Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1895 — ROSEBERY GOES OUT. [ARTICLE]

ROSEBERY GOES OUT.

ENGLISH PREMIER TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION. Lord Salisbury, the Former Tory Leader, Called In —Irish Leaders Are Profoundly Disgusted with the Present Tarn of Affairs at London. Crisis in Great Britain. Lord Rosebery tendered his resignation to the queen during his recent visit to Windsor. He advised the queen to send for Lord Salisbury. The former tory premier went down to Windsor and accepted the task of forming a governifiehf in the present parliament. Lord Rosebery and Sir William Harcourt announced the resignation of the liberal ministry in their respective houses Monday afternoon. By a technical ruse, almost impossible to explain to American readers because of the totally different procedure in parlia-. ment as,compared with the American Congress, the ministry wilL avoid declaring itself before the present parliament and force a dissolution and general election within the next three weeks. If this is successful the real purposes of the resignation of the liberal ministry will be defeated. This was to compel the tories to submit a policy to parliament before going to the country. Whether or not the libcan checkmate this programme remains to brseen; If they still have a majority they can possibly do so. Certainly the next few weeks will make an epoch in the parliamentary history of Great Britain, since Lord Rosebery cannot now withdraw his resignation. The Irish leaders are urging their liberal allies to stand firm in demanding a declaration in parliament of the tory program. The truth is, however, that they are profoundly disgusted with the situation. Rosebery’s Brief Term as Premier. Earl Rosebery was offered the office of prime minister by the queen on March 3, 1894, Mr. Gladstone having offered his resignation on account of his failing eyesight. Lord Rosebery had occupied the position of foreign secretary in Mr. Gladstone’s cabinet and had been prominently considered for ten years past as the probable successor of Mr. Gladstone in The leadership of the liberal party when the time for the retirement of that gentleman should come. About the only objection urged against the appointment as premier was that the leader of the party should be a member of the house of commons and that the party cannot be managed from the house of lords. Lord Rosebery, upon assuming the premiership, took the place of first lord of the treasury in the cabinet and called the Earl of Kimberley to succeed himself as foreign secretary. The leadership in the house of commons was intrusted to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who retained his place in the cabinet as chancellor of the exchequer. The retirement of Mr. Gladstone was "considered a severe strain upon the government, and many persons looked for the defeat of the liberals and the resignation of the cabinet at that time. 5