The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
'TH|NK|T A NO1|CE
TO TAFT TO QUIT
Roosevelt's Kansas City Speech
So Regarded in Eng
land
uhEAsINEss IN NEAR EAST
Lord Esher Makes an Amusing
Attack on Democ-
racy.
UNEAsINEss IN NEAR EAST
NY WILLIAM n. STEAD.

Especial Cable 10 The limos D1spat
London, September 3.-The English
have all made up their minds thai
Roosevelts Kansas speech is a notice
to quit to Taft They seem to be
equally convinced that Roosevelt's re.
election Is dead certainty. Outsiders
sometimes see most of the game. bur
they arc sometimes mistaken. one
reason why Engllshmen are so dead
sure that Taft is doomed man IA
FAR as second term is concerned. is
because they still remember the fate
OF the Wing leaders who were In
stuffed in the leadership of tho 1Ib-
erAi party In 1874. when Gladstone
retired to Hawarden to end his daya
IN preparing to meet his Maker.
Gladstone 'BnciS In Line.
Two years passed The Turkish
atrocities in Bulgaria brought Clad
stone back into the lighting line. For
three years he profeaseu loyal al
iegiance to Lords Granville and Hart
ington. But to everybody he was the
real leader of the party. When the
Midlothian campaign eliminated In
1880 In the defeat OF Beaconsfield. not
all that the Queen could do prevented
Gladstone's return to the premiership
What happened here men say will hap
pen there.
When the appeal is made to the ma.
ton Roosevelt will sweep Taft out OF
sight az Gladstone swept aside Gran
vile. Granville accepted the Inevitable.
Both he and Harrington took ONCE UNI
der their impetuous chief. So men saw
1t will be with TAFT
UncasinesA I'm Near East.
Talking OF Turks reminds me thar
a very profound uneasiness preyaila
In well Informed circles as to prepa-
rattons for war that appear to be
going on night and day In the near
East Powder and shot are being
shipped in large quantities to Salonika
and Athens. There is a great tension
between the rival races In Macedonia.
There are many points of friction
between the Creeks and Turks which
might easily lead to an explosion. The
danger lies not at Athens. but In Con-
The Greeks know they
cannot stand UP for a month against
the Turks. who. with the aid of their
newly purchased German battleships.
could crush Greece in week IL the
powers held their hands.
Peace Probable Outcome.
Despite all gloomy presages OF war.
! incline to the belief that the Ma
tional Assembly will meet peacefully
and that Dentzelos. much the ablest
and longest-headed statesman in
Greece. will take Office. He will have
a redoubtable supporter in DR..
Drakoulis. the splendid idealist, who
is the leader OF the practical Socialist
party, man who is all for peace and
Greek professor who
has had the advantage OF many years.
residence in oxford.
Lord Esher figures conspicuously IN
The papers OF the week. His attacks OIL
democracy in the National Review viii!
amuse American readers Esher in
striking phrases suggests that SELF
sacrifice withers before the sirocco OF
democracy. His notion that under
he old system the British empire was
governed by distin:erested ,,nselfIsh
OF the governing classes, who
work on voluntary principle without
Ray or reward Is somewhat naive.
Weird Notion of Democracy.
\ Under monarchy honors and titles
ire currency, in which men are paid
or services rendered to the state.
Democracy has no means OF payment
tut cash down
pen to cayil. Writing In the Deutscne
revue. he combats the notion that
King Edward was the incarnate enemy
II Germany and Germans The very
'everse was the case But 1T WAS a
rery great nearness between him and
he Kaiser which led to so much fric-
ion between them. On this subject
Tsher knows what he Is writing about,
which is more than is claimed for him
vhen he Is writing about democracy