The Washington times., 1909-12-11
By ZACH McGHEE.

1
Since the definite precipitation of the
fight by the action of the house Of lords
in refusing TO pass the budget a decided
change Of tone has characterized prophi-
cies and speculations about the ultimate
result
Uo to that time the atmosphere OF
London, that is Of fashionable and I'm
ancial London as well as that large por-
tion OF would-be fashionable and IRE
tenl-to-be financial London. had been
giving It out, or trying to give IL out,
that It was all up with the Liberal
government but the voting. Lest there
might be some uishap along toward the
end they were doing the shouting then.
But since that time the dispatches
from London have been practically
unanimous in the prophecy that the
lords will be beaten and the Liberals
returned TO power, that is, you under
stand kept IN power. Ordinarily they
do NOT speak of "electing' a man TO
parliament; they say returning him,
even though he has never been there be-
fore.
Attack of Cold Feet.
Now what is the meaning OF this sud
cen attack of cold feet? or is it cold
London daiIies, which. by the way. have
considerable influence with the London
correspondents are not talking half
so big about how the Liberals ara go
ing TO be defeated as they were before
the real fight actually began Now
what's the matter?
The trouble with .he Conservative
party said a Leading editor OF a Con-
sentative newspaper, I'm one OF the big
manufacturing towns Of Northern Eng
land. in talking to me one day. els that
Il has got into the clutches Of the
Tariff Reform League I believe IN tar
! IN reform myself. but those fellows
have axes 60 grind and they have rails
ed a lot Of money 70 carry or their
| propaganda"
Who are the men trying TO force "A
protective tariff on England? First. the
/ landlords, who want to get up some
other scheme Of raising revenue with
/ out resorting to the tax on their lands
Big Six of London.
The Duke Of Sutherland. who has the
whole country Of Sutherland for his
estate" is the leader among these, as
sisted, of course. by the Big Six, who
own London-the Dukes Of Westmin-
| ster. Bedford. and Portland. Lords Sails
! bury. KensinEton. and Portman-and
/ by the rest or the big landlords. But
! these have enlisted the interests Of
some big nnanciers and manufacturers
/ who have also put up money. Chief
! among these I'm the Five Million Dol
! lar Conspiracy" Is our old friend,
Baron Rothschild, the !. Pierpont Nor
gan OF Europe; Evelyn Barring, Mar
! quesse OF Cromer. and one Alfred
| Charles William HarmSWOTtH, Lord
/ NorthCline, who owns the most widely
| circulated newspaper in Europ. the
! London Daily Mail. and dominates with
| the advice and consent Of the others
! I'm his little group tho London Times,
| several other papers, I am told, to-
/ gether wlth-indirectly ira this case. OF
| CoJrse--a good deal Of the news which
| comes out of London In the form Of dis
patches TO foreign papers. There are
| others, some Jew money lenders.
| friends Of the Hon. Albert Edward.
Defender Of the Faith But wen come
/ 10 II. r. II. later. He's n good fellow.
II is these capitalists, the sure
I enough tariff refOrmers. who have the
| cold feet ROthschild, Cromer, Harms
worth are peers themselves. The man
iufacturerS and wOuld-be manufacturers
/ associated with them, some Of them are
peers, though not many Of them, but
/ they are not so Vitally interested in the
land as in other sources Of revenue.
They are business mem seeking In
| yestments for capital and they think
| they can double their fortunes by get
/ ting some special privileges in the form
( Of tariff protection
To Better Conditions.
| Moreover. for not all protectionists are
/ thieves. you know. there are some pa
triotic statesmen and publicists in Eng
Hand who -eally hope by overthrowing
/ the free trade system 70 give larger
number OF men employment and better
the condition Of all the people. These
generally speaking. do not care so much
about the dukes. and the earls. the mar
ouesses. the vlscOunts. and the barons.
They see that the people seem deter
mined to at least rebuke the house Of
,ords for interfering i'm a finance bill. es-
/ peciaIIy when the reason for the inter
] ference IS TO avoid paying a tax on their
own lands
The more far-seein. tariff reformers,
on prOtectionists, despairlng of a
3 straight-cut issue "a the tariff at this
I time. are just going 10 stand by, watch
/ their old friends. the dukes, the earls.
/ etc, get a good. sound walloping and
| spring their tariff issue at another time