The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-14

LONDON. Sept. 14-One of the great
est political sensations of the year in
Great Britain was Lord Rosebery's ac-
ceptanee of an invitation to address the
recent anti budget meeting in Glasgow.
To those well acquainted with Lord
RoseEery'S views on the all absorbing
topic of the budget, the announcement
of his appearance before the Scotch
business men who are opposing the
measure did not come as a great sur
prise although even his most iHti
mate friends hardly expected him to
take part in the campaign in such a
public manner. To the masses, how
ever, the attitude of Rosebery came as
a sudden shock, and as he has large
following among those who do not
profess allegiance to any party he
will be a formidable opponent.
There is little doubt that Roseberys
stand has resulted in severing the last
link in the chain that bound him to
organized following. The independent
voters are to be reckoned with, how
ever, and sole politicians profess to
see in Rosebery's program an ambition
to become the head of a new political
organization.
New BIeriot Machines.
Advices from Paris state that this
week will witness the completion of
no less than dozen of the Bieriot
flying machines. duplicates of the Bile
riot XI. which flew across the English
channel, and that within a month fifty
of the aerial craft will have been turn
ed out from the factory near the
French capital.
Two of these machines will be seen
in America, where M. Bleriot is anx-
ious to make a good showing. The
monoplanes are sold at $4,000 each and
all have been contracted for in advance.
Some of the purchasers have received
offers of premium of from $1,000 to
$4,000 to turn over their craft as soon
as completed. Several of the Bleriot
XII machines are also under construc-
ton, but the popular demand appears
to be for the smaller machine
The Bleriot XI is the small mono
plane carrying but one person, while
the Bleriot XII is built for one or two
passengers besides the operator. In
his original XII M. Bleriot carried two
persons a short time ago.
In length it is not much greater
than the smaller machine. the latter
being 90 feet but the wings are
stronger and somewhat longer.
South Africa Bill.
With the appreciation of the two
great parties in British politics, the
bill which cnfirms the Federation of
the South African Colonies, and which
will give them a union closer than the
Australian states or the Canadian
provinces. seems certain to accomplish
it's purpose under the most suspicious
circumstances.
Colonel Seely, who fought in the
Boer war, had the happy task as
under secretary for the colonies. of
bringing forward measure destined
to complete the good work of bringing
Boer and Briton as brothers together
under the Union Jack
He said that all previous schemes
of union had failed, notably those
put forward by Sir George Grey and
Lord Carnarvon mainly because they
were hame made. In this case the
bill came from South Africa itself.
Such a union as was now contemplated
could only be effected when the people
of the country were united by a COM
mon settlement and a feeling of COM
mon nationality.
Men who fought against each other
in the recent war were now unitedly
supporting the measure, and the bill
recognized that they were all one peo-
pie under one king and one parlia-