New-York tribune., 1909-11-07


cred . touch of sarcasm. Perhaps his
most famous example MAS the sentence
i, which he described ''enterprising four
ralism' as the intelligent anticipation
~ events which newer occur" OF which
she yellow Press IN New York and else
where might take note.
In .the speech he delivered last week
~ Leeds may be found passages which
Illustrate his power Of grave humor.
+. sometimes. perhaps. too subtle for the
p;stform. OF too evssive % reach the
minds for which they were intended.
Hot 80 his account Of air. Lloyd-George
a. Newcastle as appealing 20 the pas
SONS OF his audience AMI trading upon
their ignorance He added No Chan
oslior of the ENcheuuer had ever made
such q speech before, with one excep-
.ior. The exception was lIr Lloyd
George More Characteristic was this
Through the ages the demagogue
usually ended hy losing his head. but I'M
this oountrv the procedure was in
rsrted
plain speaking rs less common on the
Eneiish political platform than on the
American. I have no wish 70 b. dis
agreeable 70 my country men. and viii
not say that Mr Lloyd-George's methods
ale American. II they succeed here UP
% q certain point II Is only because he
has not Yet been found cut. Few OF none
~ Mr. Lloyd-Georgo's opponents would
care 20 initiate his license Of speech.
Lord Curzon does not initiate it-far
from i--bUt &c has powers ct inyective
none the Jess effective because they are
pohshed. Mr. DisraeI said OF Mr.. Roe
buck that his rhetoric lacked hnish.
which one hearer Interpreted as meaning
was time he shut Up.
Nj LIoyd-George was a Welsh solicit
Tor in a small way of business. and as
chance Ilor of the ExcheQuer he j. still
in a small way OF business. ana the pro-
fessional tactics ~ the sharp attorney
are stiu his. But the Office Of Chancellor
~ the EXchcquer, no matter how il is
d-ed. is q great ofice. The finances II
tl. kingdom are in his hands But Mr.
Ll1yd-Ge0rgc IS a politician first and
huancier afterward; II ever. II any proof
nf that were needed beyond his budget
and his budget speeches and his conduct
or Tho budget through the Housa Of
commons. al is to be found in one fact.
For the FIRST time in history this present
finance minister has 50 framed and 50
defended his finance bill as 10 ALLEVIATE
almost tho whole business community ~
England. The CITY Of London, the great
bankers. the great financiers. the great
operations. the great manufacturers
and merchants OF all England regard Mr.
F.loyd-Jieorge's financial proposals as in
jurious To TIC vast interests they repre-
so,it
Not less hostile is that considered po-
'Itoal opinion Of which Lord Curzon is
distinguished exponent. lie sums it up
IN one weighty SENTENCE:
The present Budget is not a question
o. ordinary principles OF ordinary taxes,
hut we arc invited 10 consider a scheme
af taxation which embraces land nation
alizafion. coutemplates the transfer Of
property from one class 10 another, and
must I'm the last resort convert the time
ncnored and Nenersble Constitution OF
rhis country into a single chamber gov
the House II Commons alone"
TIA other words. it is Socialism which
AIT Lioyd-,ieorge breaches Socialism
which IS interviewer with his financial
scheme. and Socialism which he hopes.
ar did hope. 20 force the House of Lords
fo accept. But the prospects OF coercing
rhc House cf Lords are not 50 bright as
tbey We're.
Fcr the House cf Lords IS a body very
unlike tne body Of degeneratos endowed
with hereditary privileges which the
Radical tries his best 10 believe it TO be.
o. probably is, on the whole the ablest
body Of men in England. Not inheri-
tsuce but selection is the principle by
which its efficiency has Of late been
maintained ia high degree. Some of
tts strongest men are there by the law
~ descent. A great many more are
fhere as the best representative the
l,ingdom could supply OF AL that IS most
eminent in Law. I'm Science. in Finance.
in Industry. in Business of one kind or
another. including. II you like. Breweries.
and including Newspapers; including.
also. men eminent in high political Sci
ence a. home and abroad; and IN the
AT ~ War.
The three foremost English soldiers Of
Their time are Lord Wolseley. Lord Rob
erts and Lord Kitchsner, each one of
rhen born a c0unmoner ana ennobled Tor
las services in the field. The three great
est ~ modern English LgocOnsuls are
lord Cr0nlcr. Lord Milner and Lord Cur
z1n. All three have won their peerages
hr their own efforts and their own great
achievements The lawyers IN the Lords.
Hr peers descended from lawyers are too
many 10 enumcrate. but J may name
lord Hasburs. three times Lord chan
ocll-r, and a. eiglty-four with q mind
gnQimmed - there anybody who does
not know vino Lord Kelvin is, or Lord
iistcr2 or has Science anywhere any
greater men, II there be one name in
Finance which Tor three generations has
meant more 10 Europe thSn all others II
rs Rotlschild. and the present Lord
hothschild. the fret authority in the city
~ London and throughout the Kingdom,
is tie nrst peer ~ that great house.
LORD Ayebury Is another and Lord Rev
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