. Review of reviews and world's work . yness of the ladywho loved to be who werenearer the truth at-tributed Lord Rose-berys reluctance t >take office to in-sonmia, from whiclihe has long been avictim. Others againimagined that wantedLord Rosebery to sub-ordinate his viewsupon foreign policyto those with whichthe Foreign Secretary had little sympathy. Thereis no truth in this story. Where the truthactually lay no one, not even Lord Roseberys inti-mates, appear to know. He has at least the honor ofhaving added a worse than Asian mystery to theproblems of politics. WH
. Review of reviews and world's work . yness of the ladywho loved to be who werenearer the truth at-tributed Lord Rose-berys reluctance t >take office to in-sonmia, from whiclihe has long been avictim. Others againimagined that wantedLord Rosebery to sub-ordinate his viewsupon foreign policyto those with whichthe Foreign Secretary had little sympathy. Thereis no truth in this story. Where the truthactually lay no one, not even Lord Roseberys inti-mates, appear to know. He has at least the honor ofhaving added a worse than Asian mystery to theproblems of politics. WHY LORD ROSEBERY IS INDISPENSABLE. In the end, however, Lord Rosebery was com-pelled to take office. By what method of compulsion,short of presenting a loaded revolver at his head, succeeded in inducing Lord Rosebery toaccept the Foreign Secretaryship is not known. Theprobability is that Mr. Gladstone would have failedif it had not been for the extraordinary pressure thatwas brought to bear upon the recalcitrant earl LORD ROSEBERY, MR. NEW CABINHl. all quarters. It is not too iimch to say that an abso-lute feelinj^ of dismay pervaded the Liberal rankswhen it was known that Lord Rosebery really meantwhat he said. There was hardly a Liberal memberwho did not feel that a ministr}^ without Lord Rose-bery was a ministry without a future. But thedismay of the party j)robably weighed with him lessthan the assurances which i)oured in upon him fromsovereigns and statesmen who were better able thanborough members to foresee the consequences of hisab.^tention. Two yeaT-s ago I remember talking to aBritish ambassador at one of the most importantCourts in Europe as to the effect of a change of Min-istry. He replied : I think they have accepted thereturn of Mr. Gladstone as inevitable, but being as-sured that Lord Rosebery will be at the ForeignOffice, they regard this with composure. But if byany misfortune Lord Rosebery did not go to the For-eign Office
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