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——— w How GnATEfcL TIm CONSERVATIVES ARE for a 1itle Radical support. On a recent occasion Mr Joseph Cowen, M.P. for Newcastle-upon- Tyne, addressed his constituents, and in doing so expressed his approval of the Government's Foreign Pi >1 icy. What has been the effect ? Why, BO grateful are our opponents for one ap- ] I pri ox ijig word, that no sooner is it uttered than they print and circulate it throughout the length and breadtli of the land. Yea, more, it is tran- ilated into the Welsh language under the title of "Gwleidyddiaeth Dramur Prydain," and pub- lished in a broad-sheet illuminated with the Royal Arms. And who is Mr Cowen that his approving word should induce so much grati-1 tude on the part of the Tories ? On nineteen out of twenty points in politics, the lion. gentle- man would he by speech and vote in opposition to the Government. Yet on this one point his utterances are entitled to the fullest considera- tion and acceptation on the part of all Liberals and Conservatives in every constituency. Mr Cowen is equally as strong as a Home Ruler, and has spuken and voted in support of that arotchet, and are we all to run after him on that ground? If the one why not the other ? The logic of the position is irresistible. M. Cow",n, however, is occasionally at issue with himself, as most crotchetty men are. For instance the following is an extract from a speech of his which will bear equal consideration with that nuw quoted by the Tories:- My opponent is an advocate, I understand, of what is technically called a spirited foreign policy. This is an old cry of our Tory opponents, and this spirited foreign policy tii theirs has landed us in misery and disgrace many times of .d. It is an old ruse of our political opponents to lead the people off from their domestic and political affairs by engaging their attention in some foreign enterprise of no moment to thi country. I do not advocate a "spirited foreign p.ilicy," if my opponent attaches to it the same meaning that his Tory colleagues and Tory statesmen have ever attached to the declaration. I am in favour of the nation giv ng full attention to the interests of her people, developing her resources, and improving their condition socially, morally, and politically. And if we can help a struggling cause, if we can serve with effect a feeble neigh- hour, let us do so with goodwill, with kindness but let the influence we bring to bear be the moral weight of this irreat Empire, more than the needless influence of bloodshed and warfare. This is the language of sense and truth, but we do not find the Beaconsfieldians quoting it, ¡ simply because they cannot apply it to their foreign policy. But our Conservative friends are not content with merely quoting Mr Cowen. They must have a tilt at anybody and every- i body who opposes their views. As an illustra- tion of their peculiar mode of argument the} writer uqys Every Liberal demagogue is a I leader of some particular section or hobby. ) Well, Mr Cowen is a Liberal demagogue, there- fore he is devoted to some particular section or hobby. If so, why ask everybody to believe in him ? But the curious part of the business is that we are asked to believe in Mr Cowen whom we ,lon't know as the ground for not believing in Sir Robert Cunlitie whom we do know This is genuine Tory logic, and is scarcely likely to help the Hon. George Kenyon in the present battle. Better stick to giving book-marks to Sunday School children than tell your neigh- hours not to believe Sir Robert who either as a man or politician is as worthy of credence as his opponent and who has neither deserted his colors, nor forfeited the confidence of his sup- porters, and who moreover, has not to rely upin aiiomymous falsehoods for his position with the ¡ Denbighshire electors.

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