The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
RADICAL LONDON.
Henry George Is Much Honored There
Australia Helps Parnell.
[Bv 6aole to the United press.l

Australia Helps ParneI.
by Gable to the United Prcss.l
LONDON, March IS, 1889. The certainty
that the land theories of Henry George
are attracting widespread attention in
England just now, and are being studied
to an extent hitherto past belief, is abund-
antly manifested by the fact that the gen,
tleman is being courted, feted and con-
suited to degree that would turn the
head of man of less mental balance
Since his arrival here Mr.. George has
been sought out by men who, a few
years ago, would have felt ashamed
to have incurred the suspicion that they
had even wasted sufficient time to read
his books. not to speak of giving serious
consideration to his ideas, and there is a
well founded suspicion abroad that sey-
eral of the leading members of the new
London County Council have decided
leaning toward the practical application
of his theories to the future disposition OF
municipal lands.
Another unmistakable proof of the hold
which Mr.. George has secured upon the
popular mind is furnished by the fact that
the Times has deemed it necessary to de-
nounce two members of Parliament who
dared to signify by their presence at a
reception to Mr.. George, by the Radical
clubs, Saturday evening, at least their ap-
probation of his exceptional abilities. 1t
will be remembered that when Mr..
Georges Progress and Poverty was
published in its first edition the Times
complimented the author by the reviewing
of the work to the extent OF page. Upon
this occasion the paper remarked that
although it was forced to dissent
Al lot 6Axryr lAxf fho
writer, it was impelled to admit that the
work was one of the most important OF
the century, adding that upon some future
occasion Mr. George would have to be
ssreckoned with" Manifestly the Times
has reached the belief that the time has
arrived when Mr.. George should be
ssreckoned with" and the suspicion is
abroad that the papers present attitude
in the matter indicates that the Con
seryatives are becoming alarmed at
the growth of the single tax
apostles popularity in England, and
are preparing to counteract it by
discipIining such public men as exhibit
the courage of their convictions by ex-
tending the hand of welcome to men who
prefer seeing things as they are to looking
at them through the refracted lens OF
ToryiSm.
Mr.. Clifford Lloyd writes to the Times
advocating the abolition of the office OF
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Dub
lin bureaucracy, the granting to Ireland
! of a large measure OF county government,
retaining the polsce as an imperial organ
ization and the adjustment of taxation.
Ii both parties in England were to agree
to this, Mr. Lloyd thinks there need be nc
misgivings as to the result. Both parties,
he argues, should act together and thus
avert national disaster.
A dispatch from Sydney, N. s, w,
states that monster meetings WSre held
throughout Australia in honor of St Pat
rick's Day, at which resolutions were
adopted congratulating Parnell on his
victory over the London Times, and large
sums raised for the futhegsGce Nof the
cause.