BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 10

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

jjW % JLb ,th©re -to' ■•Pβ j a dissolution.?: ■■• .What'; ;<;;.■. thei .Govenimen't, do ;■if •','s- cannot Saturday :that ■v iX" a'[ dissolution"; seems: if6'' us "> toVdepend ) on .■.• ; ;,vthe. --i-Mr:r 'of'"his •;^oilaMes.>:()£;isucceßS.;i^t-;;ilie:i : ;pollßj^,^ Vvi flying »"';'!from j- ;; : ; lips ,K.,aiitl ■;': J ; of ' y... inen:may mean rio thing," it■ adds 'i , ..'. As "S .rule,; S; J wbon i members ■of; the. Oppositioii. talk ' about ?!:;■ t ath«v;!to; the though't.^But ''the^rcmarlf able r ;Bf attt: about ; : tho'r:prescitXgblitical: Eitiiatio'ii ■', is .■•■JthatitheVrcspqnsible- leader's of .'thev Unionist ■ ;Vsparty'do. riot iwant-. : a dissolution: just yet; ■..The ■ •VitiaUi about' -'dijsiplviag'' obaiesvironi''' '"dif-' ; :ihovPar- : : the;blevereßt f :of'.tbe' : Eiajiy'-'oleyei'i ■^Syoung''men;!.who-- semi is :re- ; .;;<•: portcd'ixj^haye'tiised Y'ihem i iyordsY at;. , Strati : !..'.;■>lord'ir—'; ■^^Kad '. rushed::intp' an. en-, ,: ;^'ga^meiit'whioh;jnnst i cnd.in : Hhev : abbliti<)n i bf •V:;.it;;; avoid largo":political party' ; ; :t"couM shiHi iS; : inner; secrets OofVthe. but-he- ftilt- he ; : 'f;,cocil<lv ; say,' ; thi>t -the'"^!^ , : 1 astphishih'gj fanv ;::iriastibji:andiextravagant; : pro9eduro;cpuld''hbt' ; It iwas'.- hol^forv the: ; 'i-sb;'tliat- it'; , ; suited •their; 'enemy; •JtKey'jwould; Sf : 'bh6o^: ; it:to/. : ij::;iVofe--Biir i and : a ;■ ;!'.thftt- kq :jbloii'sed/tlie'ij^t'p?ixam-. , | vA inp}'illftVcqnstitutibn, ; and ; 3 ; '.?.j'J|fas^^a'h: : '-is::dnly;r i ,repeati'ng : ■'i;has':ibeon' ? u'rg'ing' :, 'fo : vv;'pas|; : 'ahd^what, : ,the;' ; '.We>tmirister'Gazette;' ; j;; hasvbegunVinits/philosbpbic'way torrheditateV i'i ; ;;iWe do" ii<}t;sugg&tthat thp'Prinie'Mihistef is j;;: tein'g^arj^n-bjjyiis^re^Svana;b v y,his : iybuiig; ::.' bloods ?; ih|p7-.tninKing >'.pf '\ a»: dissolutipn ;' "We" y itisXl '-j Oui- ; !;.;.. Suggestion -is ;that. ''the; J?rime -ilinis fer: is fly-( kVJJng ;: *iteß; to .way .the wind'.site? ;'.•':■•-

'fi* : f:, A'^Anytbing:•>athCT:,thanie\disßolution,'./is : -;>';. ■;Still;-"'.the;;iribttp. of ,#}rf hepiselyiw v-Liberjils,' Without JMllsmg tfjjat ::V,, .the:, effective; /workvpf -Liberalisiii-'in -the'.Brit-. k;:': ih'o; ■a'HNatitm^^^ J baiinot'beHeve^tliat : 'i;lii3"iYnr S,fceytheo. final.'attitude,':rif;,thevparty/V.as',' a: : >J '[ ;/muph'!: inoro "'■': tnai .'■•;■ the: ;i;:-i;:^ats;of 7 :.;.-as(whether',-thbLiberal'-party^is^prepa'red'-.to' , C:v7;fight;tlie. battle;of ;tK<3Constitutioriv : or tokeflr.t fi: Jvcounteridissplution - iu: far< more; complete b^teii;:sßut lr-, ing; /again,' 1 and .no - future. Liberal S^quisife/assw^ ; : iWvCpn6tij;ufibn^]v ! ineSnpayailable: ; -fpr"cbm'&l? :s«:iung; tbeJEprds^; submit^tp/ the 'will; of■ the for:;the ; '& w,« a %°£i a : little; longer-life; it ■:■*.'■:. cquntryiwith; an-: admission: of-'impotencef it' (.without couijtsin ; public life;' nothing -we 'wtho' '$■[; .'Nation.^;- ; ;";(TKe.:!.lifertandi■ yigour/; of ;thp-::|:Liberalj;partp'd€pend;'bn--numbprs; ::bf <me> ;«,» n O/™^n:,tKrpugliout:;the'cpuiitry;wKqi iiiye. of: lbye/for politics M-a-gaine,-' but■ : p: KY9W?$$ feeling fonppliticaKfrecddm; ■ for' ;^SHMarifyi-believing, that,; the;. Labou r■■'■'■ party.v;;> fe ;;;/n° f #e^iberal^arfy: ! aß^the?grea#a>ailaWo : tliem'be co'iwiiiced 1 r-$. iS'dwl-.andits keenness gone,, and : ,th»y- will;;t^u^'^the 1 w o *- : ' n - power<nien/who pan make-no ■;,\effeetl|e;;;use'pf.;it l^nd.wnihot-rißk ; it;in'tlie : ;|ill;l>e -ys m :;.;J:^m^: : ?d\ ;w^'The/r|f*t^^ •■* l V '?-? $^ iona, , '' "ffi ,I | l^ d 'i» ar i; anonymous:.: article; bra-Member' ot c «™>taenfc or. ; a/subject iwh'ichf is' earnestly , M nva D s ?l - ? er « v er. : Fpionists;'for'gatheri -•,:■; JJlr..;J3alfour's;taek;:in v forming; the ; next'-Ad- ; •■; ?.i, pmistratiohr; /the/writer's-demand r for ■ ? :W^^ bl^ii? "lsayß;,«e\€ditor,v/f.our > re"a'dert ; '•■■^ 1 Wf en Sf a ! Iy::;agree::^We-}havo1y::;agree: :^We-}havo'i iio"d'e'Bira;:to' : A^ h ! n ! £ ' 1^l I ?^raßle;that;theiffhoKvquMtibn l ofi vftr rr ° lalm . s ,V: s . h< ! uld ■Dβ;dispassionately reviewed; V : December; 9-AalEb:-; ?V^^f^ .?time; ; ;h R s;vnyyr-:; come ;Mieii: ~. -turtr aside" from 1 jftdenuncigton;.-of:,tbe;;;preeent' : ,:., .Oabinei ;may-be 7 made^morb ; :V.scapaWe,jp)an-the;last.^-;:";,A/W : 'x7& (::^llbsralsparid;'lqr^S: : :iv^ =v;;^ ! e ,MH l !ster K pledgins:vthp.suppbrt- : o£ : :ta , e: f ;v,.;may^re^yoi^ ;: >; ?'^ t ° i^^; r^^:haß':.r€beived ; : :.'-corfesponaent.- : -S , :''-The- me-- ;■ ;:■ i ; a clear-and r,-boJ^lea<l;on.vthe.; Constitutional'; question ; v«. f P r^.;spending::any;;;mpre;,yof ; fits^eiiergy^in'

' >:;- V Some thp;ipapetown:;correspond- '■' '■' M : ™ e !'' Tiinw "; on; the subjects :^:- ; iS fr iP ? ?- TJI J 1 b>W r.:,:Protectorates •-suggest;thpit;"th , o'iinperial Go-" ;;- :^rnnmfewjll:;have:-;tp-;;exercise ; ;^v thougW;αlj,.lopkJng■ : !^ftcr i Anativei'interesti :;; -;R n^e^ n yivf (;n^" o - o f': : Federation ifsays"the ; ; x fpr; : putch: and;Englisli-aro C S: *9^°™tt of one iriindm'.dbaling.with.coloured r/;;fo«.:::andj/what;:;they^'think.:-good ; q;; backs, : is -■• themselves.,v.Hence :the:ab'solute:-ne-v.^^sity;for; OT; arbiter;;whom.both parties' ; : , ; .Equal;. justico-'wouM .best -;-assured. by.:a Gp---y :,w^ch, i to^ke.an;exanxpl e |:;has' : Bo.; :-,':,:;greatly ; benefited:the;Basiitos;:;aiid which'-thev' "' ; ;;^ ; ; no^ ala ;; :^nclpsed,M/-it;jjs;betweea:.;: thrw :■: orm; States^' tl&futiire' , : 'rf^ration; vjßasutoland-canvhafdlyeremaiii ;::;f^he\Coloniarpffice, ; sanctions;tlie transfoi' t ---"'' e .vl» o P»»t»<*;.-from:.liKdi"rnle''df'-'an-';lm- : ? :ppr^to;tliat ; :of i ;a'red6rarrCbmmissioherriit ; V* tymm, ;Bohd;guaranties:-for- the- se^ '-^"■SSfrt 0 s^:a '^^w;ali::-their v -y rrigntai-to. the.land. ; ; : :' ;; ; .".,... Jj; JTraaevUnlons^fl^haraoter; 1 ' Uα '■'< Zk $f \T?I f w ° ul( V hdvo to ~ the ; fact, of '.membership, a- certificate"of ,;::r ; quahfication i ,,Ta;take ; a union :mah'should ,;.;liaye -been tho -method universally.-followed ,;,,:by-^alKwho};wanted -done-'.hri'the ,-. best B nd ;.with^th'e;..feweßt v delays-' ; -'. , Is ■'. ' *f IS m case^°w?:ils : it notvnptoribus that ,v tnexunwritten:.pu?tiom:udfisomev;anibns^in •;; -iMt,; though .not Jn-: name,, forbids .'men tn : \ ,. W ,in;;an'.liour::as:;they■ are; well ,;-.,;;able.to,dp?;>;We:do;npt.say:that the bbiect of-these rujesnsto minister, -to': idleness' "On >•; ,thp:;contrary,; ; we;.believe:'that'thcy nro-in-in::some:cases'"toVniake" work^for ;: a ;; .largerj-number;of:men,-.-and'.so' to,■ lessen' iiri- .-.;■ .employment-; enard i'ngainst the' ,;. :; : iindes!gnod;.tyranny;<of.-thp: , - ■■:•, X.,, \ TheJNobei F> rize fdr>Photdgrajihii.• '^' >>" :;.,; I, Professor .; ithe .Wobel.Prize : for.physics,.in conversation with.; a representative;:of'thb; ;"Matin,"; explains that 1 the 'hbn6ur;:l)estowed:upoh him ..'■■•'is due to :his -,-■■■ phy.,;ln reply,to a-questionTvhether ho had succeeded in overcoming.; tlipv.Eole.' defect; of. :.;• ;his;,methbd^th4t'?pf^npt'.sproducing l !moro; -.- -than;,pnb' : ."proof"'. !'df: the , ' /object; .photo- ' graphed-^Professor ./Lippmann said:—"l have 'tried to. obtainanegativo of a,colour photo- . ./graph in. "reproductions pff.ths j • " image.'.'.My-exporimerife/.abandbned. on ac- . .'■: covnt'.of my .illrhealthv hayo/'so far suc;;;;oeedcdjn;that;l have'obtained a negative/of ■ a spectrum.', that is - not .much, .-•' but.it is.enough to: snow that our object— ' on paper—is not impossible of ;. attainment." :. ? ./ ; ,:;.;.,;:.:

A Braye Austrian protest. :;,; ; .'■ pf.otest.haS ovpn been made in : the Austrian- Keichsrath/again6t tho annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Dr. Victor .Adlpr, ■ the .leader .of, tho;.'Austrian , : Social Demoorats.; This annexation, ;he said, "had. brought''• .hitherto';nothing';.hut .danger to poace. It is! Baid that c Sorvia. and ... Montenegro .would be.jnad to make war, but riiadmpn ; J are,.not .'-. alone.responsible -for an. outbreak],of;!madness,.- : 'The..man who. lets, /madmen'l'locAe; is .also '•;■■ responsible. . This Baron,,von"'AeJireiithalshad done, and, in. explanation of.his apt, Nyhich had put. .oxistr ing. facts into a,form;less agreeable to tho Balkan'Speoples,'had; said that ithe annexation 'was, a .'dictate, .of the;, categorical . ;iinperativfl.C- Poor Kant!" oxolaimed Dr. Ad' ler. ; :''. l The,4' , oreigiliMiriißte'r ]iad. in, reality/ .damaged- severely : the. trade of the ' Mon-' ■arch'y,''' Snd >lia&*', aggravated. 'unemployment, '.ainong.i.th'ousandsi.pt'i, workmen... in-. Bohemia, Morayiay'iSilpßia, /and"LoiYer-Austria., ...The srihpiation had:esposed Austria to the gravy •est.'dangers, and.had;placed.the'.Monarchy in.an; awkward international position.".- ':;■'■.',;.■, Proportional; ReprbSentation.|; ■-.■[ : :. ••■.■•.■ .;- ■[ :• A fair degree'ef:!success' attended the im..aginary'.: election'- organised ;■ by ■■ the Propor;fciorial. N R-opreeehtation ■; Society > (says the 'l'Guardiari!')..-,'T,he.iCounting of the.votes re-.corded»-by..xeadersiof■'• different' newspapers, ; which took plnco at .the: Caxton • Hall, proved Itart~tlie : isttpposed~.'diffioulties. on .this: head were 'far.'from insurmountable. \ Nearly: 22,000; papbvs. had !to;be;analysed.arid the suffrages., carefully" distributed-according to fixed .'rules, bat the business -took more, than .a' single OY.ening/: and,this was, the. first, trial of the mbthcwi.."The-"event'.of '.the election "hardly;, i :discard'..the, simplicity v .of 'piresent its ; Bhbrtoom--ipgs; ; '--Mr.vAßquithrWas;■ returned .Vat' the head ; of;'tljo''j)oll;- , by' ah'ovorwhelming : major--,i|^V^on;tha : '.craf';af,tffi.;.'his,'Suppor,ters iin the I eat '.; MidiKssexy" fighjt ;had - Been - : hopelessly beaten,-':; Mr.''Balfour came second, :but;\vith less than;>half of votes cast' for .the .Premier; : ; which Hf!''not. exactly. the : ' im-" pressibn" -io i ■ of. .publio'opinion fef t ,; by: , ■of since X9o6.'..The fentn'iß'ihat' any test: of popular foaling-that'is,tbTfurjiish. instructive results must; -be'.' .'pi character • , ;and. :(ihat; veteran; pdlitieiafi .SirvWilliam H.arcourt had.some■.reason.,t6rmistrust' ; ''election.' by. "double^ac'rosi^ji""^..^Vp|;hiß'.oaßß. ; -'teri.--;rule-bf-; three.Eumsivere.fnecessary; to: arrive at the. fiual result—n procoss : which is not. far short 6f^ridioiilQUSi?-f.£s':*|V;. ; i-;;fe, : ; : : '■■.- ;!V-..r----'Fre e ;-Tra(!^-.'';V;.^:o i :-; - ;'.- i: 'i';' : : \-'-•'■'■'■ vi ; - v ''" - :: says the "Spectator," ■.".fiaye-''f^rfei^d- , '-ih.e ; 'ronfidence;of.,'the''cqun---they,'kiioV' that.they. have. forfeited be drawn from" the; iway. in which '.'the..- . Ministry;' and; their iupp.orters^ha-vevapted'since;the rejection of. the ;Licensing-Bill ! b'y'the. Peers; -TThereason why .the 1 -Government ;have .forfeited so com-, pletely the' 'confidence bf the; country, ; isj iii the "first place,. bocause,;they ;havo.betrayed thescauseVpf''il^ee:J&a.de.' -; ; : .You 'cannotr.keep Free -j Trade:.'-in :■'.&'• water-tight.. l compartment, M%O'nfl^itM*:SESortß .'.'and-importsi Those whaTdeny free.'.contract,' which, is the essence (jfr.'free ■exchange ) ';i..a_nd /are ...continually-; proposmg* schemes fo'c'inaking.rinen prosperous'; i)r}' : grvi^;^h'em*;;6^loyineivt^;not i : by; tho 'encouragement ■ of''exchanges', but by... limitation;' ,aiii ; " ; : by .-thof.interference.-'of - Go-; vernment,':.cari 'nisyer. ;be: trusted 'to'fightProtectMi"honestly ."tod." bravely,''.; ', They,- have sol4j;thft!paes/'bef|)re;tliff,;real ! ;attack:.beginsi rFinancial'>profl^a'c^ : i^ialism'[maßqueradin : g u"hder' Sfflpial, reform; 'Protection : dress^^'iri•'thoiliye^'y' : "of■'Cobdehism—the-sej"' -says-the ■' l 'Speetauir, : " '•'.'are what -haye';tilled, andi f deeervedifto.r(kill,'. ;; 'the':confidence'of the ; . '<{■ •.-.-

: :; ::;:;.;f Z^;'-;.;-'' a , 'very searching. : andiimpresoiye;Tepprt:; on, 'Oxford; and ■ vWotking-claßs' ■ -Education, '.'",■' say a; '■the : •;,|.'Titn63'J'/-"This 'ropprt , .'is::thb .work';.of.;.a jointecommitteo./iapppihtcd. -towards Wtho f clbseVpf.i'last'year,i liifd. consisting : of, seven of ■■ Oxford',.. /nominated;.by!; the -iogether.witK:'spvet iepTesehtativ.es-;:of.'the.-worlii'ng: classes,; 'nbmijiat'ed , 'through4he."executive of': the vWorkers \ ■ Educational /Association. : .; The; •Dean-.-;o|' Christ; Church, .elected - cha'ir;riian' ofrthis:joirit-committee? and.Mr. Df-'J. ■ Shacklßtpnfyicc-chaiiman; ..The object ainied ; at: by,; its; recommendations |is not directly.; to enlarge, the existingVifacilitios' whereby: selsc-i; !;ted-pupils-;from.''.amoijg'.tliG'children of, the ;indu'stnal'---'olasses': : 6re'i.enabled- in course to:cnter:.tho"iijiiyersity !arid ipursuVits ordih--ary-curriculuralbf; study/ : ;It;is -rather, land 'specially,; close;.and.-flr-university and'the' jindu'strjal"classesitiwh'ereb.y-.'aclultimembera of the;,latter..wh,OAarb;prepared ;tp qualify thpm'selves : l .by-. : a''''sustam«l -pourso of; study:; intuterial; classes,-;.superintended, by, the .uni.versity'in: concert.'Withi'.their.own representatives, - in ltheir-;pwn: locality,; may. bp pnabled ■ /pursue their ■.studies" tliPre .for■ oit at -least iwo years, l nof-usually as candidates, for. the :or-.dinary^degf^ji-butlgeneraHy;as aspirants. to aome; onoior, p.tlier;of.'the'diplomas which ! the: .university now may- hereaftpr: branches of : study;,'"' ,, -TOat'"tK6V f Qbmmitt«e.'desire,',, says 'the r-spbrt,;.' is':.notrthat men'should escape ,-.fronl\ : their..:class,.:,.but;:that -they;-:should l re-; main.imit'and raise its'whole level/,;..;;:..■" ■Our■,'pr.bposalß; ; are:.bvifc;'aVsmall beginning of ..what w<3: hops' willbesa- new. : Step' towards the .development .of * it.; denabcratic;. educatipn and pf.jaii'jediicated- deniocracy.; ■ V;';>;.. : It -seems .of'educationists i)i'the ;future; ; must ; merely 'smooth ;tne;)rßy-;f6r,|hose'V)yip;>Visli-"t9VrJse to;;posi-;tions/uspally;|Mnsidered.-higher;thaii that of; ; tlip/-rnariual..wbrkSry'biit"to-eriiioble the status By": supplying, it,- whatever its ..wprk'jim , with tho form .of ;o > uJturg^apprbpnatg--3K>.'jts;needs.'" .■■'. .' , Church v;S 3 - speaking vat^the,ojpening : ;»* tUiurclV'of..§cothnd- Labour Home iu £qmburgh o>>the.: : .outcast and the - unemi'loyecl>, said,;;—"l iv-oSder; if,all; r of us -realise Wflttfc tlio position of *the'outcast is.-- He has :no pleasant past.to' look:back upon':■ his pre•s«vtyis'.dax'k:;:lib has:probably.little or:-noth- .; ing in;the;futurb ! which-pan cheer him for one a.!ng%-S°wnd:-, of '.his. life.: : If- he', has lost .all .sense bfivrcspecti'.fo'c his own'character, for.' ;.his,:own" body;, . f ask'.'you,. can anything bo : way of a. Valley' ,of : df condition 1 of ;thp; maii'K; Jhe«:Chiirch .has a [ great oppor.tunity;;and in'-'this matjtor ,6& >riemploymertt;-:-. It. is not-merely, 'a. .task-imposed 'on; ii their Diyino Master; and byytheineecls of' the age. in '/which they, hvp,.but'.it;is:;a'task imposed on them !by.."other^cpnMdoratio^s' , - , to : OvvVXbe-''Ch«roheß. •; by ■ dealing; ,with:/.tliiS:-prqblein ) and- dealing •■with--it-boldly, and.-'nqtfbeiiig .afraid to. speak ;and ::to act; * jwll~ine*.;merely, 'do: their, duty as Churches, but, will iraineasurably increase on . the /nation at ;]arge^;.ajjd.;stril«r;their .;rbot;^deeper- and deeper^inlb<j|iro7^eart.' ; of:,'the!' ; nation,' and .•so;esMHsii^th|iiiMye|s,;]in\'a: v position Upreach with-, far 'grbater. ■authori^. ; if in, any they shiin'theiTMutjjftiiipstWs''matter,'' ■'/;'.,, ..;.■;' ;,,-'■.': ■Tafin|fiimiii^;. : 'v;^-^:, ; ': : •;^ , :;' ; ' ; -'.- . -.•'•.■ ■■■■.* l ?--.:t».««&iaw**\;•■'; ... .■■ .' ■'■' ■'. •..•-.'•■■■'■'. ,; \ n,a;spfeeolKnt|*;ambridge,,in:the'.cburao Tariff Reform, Mr! Bo;iars^a^vMjp^3!| fll d;;that: -by means of. :cl6se'r.,-,cpm%prcialyuiiion the;' Empire' wbiild ■ :find'α-rpattjfpjthe'plpjser-political union .which Avis: a.;:i!fc'c,essit};.;^Thj'9.proposal, for aclosor union^pn-'ft'oommerpial'Basis'did\npt origin'-' ,atc;: ! o'r.. anj-onb, in' this: JcovmtiT^'Buti.w'as". -by' the; primp Minis-j rters "ofiythe self-gpyeruing colonies,, and. hadj ;been pli-os'sed'pbrßJjJeritly by- them. -But the. ,'centre lo'L the .Empire' l 'up'"' to;'now -had'stpod' 'aloof, though;: tßerfr vivas torday every■• indicatipn. tnat.nitho.-iGolihg of- the peopio hero wasveljaiigiiig,. .'.a'nd":,tbat 'they : desired -and wq'r<j;aetiJrlhined. :^p; ;try:and.havo that united Emgire.on ,which>'pur ■ greatness in ~tho; fu•turojjtleppndecl.''vVGanada,' a young nation,. wasT'going te.JjfoSrflat. : She- was going to do;::l)er ,: The boon we ,hadi--^espised>was.iftldanger of hoing offered toi;others'.-..-." CanadS'jvas arranging■ a treaty with"Frahcp!' ( ' If 'the samp kind of , treaty, were-tp-'be made' with-Germany ': and. 'the I United''States'our preference would disappear, and '.the.' possibility ;bf: a-oloscr trade union with'Qanada would be lost for over. Our one hope/was'to: mako common cause with in'-, other-' lands and beconieVwith them one nation: united in reality aa well as in name. . i