Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-19

with Westphalan coal In South
Wales It Is urged that the duty will In
lure the miners and materially assist
the United states and Germany.
William Abraham, radical, member
for Glamorganshre, who is president
Of the Welsh Miners federation, said
yesterday, In the course of an interview
that he was extremely surprised at the
proposal OF such tax, adding. THE
ultimate result will probably be the
closing down of scores OF Welsh coll
lieries and the throwing Of thousands
out OF employment. Such tax Is
wrong In principle, and will inevitably
cause the overthrow OF the govern
ment"
The shipping interests, which are
very strong in the house of commons,
are also strongly opposed to the coal
duty.
Altogether, although the government t
organs have little but praise for the
budget, they fain would admit that If
the near future were to bring bye
elections the results might be unfavor-
able for government candidates, The
entire press, liberal and conservative
alike, Is loud In praise Of the courage,
honesty and candor of Sir Michael
Hicks Beach's scheme, which was de-
liyered with great ability and lucidity,
but without any attempt at rhetoric.
Never before have the immense sacri-
fees entalled by the war In South Afri-
ca been so brought home to the nation
The chancellor Of the exchequer
sketohed the situation In hard, pitiless
outlines. II aim at no transient popu-
lanty" he said. II ask for no cheers,
and | expect none. ] come to tell the
nation the truth and the whole truth.
1t Is necessary for the salvation OF the
nation that | should do so. You have
had your feast You have all, liberals
and tories, been mad for rloting and
expenditure. Now comes the reckon
ing, and you may laugh or not, as you
please
In brief peroration he added IF
you defeat our budget you Will relieve
us of an almost insupportable burden"
why not make Chamberlin cham
celor7" shouted Mr.. Healy. while Will
liam Redmond exclaimed, There will
be less Mafeking after this Mr..
Redmonds indication OF Mr.. Chamber
lain as the real object OF Sir Michael
Hicks Beach's unsparlng exposure of
the cost of the war policy was loudly
cheered by the liberals, and the colo
malls appeared anything but happy dur
ing the speech
II is understood that Col Milward,
conservative, will move on the second
reading of the finance bill an amend
ment regretting that the government
failed to differentiate In favor Of the
colonies regarding sugar
Nothing so bold and statesmanlike,"
says the Morning Post, has been at
tempted since Mr. Gladstone's days
We should have preferred, however,
that the chancellor OF the exchequer
had gone further and restored the ship
ping duty upon wheat
The Standard apparently on the
same ground, severely reproaches Sir
Michael Hicks Beach for timldlty in
missing "a grand opportunity Of adapt
ing the financial system to the trans
formed conditions Of modern times"
and complains bitterly of the increase
| In the income tax.
III the budget fail to arouse great
enthusiasm" says the Daily Telegraph.
1T is not likely to encounter effective
opposition
The Daily Chronicle characterizes the
budget as "honest but disastrous"
The Daily News, which seizes the oc-
caslon TO attack the governments war
policy, SAYS: There is no dlscernible
and scarcely any imaginable end to
the ruinous and fatal drain upon our
national resources caused by the most
calamitous enterprise In which Eng
land has ever been engaged"
The Times says: THE proposals OF
Sir Michael Hicks Beach are fairly sat