Please wait. Contacting image service... loading

Article text

sir william lyne still bitter.
SYDNEY, Sunday.
Sir William Lyne, Al.P., arrived from
Melbourne to-day, and said Jte had been'
told that there -were certain prominent-
politicians in Sydney (whose conduct bad
not received tlie approbation of their- ,
party, but who said that the end justified
the means, and consequently sacrificed
their iprinciiples to deifeat the Labor party.
To politicians of any principle, he s.aid that
this was no excuse at all, but a subterfuge.
lie hud .not yet quite learnt the iinal ar- '(
1-aiigements which .were made, because he
reatl .one vi-raiuir. in the ."Argus . and ...
another in "The Age." It-was a \ rr, drill ,
cult tiling for either side to come Lo a con-
elusion that would justify themselves to
their party or the people who had voted .
hi r (hum. lie thought tlie .people ot the
country would say Unit lie avas absolutely:
justified in his emphatic denunciation ot
All'. Deakin in Parliament.
"I 'was," continued Sir William Lyne, .
"Air. Dcakinfa principal adviser, and acted
as Preinier for him for the whole lime, , lie
was ill. I "naturally thought that lie to- - .
posed confidence in me, and, in fact, he lias
many times told me tiiat he would take-
no action in this crisis without my concui- ..
ixirtno I flfifmrbiiii nmv tilink ll<» was TIL'IIO
tinting, through, 1 believe. Sir Robert Best,
with .fir John Forrest, who hud deserted
hi in, and all tlie time I was made to be
lieve tliul he and Air. Deakin were only
acting with me. 1 gave Air. Deakin. niy,..
full and unreserved confidence, even ore
the dav that Sir John Forrest came , to
Sydney to form a Alinistry it lie could. - I
asked Air. Deakin v.-liy ho had kept me nr..
ignorance tlie day before, and he .replied
that it was Sir .John Forrest s secret. 1
said, 'That means that you have cajoled
me into believing that you weie- straight
as 1 was in exchanging confidence.-,, and lit
the meantime you confided over my head
in the man who was instrumental in caus
ing a disturbance , in .our Cabinet, lie
admitted that that was so. Tlie languagci,.'
I then used was somewhat extreme, llie
attitude All'. Deakin has assumed to .the
Labor party is to me unpardonable and
unapproachable in tbe liistoiy ol Alio -
tralian polities." ...
Sir William Lyne added, "Air. Deakin ; -
position is an outrage against British feel
ings of fair play, as he is likely to hold a
position that ho was ncvoi tltctL-d to hold,
and I say that the people ol tins continent
should have been and should be consulted
before lie is allowed to hold office, other
wise British precedent and our own (.onai-
tution will be outraged m a most seiiqiis
manner, li i had had the slightest idea
that he would have done such <i thing he
would have found me one of his bittc-ieaC
opponents at the hist elections.
$