New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-12
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Rosebery - Lloyd GEORGE :
Winston Churchill.
London Nay f.

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was laundering against the use Of n.
Indian scalping knife in warfare With n.
American revolutionists and appealin,
eloquently TO Lord North 10 save the en-
pire BY making peace on the basis OF a
federal union Of the colonies. So ALA
does Lord Roscbery In denouncing fra
Parliament bill which the Lords hay.
passed on second reading as submissive
ly and listessly as they might hav,
agreed to a gas bill II II be true tha,
this is a process OF ending the Lord,
without a better prospect OF mendln-
them than is offered By an amoiguou,
preamble, a swan song for the patricia,
lawmakers ought to have been heard 3,
that ancient assembly. and who couN
declaim It with more mel0dious vo,os
and moro dramatic gesture than th.
leader without followers? Lord Rose.
berys political career has been cut IN
midway by the eccentrlcity Of his Own
genius Unlike Chatham, who wa,
within sight OF leadership when he wa,
struck down by fatal illness AT West.
minister. Lord Rosebery has passed b..
yond the range OF coalition ministries
and political reactions. AS the most er.
ratio and impracticable Of politicians hs
Is never again likely to be Prime Minis.
ter, but he has no rival as an orator and
histrionic parsonage.
Such an incident as his Grafton on ths
prospective decline and dissolution az
the House OF Lords may not have been
serious politics. but how interesting Il
was TO watch him and 10 listen 10 the
mastery use OF a perfectly managed
voice. He was in tragic mood. and yet
delightfully."- humorous in his comic by.
play. His poses were theatrical his
gestures were as varied as his meta.
phors, and illustrated vividly his sar.
casms and ironical passages. and while
his faintest whisper could be heard from
the galleries, his imprisoned declama-
ton rang through the House like the
blare OF a golden trumpet He was an
actor as we'll as an orator-a figure to
be watched as closely through an opera
glass as one Of the Irvings at theatre
He chuckled like a satyr over the hol.
lowness OF the governments preamble;
he crosse mined Lord Morley with tire
mock gravity Of a Portia; he welcomed
| Lord Marchamley, an oldtime Liberal
whip, with flippant bandlnage: he
| blessed the Archbishop OF Canterbury
with mellow cadence for bringing
message OF peace and in the next breath
satirized the Lord Chancellor FOR wiring.
ing the doves neck and serving It ID
with the olive branch. Everything was
done with the grand manner OF old-tash.
toned oratory. There could hardly have
been a more doleful and hopeless speech;
and yet there was not dull moment Cor
Lords or spectators.
The saddest thing about an eloquent
teremiad like this swan song on the
passing OF the Lords is the speakers
own sense Of limitations and failure
The graces Of delivery. the incessant
play OF humor. the invention Of fresh
metaphors, the "reminiscences OF Glad
stone, the purple patches Of eloquencs
and pathos and the complete mastery Of
the art Of speaking emphasize the fact
that one Of the most versatile and &C.
complished Englishnlen in public life has
played himself off the stage where he
once seemed destined 10 triumph. II was
easy for Lord Haldane 10 answer Lord
Rosebery logically by quoting from
speeches made by the Liberal Prime
Minister IN 1891. when he was convinced
that the Lords were wasting time ani
that the Commons must be made un-
mistakahly the predominant partner
That Lord Rosebery IN the course OF
seventeen years should have changed his
mind, have been frightened by progress
sive Liberal policies and have reverted
to a vacillating conservatism ought nc.
10 excite surprise. What is lamentaby
true IS the waste OF a brilliant leaders
gifts and influence. In a constitutional
crisis Lord Rosebery's voice is Ike
rushing wind in a broken chimney pot
Nothing comes of II because he has
ceased TO be regarded as a practical
statesman The peeresses enjoy the
spectacle through their lorgnettes; the
epigrams flash and the metaphors are
multiplied; and for all the help that
Lord Rosebery can give the country
must make up its mind 10 muddle
through the crisis somehow. as It mud
died through the Boer war and many
worse situations
Mr.. Lloyd George, pale faced and
wrinkled prematurely. is a striking foil
for the eloquent earl. who has swarms OF
advisers, but no longer any followers
He has the main body OF workingmen
behind him, and as the most advanced
and democratic member OF the Ministry
is the real champion OF Radicalism. The
Chancellor. having proved that the re-
sources OF Free Trade are ample io'
financing social reform when the rlch
are thoroughly bled from year 10 year
while they live and their heirs are COM
PEELED TO divide their inheritance w.ta
the state. ia now explaining and defena'
ing a most stupendous scheme OF COZ
lectlvism. His insurance bill, which has
passed the second reading without oppo'
sition Will involve. according 70 his own
estimates. the annual expenditure Oh
f16. 1000 900 In sickness. disability and uh'
funds. II the original esu'
mates for old ago pensions were ohH
one-half OF the actual outlay. II Is prov
a BILE that the cost OF the new Insurance
scheme would exceed f300OoooV whe"