AUSTRALIA’S POSSIBLE SECOND GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Southern Cross, Volume 10, Issue 10, 7 June 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIA’S POSSIBLE SECOND GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Who is to succeed Lord Hopetonn as Governor-General of Australia ? It is a question exercising many minds because ot the difficulty which has been created by the manner of his resignation. Clearly the Commonwealth has had a particularly bad advertisement. Australians should, in this, attempt to see themselves as others are likely to see them from a distance. It is to be feared that the average Englishman in England will argue somewhat after this fashion — ‘ We were the discoverers and pioneers of Australia. For long we bore the brunt of its entire administration. At present we contribute twenty millions a year to pay for a navy in which they participate, practically for nothing, having by this means their integrity guaranteed against the whole world. And they object to even give clear, to the King’s representative the £IO,OOO they agreed to pay him for an absolutely unfettered charter.” If Australians want to be fair, they will see that no other line of reasoning is possible, and so it becomes a question of grave importance, the appointment of a successor to the highest position in the Commonwealth in the country where this view will be paramount. It is said that the name of Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, has been mentioned in this regard, but who is the ‘ mentioner,’ or without this information it is impossible to distinguish reliable news from mere gossip. Certainly Lord Balfour would be a very desirable selection, as in addition to the possession of wealth —and a poor Governor-General would suffer undreamt of humiliations after what has transpired—he has prestige and ability, and an experience in politics that lifts him to the plane of statesmanship. As everyone knows, he is Secretary for Scotland in the Salisbury Ministry, and one of the confessedly strong pillars of the Conservative party. Regarding his title, there is something of romance, as in 1716 it was attainted for treason, and was only restored to the present peer thirty-three years ago, when Lord Balfour was approaching his majority.

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