Hendon Courier (Newspaper) - February 24, 1887, London, Middlesex THE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATING IN Child's Cricklewood and Mill Hill No. 3. Vol. I. FEBRUARY 24th, 1887. Price One RADICAL The doctrine of the survival of the fittest is one about which we have heard a good deal in modern times; but we propose in this article to dilate upon the survival of the unfit and Take for example the barrister's which is a survival from the days when a wig was worn by and we find that though the rest of the world have cast off these useless members of the bar are still condemned to case their heads in horse Or take the two buttons which still appear the of the ordinary peaceful When wore swords we believe these buttons served a purpose in supporting the Sword and belt have but the buttons still survive as a- relic of the A very example of the survival of the unfit and irrational is furnished by the love for Russia which still forms a portion of the Radical It dates back to the time when Mr. found in the Bulgarian atrocities a fit subject for his pen when the unspeakable Turk was being girded at as a disgrace to European civilization and when Russia was looked upon as the high-minded and disinterested liberator from the who was to free the suffering and Bulgarians from the hated Moslem As a matter of Russia free them from Turkish but Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury had hard work at Berlin to prevent their falling instead under Russian We once heard a story a good old lady on the verge of starvation praying audibly for was overheard by some mischevious to whom the idea ocurred of dropping a loaf of bread down the Whilst she was giving thanks for this dispensation of Providence the boys rushed in to inform her as to the true origin of the the old in no wise put them to the rout by giving utterance to the sentiment that God sent the loaf even if the Devil brought So it was with the liberation of Bulgaria by The cloak of disinterestedness has fallen from the Russian and we now know its true Yet the liberation of Bulgaria is an accomplished and we may say with truth gave it though the Devil brought But it is a thing that notwithstanding the full expose which recent events have furnished of Russia's true the faith of the Radicals in Russia is as strong as We have seen lately a deliberate attempt on the part of Russia to We have seen a Prince beloved by his people driven from his throne by Russian We have seen strife stirred up in an orderly and peaceful community by Russian We in anarchy created in Bulgaria in order that the Russian might have a pretext for And as at the date of the Berlin the great object of Lord Beaconsfield's and Lord Salisbury's policy was to prevent the encroachments of so now has the policy of Lord Salisbury been wholly and solely directed to the maintenance of Bulgarian Yet the Radicals still hanker after their old still apparently believe in Russia's and would have us leave Bulgaria and let the Russians do as they please And in moving an amendment to the Address at the report upon the Bulgarian Mr. Labouchere and his confreres have done they could to throw Bulgaria into the arms of and have charged the Government with allowing its policy to be guided by such a comparatively petty consideration as the relationship of Prince Alexander to our Royal To this charge it is hardly necessary to make Prince Alexander was a sovereign beloved by his under whom they had secured victory in time of and prosperity in time of The Russian objection to Prince Alexander was solely that Bulgaria was too prosperous and too independent under Possibly the Radical objection to Prince Alexander was that he had followed successfully a Unionist policy in and thus rendered himself obnoxious to our Radical But it is clear that in supporting a capable ruler beloved his in concert with the other as long as he would remain to be the Government was taking the best course to maintain Bulgarian Independence against Russian The charge that the policy of the has been dictated by the fact that Prince Alexander is the brother-in-law of the Princess Beatrice is But the mystery still as to why the Radicals should be so anxious to allow Bulgaria to come under Russian It can only be a case of the survival of the The very love of freedom and sympathy for oppressed races which caused them to look with favour upon Russia when she struck off the Turkish should now lead our Radical friends to approve of the policy of the and to look with suspicion on Bulgaria is but a desperate effort is being made by Russia to enslave No means are too base for Russia's the abduction of a the mission of a the corruption of these are the means by which Russia seeks her There is in Europe no despotism so absolute as that of the and no atrocities more horrible than those perpetrated daily in Yet when it comes to making a choice despotism the one hand and Bulgarian freedom on the the Radicals champion the Russian It is certainly remarkable that those who profess to be the doughtiest champions of freedom at should endeavour to uphold abroad the mightiest despotism of modern arid that these champions of liberty are willing to lend a hand to crush an infant nation struggling to be OCCASIONAL Perhaps the most important event of the week in home politics is the establishment of a new Liberal Unionist the President of which is to be and the Mr. Sir Trevelyan and Sir H. Obviously the Round Table has been and the Liberal Unionists feel that they now must have a separate To those who know what an important influence clubs exercise in the formation of this Unionist Club is an event of no mean Evidently the Liberal Unionists have made up their minds for a prolonged and they see the importance of organization in view of preserving their Without organization they would stand but a poor chance at the next In every borough there are Conservative and Liberal but it rarely happens that either cares to support a Liberal Hence the result is that Liberal Unionists are squeezed Probably the founding of the new Club is but a prelude to the formation of Liberal Unionist Committee's throughout the We welcome the organization of a body of men who will be as Mr. puts between the two great political parties and repudiating the extreme views of It is from such whether they call themselves Liberals or that we may look for a reasonable and practical solution of the Home Rule the Liberal Unionists will guard against the mistake of running a candidate against botha Conservative and a They will hold the casting vole in very many brtt unless they are content in many instances to give it to a Conservative the effect would often be to let in a Through all even though at present Liberal Unionists must have a separate we see the gradual approximation of Liberals and Conservatives into one united for all To give Liberal Unionism a separate permanent existence does looked at seem the way to attain this But the constant working together of Unionists of all shades which must necessarily take in effect
