The Saturday comments at some length on Lord Randolph Churchill's speech at the resent time. It asks why should Lord Paddington, and his political position at
Salisbury and his colleagues expose themselves to the annoyance and risks of his companionship, after, he had by his noisy and unreasonable resignation of office destroyed his influence in the country. It admits that he led the House of Commons well for a few months, and while letting it be understood that it agrees with those who say that Mr. Smith is not a success in that line, points out that on one side of the present leader is Mr. Goschen and on the other Mr, Balfour, the latter of whom has all Lord Randolph's qualifications for the ition with some that the noble lord has and others that he never had. The conclusion arrived at by the writer is In short, the member for Paddington is not wanted, there is no need of him in the Ministerial galley. No longer do there seem to be any commanding reasons for admitting him, though there are many and grave ones for wishing him outside, at a helpful distance. Of course we know what the answer to that is. If he is kept at a distance he will not be help: ful, but resolutely and violently hostile. Very likely. But they who say this, believing what they say, testify to the existence in him of a turbulent spirit uncontrolled by principle. For the rest, the harm that he might do in "turning out the Government" could not be great, he being now pretty well understood Government cannot be described without re-While the harm that he might do in the
ference to faults and failings which it is not pretty to name, Of course he may have been of them; and even without evidence that he has, we ought not to doubt, perhaps, that punishment and reflection therewith have had in his case their natural results, But the plain truth is that Lord Randolph is regarded with og much distrust as ever out of doors," and it is there that he should make his proofs. His cleverness nobody doubts; his industry is notorious; that he ae certain ious: ifts of fascination is undeniable What he 14s now to show is that he has got religion" in the shape of principles, and that it is error neons to suppose that he cannot be modest enough tomake association with him tolerable, and loyal enough to make it safe, And this could soon do, tu Pastiament and on the platform, with steady endeavour ached to the necessary grace, though haully by such speeches as Ghat of Thu fay.
Writing on what was said by Lord Salisbury, the Emperor of Germany, and in the French Chamber on the measures to be adopted by the Powers for the suppression of the slave trade in East Africa, the Satvrday points out that with regard to ulterior operations, after these un sea, we are not much wiser than we were—
All idea of an immediate Anglo-German expedition by land, in which England was to be eatspaw and piper-payer at once, also appears to have been at last dispelled, and it has also dawned upon even locally-interested persons that the contrast between English and German modes of dealing is likely to be more, and not less, strongly impressed on the mind of the natives by the probable result of the proceedings.
On "The Morality of Trade Rings" the writer says of the possible effect of these in strengthening socialism Possibly a clear sense of the conduct such persons would Lo brought home to the england at any rate—if they were ask what they thought of trades. answered according to their sighted selfishness, ruinous to British i But at least the workman hes the excuse of heavy toil and poverty. there Wh: excuse have these other industrials? In all cases they are rich. In some, they have me: money than they know what to do with. They take to trade synilicates to heap pile en pile, and that is all." And if they think that nobody's business but their own they are mistaken. All society is concerned with it in avery distinct measure. This is not exactly an era of Socialism; but it is certain that Socialistic doctrine, not only of the benevolent unworkable kind, but the malignant surf with practicable outlets into terrorism, is gaining ground all over the civilised world. So far, it has been supposed that Germany, where capital flaunts its luxuries a little too bravely and carelessly, or (later) the United states, with its exhibition of monstrous million-res glatted with "plunder" to an almost icufous excess, might be the first theatre of Socialistic violence. There may be not much danger to either State at present; but with closely aggregated masses of poverty in our own land, with an increasing number of demagogness preaching down the law, we cannot atiord to be entered in competition for that danger—whatever it may aiaount toby Jo Goulds of native growth. Before English capitalists engage themselves any further in commercial Rings, we hope they will take these considerations into account, begins with these remarke A short article on ' Openings at Chess"
cular chess openings have their time like the flowers and leaves; but, unlike them, they have their time to flourish ogum, The history of the game shows that all the more important gambits, openings, and defences have undergone strange vicissitudes, coming in and going out of fashion in the most capricious manner." There is not much to be concluded from the fact, except that none of them has been. 30 firmly established tr the opinion of chess players as to cause it to constantly adopted in preference to all others. It would be very unfortunate for the faziell there were any epeciallineof play which ed, as a matter of course, to a distinct supe-priority of position; but the laws and charucexperience of inventors in this line shows that teristics of chess render it iny ible. The
there is no enduring patent for any innovation on the nider processes. A move or a combination may seem exceptionally strong until it has been analysed and expounded in the textbooks, and then it loses its terrors for the well-read chess player, Practically speaking, every move has its adequate reply, warranted as best, and effectual for defence in the hands of an equal adversary. There is no opening to which the second player cannot respond, whether by declining or by a counter attack, in such a manner as to leave the opener without perceptibleadvantage, Of course we are aware that the man who has conceived and fathered opening all to himself (and a terrible mui sauce he is when not kept well in hand) will fight desperately for the reputation of his offspring; but many such champions have come and gone, and the dust hus covered them. The genius of the game is stronger than the talent of its greatest proficients, The Spectator has an article on the debate in the Rouse of Commons on the bourne Act on which it points out the gular weakness of Mr. Gladstone's speech moving his amendment, It would almost seem, from this and other depreciatory utterances of our contemporary, as if it was beginning to feel a strange delight in tinding fault with its former idol, But a few years ago the Spectator saw Mr, Gladstone shining like the sun, now it sees that sun through clouds. It deals in the following article with the threat of Mr. Dillon, in the same debate, that if the additional five millions of advances necessary to carry out the purchase system under Lord Ashbourne's Act should be authorised, the Irish party would very likely find it necessary to direct that the instalments on the new peasint's purchas are not to be paid. What they say of Mr. Bright" is very appreciative of the sick statesman's character, but it says nothing of his love of fighting. Lord Palmerston once said of Mr. Bright that if he hind not been" born and bred a quaker he would have made an excellent prize fighter, and his attacks as men and things to which he was opposed were bitter, sometimes almost to savayeness, "Astronomy and Theology" is a reply to astatement made by Mr. Frederic Harrison in his recent Apology for Positivism, that the Christian faith could not possibly have originated in an age that ud had a heliccentric astronomy. It does not think that that system of astronomy has in any vital respect altered at all the validity of the
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