Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-27
THE ENGLISH POLITICAL OUT
LOOK.

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Another such victory and 1 am
lost" So remarked a Roman general
whose forces had defeated their enemy
but at such a terrific loss of men and
dimunition of aggressive power that
another similar battle would have
meant their determination.
1t may not be quite so bad with the
Liberal party in England, but it's con-
dition approaches that Of the old Rom
an, True it has won, but the victory
bids fair to be not only barren one,
but one fraught with much anxiety
much further loss of prestige, and
an inevitable second call upon the
country to determine public control by
the ballot Those best acquainted
with English conditions give the Lib
erals but short new lease on power
and intimate that within a year or two,
at the outside, the Conservatives will
be in control.
Chief source of Liberal party weak
ness in administering the government
appears to be it's inability to rally a
majority without the support of the
Irish members. This means depend
ence upon that party, a dependence
that has always been a thorn in the
flesh of the Liberal leaders and their
English followers. That the Irish ma
tionalists will insist on full pay for
their services goes without saying.
They would be false to the old tradi-
lions of their organization did they
not exact the full pound of flesh. And
in paying its political obligations, IN
catering to the Irish party for its sup
port, the Liberal party weakens itself
at home and prepares itself for the
inevitable defeat and loss of control
that well informed spectators see just
ahead
Many analyses of the English lit
zeal situation are to be found, but in
the bulk of them the fact stands out
clearly that the Conservatives are
really the triumphant party Their ag-
gressiveness viii be increased and
their position before the country
strengthened from now on, it is be-
lieved. The best the Liberal party can
do is to stir up some new issue that
will appeal to the country, have it
thrown out by the Lords, or defeated
in the House by union of Conserv-
atives and other forces, and then face
the voters again in a new battle royal
Even on a new issue, though, the opin-
ion Of the writer's on the subject seems
to be that the Liberal party is doom
ed to defeat. A long lease on COVER
mental control seems just ahead for
the ''peerage, the beerage and the
Church, as one writer puts it.
The elections have demonstrated
that passionate clamor to the voters
against established institutions
against the wealthy and the socially
prominent, does not always appeal lc
the masses with the forcefulness that
might be anticipated 1t is quite pos
sible, even to an American comprehen-
sion, that the House of Lords may
not be such a hopelessIy inane body
as it has been represented to be, thai
it may embrace, as its supporters
claimed, just as much intelligence
! just as much patriotism, and just as
much influence, as the lower and pop
ularly elected House. That the Eng
lish will do away with the House d
Lords in the near future is hardly II
be credited, judging from the results
of the election. That there may be re
fo~ms instituted with regard to it il
generally accepted, even by its owl
leaders. But that it will remain some
what of balance wheel in the coun
try's legislative system is now appar
emily accepted as more firmly estab
Iished than ever before.