New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-26

80 la~r century NN"itNtt t"'N ""r "
..sr O. his time. do not care what
s,s critics mSy say about his CONVEX
,~ rom radica}lsm 20 conservatism.
~,,. -~,-t Do adds one more 90 his
80 claims 90 gratitude but, whether
4. Sc,s o. no.. issues OF party politics
80 vc..lnC Sd DO with mis- place m
10 hearts o. ms eOun;rywcn or his
See ,- che history o. England. Gam
..--s ,.rd 20 the defeated Due de
g-o-he. trc coup d'etat minister under
N,cNahcu. You are not a man or EouV
--.r am = man C my TIME. 10 IS
log .hat sense ard with this memory OF
..s Great FreuchNan that ! apply ms
.,,,~e 90 che great EnghSnman.
~,v % ae B man O. your ;ime IS no'
% -e ~ the movement or - SWIM
..s t-e stream. IL IS 20 be me guid-
force. 90 understand tuc forces
20 re irresistible but 20 turc them
30 highest uses Gambetta did
ANA Cham beriaiv dld .nat. DO
., r-.ss the comparison. me c'F-
.,,s+a,css were different; che men
.-s 4, sercut. But TO nls environment
b ..ood .n similar relation. ana
--.b So. MS own seal and stamp ON the
-.s.---.s Of his country. France WIN
~. C.-,bct.a would have fallen 10
-,s,.. .- 1870 AMI me years that lo--
,~e. England v.tnou; Oh2m oeL ram
~..- veil have remained t"c Island
Ar--om sne vas. .-,...
ne .alk o. D sracli as an lmper.allst.
-,s q, Inuerialist who denounced
~. ,-,io-ies rs an circumference. he
49, the material OF Empire ready %
.~- and tor the shaping. ana cast II
...f. Later. no became an Imperial
.ls.r... j stage beyond which ne
49,. ucssed. NJ. Gladstone was
-sv,~ m any. sense az lmpeTiaAS,
No. Emoire tut England filed ms
mud. ard even England. or at least
even me United Kingdom. ne was
-ss6v 10 dismember and strove 20 dls-
-,s--bt~. Other contribution 20 the
rsuse Of Empire ne had none 10 offer.
Lord Salisbury had IN him me soul
~ the ImDerialist. but MS hte-worA
and ms policy when he became Prime
Minister had other aims and necessl-
-ies
ask YOU 20 note that each one OF
these three leaders rose 20 the nlgAeSl
place. each was Prime Minister, and
eacr. as Prime Minister. had IN
erlalled opportunities 10 imperallze
r--land The Prime Minister. while
10 s Prime Minister. is the Govern
~e~- lie rules -eacn one OF me
-r-ee ruled in fact over four hundred
~ ,nors Of people scattered loosely
around the globe. No one OF the three
--rtened the bonds between peoples or
denendenoies and the mother-country'
a, they found the Empire they LETT II.
~-e- we're always. often reluctantly,
,.1s,rr possessions or protectorates 20
.hs huge fabric To bind them for all
me together was beyond their power
o- beyond their conception o. puoIc
duty.
Nr. Chamb ePiain was never Prime
Minister. He had a. no moment OF his
life either the power or the oppor-
-1~-les which belong 20 that post. lie
was Colonial Minister and nothing
more. But mark what he did, while
ne vas Minis seer and before.
He found the British Empire a geo
-raorical expression. He LETT u
reality. he round IL az aggregation o.
1,--doms. Colonies. Military Deepen
.4-clcs and inherited possessions.
These Kingdoms. Colonies and the res
.re-. inhabited by many widely c-r err
NJ races. with scarce an Ioea 10 com
mon. with no social o. effective poht-
cal conference. Language. religion Gus
-o-e. Institutions. all were Cn-Ae ana
often conflicting. FOR them all Parma
mems made avs n the .4st resort en-
.o~ceaDle a. 20 the Colonies only ln
mo last resort For each Colony It's
.ou Parliament leCislated. Incla
..r.cA ou- omuIsclenr NJ Bryan
-ou-h- a Colony and other military
..-e~lercies were governed from Lon
don. each In @ different way. There
sisted centra. authority. but SO cor
used and contradictory tnat no dennl-
--o- or . covers any TWO OF the UNITS
.' which .- applies
This chaos Nr Chamberlain reduced
CD order on. Of ali these warning con
.eD-lors o. -ne relations between the
.-o-.,o~40- parts OF the Empire ne
brought harmon lie did -w0 tnlngs.
-r--. he taught England and the Eng
-.- peop,e beyond the seas 20 thlnh
-~Deriali,. The phrase IS his. lie hrs'
--ed ,t He first taught me lesson
--.- % England. -ren 90 the autono-
nous colonies. Never Tor one momen
did ne seek 20 rlr counter 90 the spir'l
~ au-onor. ous independence wnlcn pre-
vailed. and still prevails, ir Canada lh
Australia. iu New Zealand. In south
t-~ica ne created that spirit 10 ORDER
b.. nee - later as q means OF bringing
parts " South AFRICA togetner as
r--or. and all In loyalty % England
and +ne Empire al whole
do not know whether required
,-a rr.7e- genius 90 preach this sospe-
.. r~r'--d or 90 the Colonies Iiem-
selves To nave done either would nave
been life task for the nlGnesJ orlet
az .-1-eerzrshiD. He did DOtn. he
...--. Canada. half Roman Catholic
French. 20 regard herself as an integral
11r. ~ great Protestant Common