The sun., 1908-04-05
GOODWIN Smith ON DVNAGOGY
ENGLANDS PERIL ~ LEGISLl-
TURE or ONE HOUSE.
situation Of British Politics Sized Up With.
out the Illumination of the Peckham
Election cape TO cairo Railway
Things London 10 Talkiny About,
,psdd cable Dtipaich 10 THE Sun.

toNpOH, April 1T Ia often possible 20
ylos the politics OF any country in truer
pcrppectlye at a distance than In the midst
Of the turmoil Goodwin Smith has done
EnpIishmen valuable service In summing
min very few words the real Significance
Of the present situation here as II appears
tohlm in Toronto Writing to the Spectator,
he says
Political events in England tell on US In
Canada. and we happen at this moment 20
he debating the question Of the second
house Of Parliament. Now comes TO Us a
report Of a division in your House Of Com
mons on the unemployed workmen bill,
an unmistakable scheme Of socialistic con-
fscatlon for which, it seems, li6 members
voted. while. what is still more ominous,
gSs members absconded
Now. do away with the second chamber
and give over the country aud the empire
10 a single demagogic house soon perhaps
tobe made still more demagogio by the addi-
,ion Of female suffrage. Two things this
scene portends: One is the final break up
~ party condition that had already be-
come grotes1ue, when to make party
moderation and socialism were clamped
together and side by side, sat Irish enmity
,othe British empire and British patriotism.
The other thing foreshadowed is the COL
lapse Of demagogo government say
demagogic not democratio
.You fancy that Britain is monarchy
and that the United States are a republic.
The United States have monarch. and
q powerful one, though elective, in their
President. and force, mainly conserva-
tive IN their Senate Your monarchy,
whatever II may he socially, is politically
an historic form. Your House Of Lords
is morally weak, excluded from action on
money hills and now threatened with abo-
htion. You are drifting toward absolute
government by single demagogic house
" the character and probable action OF
which pretty clear judgment can now be
formed"
Godwin Smith had not heard Of the re-
EIIt Of the Peckham election when he wrote
the foregoing His conclusions are per-
feciIy logical but fortunately England
has already taken alarm, and il is true to-
day that no national legislature in the world
Is so completely unrepresentative OF the
opinions Of the electorate as the British
House oi Commons,
CAPE TO CAIRO RAILwAY
Cecil Rhodess great dream Of Cape to
Cairo railway is pushing on toward Tesb-
ration, Negotiations have just been com
neted for the extension Of the road from
fs present terminus at Broken Hill to Ma
haya on the Congo frontier. 1t has been
arranged with a Belgian group to further
continue the line northwest through the
great copper belt to Ruwe Rhodes's ideal
was to have the line all British, but this OF
course is impossible. It will be necessary
10 traverse a great wedge Of foreign terri
tory south Of the equator. including the
French Congo. the Congo Free State and
German Fast Africa. The gap bet ween
the Congo and Khartum is not yet ar
ranged for, but It can scarcely be doubted
that the great enterprise will be carried
through in the not distant future.
AMBIDEXTRoUs ARGUMENTS.
That eminent Italian authority. Prof.
Santori, advances ? curious theory with
regard 10 ambidextrous persons in pa per
published this week He insists strongly
that children should be taught to use both
hands equally, for he declares that the
almost exclusive use Of the right hand
results in a weakening OF all the muscles
on the left side Of the body. Not only are
the muscles Of the left arm weakened
but also hose Of the leg and chest on that
side. lsO the left lung is less developed,
the circulation Of the blood in 1t is feeble,
It's breathing is imperfect and so it is nearly
always the left lung which is first attacked
by tuberculosis
The brain itself corresponds 10 the u Sc
Of he hands. for whereas in right handed
persons The centres which govern the
tongue occupy the left hemisphere they
arc found in the right lobe in left handed
persons The professor thinks the power
Of speech would be doubled il men made
equal use Of both hands. He points out
thpt hotel walters speak several languages
with equal facility, and he holds that this
is Decau Sc they for the most part are ambl-
deNtrous.
n the professors theory is true pianists,
Who have, SO to speak, Two right hands,
should be remarkable linguists and elo-
cutiOnists
KHEDIvE NEAR COLLISION
The Khedive Of Egypt, whose great fad
Is locomotive driving, had a narrow esCa pc
the other day while running an engine
ou lhe State railway He suddenly foun
hIs way blocked by a wagon loaded with
ak
wonderful presence of mind. He reversed
end Il sed his full brake power and stopped
NIst short Of the obstruction. He then
Jeff the engine. walked back to a sta ton
md had an interview with the responsible
Official there which that individual probably
will never forget.
They have native papers even In Morocco
and the rival Sultans have their press
organs. A Fez journal that is supporting
Nulai Hafid has been having a wordy war
fare with a Tangier contemporary which
chamrions Abdul Aztz. A copy OF the Fez
IsIer lust received thus addresses It's
colleague Of Tsnser:
-Niai thou sayest q little dog OF dogs,
Is 2 isohItely false. See rather, o bear OF
lcrrs, what is said in he English papers,
Thou sayest. q ass Of asses, &c.
wATCHoRS STUDYING EXCLUSION
Although Commissioner Watohorn's visit
/, rri,Gte he has Leen looking into the
UorAinEs Of the British alien immigration
pnt and las been discussing the subject
with War Secretary Haldane and Chief
lusr cctor Porter, he discussion centred
-,nrni,- ally IN ihn sNhiie slavesr and the