Imperial Pre-,
Congress foreboding war and "a return -
barbarian was nothing but a compound NJ
yelled hypocrisy aud egotism repArdin.
England's position and her designs.
Lord Rosebery speaks OF other Enrops,r
Powers as preparing for war under ,ha
cloak OF peace negotiations. He nn.,
Judge them by EnglaDd's prevailing custon,
The Hague Court OF Arbitration was estah.
lished when England and her Unionist d,.
tenders. Rosebery and Chamberlain. wsr.
talking OF peace while they were prenari,,
for one OF the most unjust and expensive
wars In history that ended In the destruc.
tion of the Boer Republics in South Africo
These republics were then and before ,b"
war growing and prosperous coun,rss.
now there Is nothing left but desolstlon and
poverty. except the monopoly OF the nine
Why did not Rosebery then call upon N,
ia xpayers and workingmen of EnRlssS
to rise up and say that they would bay.
no more Of this madness and foolery vbios
is grinding them to powder" as he want
the worklngmen OF the world to say now
on the eve OF the opening Of the temnIo
Of Janus?
Htosebery should be as frank when spest.
ing to all Europe as he would be In deAp,
with weaker and subject nations, and sac
to them: England alone has the rich,
! to build Dreadnoughts and prepare 10 dc.
fend and retain her centuries OF m Qo,tor
possessions and heartless conauests" under
the pretext OF spreading civilization M
other European Power should have the rIgh,
Sr..slss iste ssrhs4lsm % SS pfepsPlns aR's for Or
or asnes s.s &c bs ehsEs %Sss 6e
the Turkish Empire has to be divided nm
some time. No European nation knows
when its turn may come to be absorbed
ready with like equipment. ''''
or the sixty or more years OF Ir!oria's
reign, there was IS scar,cel, one year without
time royal commission under the Glad. lad
stone Government, reported that Ireland
had been SvertaSed proportlonately in sup
ns seer HeT 70 ndusres eH sesas and eo s5
and her people scattered into exile by tSe
Under d the Of ,Pe a FGSs ,b5
won her independence. and from then rtifaH natiI
iso0 her prosperity wss oha en% and her
Happened? In 1900. When Eneland" nd" was wnst a.
peace With other nations, she forced the
as Of 5ea1d tSat oy s Dsr6 d et55be1y t5. and
the population OF ireland has been reduced
70 loss than .oo9. .oo9 through law crested
famines and landtord tyranny.
From O'Connell to Psrnell. attempts
have heen made to repeal this accursed
amounts 10 the same. thing. In face Of ali
the light and Justice. shown and &C
knowledged In the demand. Roseberr.
chsmberlaln ard The late Lord salisbury
Of Justice to Ireland: but the Irish ouet-
tor e only an incident in the career q the
the European Powers and The CIVILIZED
lead ip the building Of Dreadnoughts while
talking OF peace, after her record Of cppidlty,
spoliation and conquest for centuries.
Now Rosebery calls upon the English
colonies and the friends Of the British En-
pean war. England's statesmen are fore
most in their fnr seeing and brilliant
bility Of q war that may be OF doubtful
success. The. colonies and other nsNots
that may feel inclined to aid England or
form an alliance with her, would be mucl,
safer from disturbance " they allowed
owes to civilization and justice.
BROOKLYN. June II. J. b. MURPHY.