The Washington times., 1909-12-04

ed in London after making a bicycle
tour Il rough the thickest populated sec
uons Of northern England. Scotland. and
ireland, were loath to believe there Is a
tremendous wave of popular approval of
Mr.. Lloyd-GeOrge's budget. Talking
10 one Of the reporters on the Glas-
vative and antl-budget paper. one day,
sail, There are, 1 believe, three Con-
SerVa1ve and four Liberal chat is, pro
Dudge), members of parliament from
sentiment"
Government Stronger.
We'll" said he. "the only Change I
can note is that this budget has con-
siderably strengthened the government
They simply could not take that down
in London. not any more than the aver
age man you meet downtown in New
York can take in the fact that in the
Western half Of this country there is a
tremendous sentiment for curbing the
power. Of what in New York they call
the business interests -
And these LOndoners are not only
ones who do not and cannot under
stand. for in England more than IA
America one-haH not only does not
know how the other half lives. but has
practically no idea how the other half
thinks; for the classes do not mix. Let
me tell you more about thai parade in
Edinburgh. There is abundant Illus
tratiOn in it.
bridges In that picturesque Scotch CAP
itaI and watched the long files march
by. After The earth is tine Lord s.
not the landlords I noticed another
Trust Then came Less Pleasure
Ground: More Treasure Home" and
another, Free Land Free Trade, Free
Men" and many others. OF course
IL Of rrfr .H-H.
sI~.iIe when a little group brought up
the rear with a big banner inscribed
Peers Keep OFF e Grass But some
how there was something about II which
in spite OF the levlty made foreign on
locker think they meant Just about
what that banner said.
Just off the bridge from where stood
1 could see the windows OF one of the
the evening before ! had met a gentle
man who said 10 me, why ] haven {
seen q man who does not consider t.
budget an out. age on decency." And
here all he haC to 90 was 10 look out
Of the club window But the trouble
with these fellows is they VIII not look
out OF the window. There Is something
within which rs ali absorbing and all
sufficient He had not even paused, as
i had done right in the next street, 70
talk with the post card vender or the
butcher, the baker, the caudlesuck
maker What right have such people
90 opinions anyway
Millions vs. Thousands,
But do not get the idea that il Is
that class alone. usually meant when we
saw the butcher, the baker, and the
candlesticI1 maker. that are vehementiy
In favor OF the budget. Out OF i2,0o0Ol
people in the United Kingdom there are
only about 10000 landlords. the rest OF
tine people rent land. Most or them
rent land wnich they could not buy az
any price - they had the money cash
I'm hand. They pay rent 60 the landlords,
then the taxes to the government on
tine landlords land. on an sides there
are thousands of acres OF land fenced
in, sometimes for miles and miles with
stone fences, just standing there idle,
while around 10 are people huddled to-
gether along the road with barely
enough land 90 walk from the road to
their doors. These houses. too. in the
country, not alone in the city. country
Sums they are
And from these TO the best city houses
and some Of the finest cOuntry farms.
the people have to pay tribute 40 the
landlord. have to pay taxes o. their
| homes while the landlords with their
thousands Of acres pay not one cent.
That's the way they feel about IT, and