THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT HOME.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10397, 22 July 1901, Page 1

THE POLITICAL SITUATION AT HOME.

SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY.

(Pt Electria Telegraph— Copyright^) - (Per United Press Assosation.) . . Received July_2l, 4.40 p.m. .

LONDON, July 20. Lord Rpsebery, in a speech, justified the opportuneness of his letter. The schism in the party was traceable .far lew to 'lrish than Imperial questions, and dated from the murder of General' Gordon. Could any party aspiring- to the confidence of the people maintain an open mind on a question which •tabbed at the .very heart of the Empire? If sound on questions of Empire, t the liberals would be able to proceed with domestic reform, for which the country was ripe. He hoped for' such patty reforms' freed from entangling - alliances, purred from all anti-national ' elements, and comprising some of 'the Unionist*. Meanwhile, owing to the airiaioaa, he »tUI preferred to plough ~lua furrow alone, but before he reached i the end. of- the furrow he would pos- * ■ibly not be .alone. *- ■ The'fpeec'h'was received with enthu- '' nattic cheers. ' ; Both the letter and speech caused a --tMßMßdaiu-Mm»tiiaft&<'*'* v '«**'-' TheXib*ra«Tbeliev«'th»t Lord Rosebery contemplates' establishing a Democratic Imperialist T>arty. , The Hon. Mr Aaquith, at k banquet, in a comparatively tame speech, being 'Still under the influence of a possible - compromise, chiefly 'restricted himself -to generalisations, and declared that the imperialii^c were able to hold their own equally easily inside or outside the Xiberal party, which recognised the Empire worth living and dying- for.