Show c J Jt t British Opponents to Policy Poli y Get Gets Scant s lUt Support port t ROSE ERY TO THE TE HOltE FOJ 4 FORMER PREMIER TAKES AD ADVANTAGE VANTAGE V OF or CONDITIONS High gh Official Says Boers Doers Must be Completely Comple Subjugated Subjugate Before Will be Considered Lipton Delays Delap America Cu Challenge Millionaires Discussed in ii London r 4 Copyright MOD BOO by the Associated As Press London I Lay Jay ay The events of the thelast thelast thelast last few days lave have ve brought the e inter internal Internal nal politics politIes of threat Great Britain once more m re reto to the fore Th s is especially traceable to t the oWl which took place this week in the Isle of Wight division of Hampshire and in South Manches Manchester ter t r at which the conservatives enor enormously enormously enormously increased their majorities The latter election is described de by Mr Sos Jos Joseph Soseph eph Chamberlain the secretary secre of state i ifor for the colonies in a congratulatory telegram tel ram to Hon William Peel the successful candidate as being a splendid splendid splendid did victory for the imperial forces It is learned that it was an tnt imperial victory In more sense seneh sen than one oIle for forthe forthe forthe the defeated ted liberal candidate Ilef Jones was vas opposed not ty o by the he unionist machinery but by the strenuous strenuous ous efforts of that portion of f his oWn I party which is led by Lord Rosebery and known as the liberal imperialists In fact Lord Rosebery and those who I pin their political faith to tile mier regarded re Manchester as the cru crucial crucial cial point of their struggle te tG turn the party to their own way of thinking The liberal candidate nt had li ld pronounced I antiwar views and had he been suc successful it would the t he death knell of Lord Eo chances of ever again leading the party and might have forced him hun either to retire or form a 8 separate HJ rate organization tion I Lord followers are privately jubilating over the unionists sweeping I victory to which they contributed by 1 sending pending to Manchester confidential en envoys envoys i iv voys v I Only Rope Hope for liberals Liberal It Is now believed the bulk of the th lib liberals liberals praIa must see in liberal libera imperialism m the only plank whereBy wh they c to return to power The vast majority i of Englishmen regardless of ot party arty ire tre evidently strongly in tn n favor of the war This sentiment Lord Rosebery Ro eb ir believes can be manipulated so as to t till give the liberals a fighting chance at th election South Manchester Manche ter 4 Isle of Wight have greatly strength strengthened strengthened strengthened ened the hands of Lord lowers lower and have made the liberal l lead leaders leaders ers t rs n turn to active political life Ufe an al at almost almost most certainty There is no truth in the reports that Lord Rosebery will form term a coalition with Mr Joseph Chamberlain What Lord Rosebery hs h had in mind during the last few months ha has baa been an active campaign c against the government for its dilatoriness in waging the war and anda a sweeping agitation for common sense senser reform r i form of the army This combined with expansion of the empire and the social HOCI and economic planks which have I always distinguished d the party patty would he believes b give him hint U a fair chance of leading the now disintegrated and dis discredited discredited discredited credited party to victory I I Test Election Nay May be Called i i While the bye lec ioas 11 elaF i the Ro and aad d d t tt so 90 soI II I called caned kittle s they ey j I also caused cau ed the conservatives conse to j upon tie tt e of an ely dissolution In spite spile of ru rumors rumors mors to the contrary It has been tacit tacitly I Ily ly understood among the cabinet min nun mini i i is ers that the th general gene election must mustI st stI I await awatt the practical end of the war war If I not the pacification of the Transvaal Now however they find they are ats at able to get such large majorities from the constituencies that it has s become b ome a serIous se serious serious rious question if II It would woul not be b b better betterto to make hay while the sun shines So strong trong i is this feeling that granting Lord Roberts makes fair progress with within in the next month it te Is quite likely that a dissolution will occur at the ex expiration expiration expiration of or that period though nothing definite has hu yet been agreed upon In parliament itself the most moat im lm important important event of or the week was the set settlement settlement t of the tb Australian federation difficulty which Mr Chamberlain an announced flounced as 8 a a compromise e but which the delegates claim as a complete con concession conce cession ce of ot their demands demand |