The Washington times., 1909-12-11

protection party in England. the leaders
Of which, possessed Of some political
sense. do not propose to go into the
campaign bearing the burden Of that
| lent, pan-pOurished, and egregeiouslT in
competent institution popularity termed
the upper house and unpopularly termed
the house Of landlords"
No Chance to Win.
There isn't any chance TO carry this
election. and the protectionists fear lest
the conservative cause being beaten the
defeat might he attributed to the
strength Of the free trade sentiment.
They don't care anything about the
earls and the dukes one way OF the
other; only. seeing how unpopular are
these representatives of aristocraCy,
they want TO steer clear of them.
The straight tariff fight viii come
some day in England. II looks almos,
hopeless for the prospect Of such fight
In America.
We don't fight straight in this coun-
try more than once in a half century
Our party platform has come TO be a
sort or encyclopedia Of political wisdom
with catalogue OF promises which II
would take several decisions of the
Supreme Court to interpTeS and several
elections TO determine what the Supreme
/ Courts decision meant.
They order things differently and faI
! better In the mother country. There
Z
when they settle II. II is generally set
tied. They are going to settle in this
election whether or not the people have
a right TO tax the landlords If # Is
decided that they have such a right
that is. If the Liberals are returned "a
| Parliament, the question will never bt
! raised again In a thousand years.
The principle of Mr.. eloyd-George
chancellor OF the exchequer, will become
a part Of the British constitution, anC
the people of England build their con.
stitution like they build their houses
stone by stone, not for generation, but
for all time.
Fate of the Lords.
AS 10 the fate Of the lords themselves
that will depend altogether on how they
themselves behave. II they raise any
further objections they will just quietly
be politically annihilated. II they be
have seemly they may be tolerated fol
a long time TO come.
One Of the many things which hai
come 20 be confused IN the minds OF
most Americans about this British
situation is AZ 10 the extent OF caste
feeling involved in the contest. Many
have been led TO suppose that there 1.
otter personal hatred between tn,
/ al fstOcraCy and what are termed tn,
This Is not a social fight, but purely Z
political and economic one. There /.
| little personal anupathy 20 the lords.
There Is good enough reason fol
this In the first place. the aristOcracy
| OF England is not half so snobbish a.
we in America have been led TO suppose
! They are nothing like the vulgar rich
either of our country or OF England
quite the contrary.
Now am not one OF those who wen
/ over to England ana was met at IN,
/ dock by a delegation of ''jewks'
''markisses," and the like. have no
/ these past few months hobnobbed to any
! alarming extent with these British
| lords, but ] have hobnobbed with many
q fellow who paid rent to them
Nobility Denounced.
All over the country 1 heard people II
/ private conversation and I'm public speecI
| denouncinE the dukes and the earIs"-
| they always singled out those two
| classes. considering them typical Of all
| Now, by the way. I'll be honest witt
! yob. Teader-if there is such person
/ didn't know what a duke or an ear
I was. do you2
Wen. 1 asked a man one day, and
/ when he got through laughing, he told
/ but Che substance of It was that he wal
\ the son of duke, and that he had q
| whole lot OF land upon which an agen
| collected rent, and that he blew I'm th'
| money. Personally he was a Harmless,
| sort OF fellow, but he had outgrown hi!
/ usefulness in England, and they didn'
/ need him.
/ We'll. but what does ne look like
/ Has he got claws and hOrns2-
] About that time we met one in tn,
! road. We were riding our bicycle;
| along one Of the magnificent roads, anC
/ the Duke OF Dev9nshire. with his wife
came along in a buggy, just an ordinar,
/ buggy. you know, about like our four
seated hacks, with plain-clothe:
! driver
| He is one Of the richest dukes in
/ England We had just ridden along
/ road some ten miles Of stone fence Dor
dering one OF his several large estates
! He was, for all I could see, Just an
| Ordinary plain country gentleman, anC
! I so remarked to my companion, who
! by the way. was OF the Tailoring class.
Well" he said. "it is just This s,
/ far as the duke is concerned there Il
no objection 70 him personally. AS
matter OF fact, / would. and We al
/ would, much rather have the duke thar
! this new-rich fellow for. after all, tn,
duke is a gentleman. We don't wan
/ TO harm him. but We do think he geti
! too much He Is entitled to some o.
| the earth but not all Of It,"
/ There are twenty-five dukes in Eng
land, eight in Scotland. and two II