New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

snd the speech IS characteristic one,
or characteristic Of one side Of him.
somebody had underta ken 10 eKpoUnd
10 Mr. Ha16ane the mysteries of Ger
man metaphysics. and this was his an
swer-the beginning Of his answer. 81
The end Of which the expounder depart
q unhappy. Whether Mr.. Haldsne does
IN truth know the whole Of the "Critique
Of Pure Reason" ~ heart or not he has
at any rase an acquaintance with Ger
man philosophy more fun and minute
and exact and comprehensive than most
Elglishmen. Whether il its him or IN
fts him for MS duties as War Minister
may be a question. OF the fact there is
10 question. Not one Of his colleagues
IS IN this respect MS rival Not one OF
lis opponents on the Front Bench has q
similar turn o. mind. except the author
C the Defence OF Philosopllic Doubt
Rut neither in Nj BalfouT's case nor in
Ny Hsldane's is x thought that the
-7edirztionss Of the closet add much 10
their efficiency as debaJers or political
leaders.
l. "a SChopenhauer and not Kant with
whom Mr. Hal6ane Is most closely ioen-
-s6ed. lie translated and published
MANY wears aEo Schope erhaue-5s World
a. VIII and Idea.- "a kind OF Handbook
- Schopenhsaer. He made the Ereat
arostre of despair the delight ot Eng
lfsh usi5ens ard Young nlstTons-
,,s,e met many q one WAC talked
-..borarhz7.o~ fuen-Iv. and sometimes
ore or more who had mastered him and
knew what his system really meant and
what his influence on life and thought
had bAen. ] once said Sd 20 Nr- Hal
dane who answered "Tcu have vide
srqustrtance.
That Is --o. l. The AIr. Haldane whom
the British public knows rs better maj
Gated bv snecdote No ,. as follows
when the new Minister If Var intro
Sr,e5 in The House o- Commons ms
hin fo- The reorganization NJ tbs Brit
ssh sr--v h made speech i've hours
long sreech crowded with Facts. with
zzrrAz with cou7plicaJed eznos1ticns c+
ne new scheme IS 2 whole ana IN &c
,ar- ~ v-F7o7e consecutive and lun7t-
nous In answer 10 2 question Ar- RAJ
dane said
Yes made II without = note L had
--r7rtrg n writing. not even mage OF
%g--=z Ba- that Is nothing In the da--s
v--- --zs h-s- at the bar have
zo-e-.--=s gone into court not knowing
which 7re q haI1 a dozen causes would
r0--e q that Ga-. but auite ready 70 20
IT Nth any on= q thenn. and not note
IN an one cf trs six
They were causes of importance and
d7n-1ft-- for III. Haldane's practice lay
sD --e Court of Appeals. the Privy Coun-.
,r and the House oI Lords The COZ
sf5e-ef decisions Of these courts are
..,.--s+5--e- rra.-zhed IN The Times.
which for such purposes. is a klna ol
laH. Annual Register and FIJI SIX or
eight columns. closely printed IN sHaL
--ae 7 imagine that not many harris
.-z Concerned IN cases Of that n7agni-
-.5e dealt with them IN the same way
4z-t -T~ Eal6ane was one Of the most
,f.rir-vis-sd and most successful among
frem all
rsed II know Nr. Haldane HtISe
sD those legal DAYS. which were also po-
r+.car. lcr he Eas been in Parliament
-+,-a 7SE5 a. member for EaddinEton-
Erf-e. in Scotland. Z stu know him
---,e brt meet him less often in the
rose-s where he vas then most often
- ae seen. He was always a Liberal
INT IN he 2 Liberal IN 1885 was one
srfre. and 10 be what Is called LID
,-s1 IN these days IS quite another Lib
cral-Couservative is the phrase Wnlch
hest defined the party which Mr- Glao-
-tore led-er best defined il till leSo-
The Liberal Of to-day Is Sociallstlc-
-.adilal. OF whoEn I believe NJ Roose-
syslr agT.rGIes- IN the gradual resolution
cf Liberalism into its constituent ana
,.5nr.cttrg clements Ny Haldane cast
a - lot With Lord Rosebery, o. whom
,-. was friend. both political and per
Eara1 When the -BanneTTnan
Ministry v-- formed II 1900 Nj Hal
uane was made Secretary Of State Tor
War. and when sir Henry Campbell
Pa1uermau died. IN 1905. and Mr.. As
critb succeeded him as Prime Minister,
aIr HaIdane remained Minister Of War.
and IS Minister Of War to-day
Upon which two things are 10 he said
riis chief business. IN addition 10 the
great administrative duties Of tie War
Office. has been the taking 10 pieces OF
TIE army and putting il together
again. The operation has been per-
formed with skill but not without Gre
.--Iug discomfort. and more than discon-
fent-grave doubts as TO the military
future Of Great Britain That. however,
nay be inseparabIe from any process Of
military construction The second
thlng has affected MI. Haldane's posi-
rion II 3 different way. Remaining
Cabinet Minister, he mas remained re-
FDonsibIe for the Cabinets policy. The
SINS il they be sins Of Nj Asquith. Of
SIr. Lloyd-GeorEe and Of Mr- Winston
Churchill. are all laId, IN z measure. to
The account Of Mr. HaIdane. Not be
cause he is the ruling spirit in the Cabi-
ret for he is not; but because the Cabi-
net. whatever il may be IL Council, is
homogeneous in public. Lord Mel
bourne. IN whom the spirit Of English
politics was incarnated. when Prime
Minister in ls41. and when a Cabinet
Council was about 10 break up in dis
agreement. set his back against the