The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
SOME NEW BOOKS.
Joseph Chamberlain.

terIdfns Speeches, edited by CHARLIE
W. BOYD and introduced by the RICH
Hon. AUSTEN CBAMBERLAfN 0Houghton
MiHlin), for renewal of the excitement,
~ British politics OF q day more re.
mote IN seeming than in actual inca
sure Of time will suffer a certain milk
disappointment. II is not the editor'i
fault but the natural result of ineluct.
sfJle conditions Mr. Chamberlain wat
30 copious a maker of speeches tina
even a two volume symposium Of hi:
poSBtical Quad personality must be eclec'
atc There il no quarrel with Mr.
Poydls selection. There are some In
slusons and some omissions that may
be questioned by individual readers, but
that Is inevitable and inconsequential
she printed addresses are representa-
tive. as tile editor meant them to be
II tho 'fuu sweep OF long and varied
career. None Of Mr. Chamberlain
,spiitical Vicisstudcs has been made
ar object Of editorial discrimination
But this Is not the Chamberlain
his contemporaries knew. IL could
not be-; the limitation is inhorent in
the premises. 1t is Chamberlain pre-
served by petrifaction The warmth
Of debalo is missed. Tho Chamberlain
we ItlutlIlutl was ~ Inh ,
giant whose battles were wagcd on the
plan Of give and take" This is, un-
avuidaby, all give" and no take
Joe Chamberlain is gone out Of life;
Joseph Chamberlain is gone into history
Perspective takes ghe place Of person
nlity. The Brummagem statesman is 10
he placed in his "nicnc." The speeches
are raw material Of judgment; Mr.
Boyis unoSentltlous running com
inent moulds II only partially
Chamberlain. friendly man that he
was in private lie, had many enemies
in politics, and they we're bitter enc
mes, and revilcd him greatly not with
cut some show Of reason. He was the
ASSASSIN Of parties and as il was
always his own party that he killed.
his victims called Inn. iu the heat OF
hattie and the fury u resentment, a
Judas" They were not the dcliber-
atcly selected victims uf mliae or spite
or demagoguery: those mean ,hings
were not in Mr. ChamberlIlu's formula
Their injured feelings were the I'M
pleasant hut perhaps Inevitable by
product Of the Workings ~ a mind
heedfm only Of the greater. Intimate
Object. Politicians iu opposition he
lievcd him sclf-ndulgeut auj con-
.ciorcclcss hv, +, Mas "a hiuhly ener-
tod ,.,ps,ior,s q. very stern sense of
an , ,omrio,o lack ~ selr-pjty and
.e,f-i,dpIyar., that mad. him. a marty
man" a scourge Of pdrtv There is a
fun meal for though. m the motives
that led to his wrccNiug On 1855. Of the
Gladstone radicals uu the home rule
reef and of Mr. Rtf,ur.S Uu.uuis. party.
lust twenty years . ar. with his IFS, t'
policy and his TirlU T. -Corm League, /.
after being i'm closes, alliance with
Gladstone and with Ea,fuur ON the
question Of imperialism he turned his
coat as the hostilv' S1n; or crossed
another HublCon. iu the kIndrr vo,abu-
larry Of his friends. Looking over his
speechcs, II is not apparent tnat his Ideas
Of imperial union changed In any
respect but THAI Of method ana means
10 attainment. When he made his
Journey TO south Africa. In l'O2-O3,
FAMOUS scientist down there said TO
MIN, as II is related; In those days
llSs1l I'm AFRAID d.dnt IKE your
African views. Ana you We're f'Sh''
replied the colonial Se'r''.ay. IN
tpeech AT 't'nSO"i"uNh' ftpI ""lN ],
lso5' on preference me ifne Imperial
fohcy' ne sad OF 'ihlN parry system
VI ours II II NtIN EoO" ~ tunes
! 90 rpt HhNSe" N"o" ~" We are
80 ~, VI" "'.''o"l a. '"' d" I'm '" '''S''
ANo '"r 1t - "'''''N '"' VI P''''
NY 'ra'noeria'h assertions ana ne"
enllstmcnts were nor made IN the DARK
nor md ne herald them II me noon
hSht lie SIMPLY made ihtm' ana
Weathereu 'he i"lIoN.lS storm serene
an the consciousness OF sincerity ana
'uIuatneh'"i correctness hu, no"
were theSe lhlhgs posS'o'e Was me
Iroupie III the man or me system :
plu ne OF MS party H'Nttse rom the
"lGlhdl agreement: OF ana the S'tua-
non chanEe IN snch way ana TO such
on extent AZ u" ulr"" lhe Nh"ie ar .
Management "u- OF gear MI manner r
IAN was Huirclch'lN Pr"cilct party
man 10 c"ncooe "no-'hlid OF ms per
e'ual programme Tor me sake oi the
"'h'r iNo-tnirdS "ptalhdhie through the
lns'rnmehiahiN OF party machinery
INC euitor explains inc irregularities on
the GROUND oil growth IN statesmanshlp,
nu' lhe explanation ilchs something OF
inc hhall'y that MI Chamberiain
se'"'cu always anle |" command IN ms
uu''ldI,ccs NHen statesman SfoWs
uhouEh sucn Srl-IcNefSa'S one may
Wo''u'r "hetner ne mas p'en ieaNinE