MR LABOUCHERE ON THE COLONIAL PREMIERS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 7

MR LABOUCHERE ON THE COLONIAL PREMIERS.

(From London "Troth" of 'Sila^S During the' past week,l,li» r e ; 'Ui«;S privileged to listen to speeches7fcr JSfs| tho Colonial Premiers who hsve,;l>^ : i| most in evidenoe.' General, has become the lion' of - the' the least impressive as a because he addresses ¥i through an interpreter,' ', but' simple -reason that ho is man of few words. . As is caso with men of action, his are'invariably direct to the no one who hears him. will' ever that ho means what ho ssys./' a most captivating manner,. especii4s>M when he smiles, and yon naed y mW 4 long-in his company to is the sort of manwkmi'''it7is : "''b#i;ti«fe||i! to hay© for a friend than.enVsnemyifffl Sir Wilfrid Laurior is t_# tractive speaker among, the _lrf»lto*, Wii well as the most pictuteaqn©' : _gui*?# His speech, manner, and are Buggestive of 'a'.French 'tMte'iritiM haß been dumped in the States.'and" ae-%f^ Juirod a slight American varniih,7'Sir: ; 'p oseph Ward, on the other hand, might :0 t have been reared on the Stock t YKe>'<>'% change. Ho is terse, businesslike, -'and .in seems immersed in affairs. Of ths : M, whole party the one who most closely our idee of a democratic*''"-. politician is Mr Deakin. He has ■ *-.§§. tho qualities that go to make a s«je».'s. cossful platform speaker in .this coun- 7'iai try—not gaseous or flowery, bnt fluent 'Y: ■s and forcible, never at a loss tot ;".•'-■'•:' § word, always using the right 'C ; 'f clear and definite in statement, a trifle7- YY dogmatic, with just the right amount life of feeling or sentiment to-oommapd _" : sympathy, and now aud then a tondi f;. ■ i of real eloquence. •'>-'; 1 should judge Mr Deakin tb bo ar'Y.nasty adversary to tackle in debate!,-. '; and that he is not without soms of the - qualities which put Mr Chamberlain in 7 tho forefront of politics. Of all out; 7; visitors, he is the one who seems most '';. impressed with the importance 'of his ..7 7mission, snd most desirous of teatftiag 7" the Mother Country how to run piro. But each of the English-speaking ■■>•- Premiers is, I should say, convinOed ' ' that his own State occupies the first ;■'.''?; place in the family circle. __.& -'is'■■:■. '.*;' natural, not to say becoming. ._ I\46f£j. not suggest that any of -.'them overdo ■'.._>•(.'.: it, but Sir Wilfrid is tbe nicest" abottt; t 7j