The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09
GREAT BRITAIN
GETS A LESSON
Recent Events in Portugal Give
English Statesmen Much to
Ponder Over.
REPUBLICANISM SPIRIT
GROWING WORLDWIDE
Overthrow of Power of House of
Lords Would Not Be
Surprising.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

| Special Cable TO The Tribune.
| LONDON, Oct. S.-For British states
manship the march Of rcpub)icanism in
the lberian peninsula has more than the
Importance OF delicate issue Of for
eign relations to be handled by Sir Ed
ward Grey. it has direct bearings on
The international political situation.
This IS because Of the extraordinary
efforts of Mr.. Asquith and his hcuten-
ants in the radical coalition to secure
for the democracy its proper share in
government by curbing the house of
lords, cannot be divorced absolutely
from the status Of the monarchy it.
self.
Edward VII. clearly recognized the
connection and did not try to conceal
ms anxiety from his encourage.
One of the most menacing cries raised
against the lords was the cry of James
kcir Hardic last winter;
We count on the aid Of the country
against the arrogance Of the peers; and
If we are disappointed il may be that
the crown will follow the coronct TO the
melting pot.''
Tories delight to call him "Qucer
Hardie and even the Liberals suspect
him of overestlmating his value to the
remainder of mankind; but Hardic does
represent in his noisy fashion a party
certainly not diminishing, and his fling
at "tyrants of all rank" is recalled to-
day,
May Soon See Light.
After discussing the chances for and
against a serious republican movement
in the near future among any of the
populations of the monarcbial powers,
N uh1n ihip lnr Of
tact between Portuguese republicans
and the democracy of the United King
dom, says it is inconceivable that the
leaders Of political thought in England
when taking Il broad view of events
in Lisbon should not sec the light these
cast upon the forthcoming coronation
of George v, ga ceremony bound TO
do one of two things-eithcr increase
or decrease the sources of democracy in
the greatest state of the modern
world. -
Whether republican success in Portu.
gal will greatly stimulate republican
feeling in this country is doubtful. The
republican movement here has not
TO much since the diamond
jubilee of Victoria. but prior to that
celebration it deserved some attention.
a widespread outburst Of loyalty to
the rc,gning family followed the death |
VI tue DcSL IcIlOW WHO ever nan IDc
TO swing n sccptcr,' as Tim
Healy described him.
Quite likely the pageantry and fetcs
Of the coronation next year will work |
in the same direction throughout fcudal
England, however it may be in Scot, |
land, Wales and Ireland
Far-Reaching Influence.
But. altogether apart from the future
of royalty there is TO be reckonad with |
the influence coronation enthusiasm
may exert upon the campaign the rad |
lcaJs arc conducting against the lords.
A prominent Tory organ accuses them
Of warming at their camp fires these
whole broods of revolutionary vIpcrs, -
and apparently this charge is n cue clev-
erly chosen and given to the high party
by the adroit Balfour.
Uniouisfs profess to believe that tine
rising tide of national enthusiasm for
cals al the next general election wheth-
rr it occurs in January or later in
1911.
TO this the radicals reply that the
spectacle of the democracy of Portugal
boldly changing intolcrable conditions
BY the only method available stirs the
souls of true democrats in nll lands and
must encourage tbe British and Irish
democrats to strike down their aristo-
:ratic opprcssors at Westminster
1t is significant. nevertheless, that
5he practical men in Liberal councils
ire urging that the appeal Ga The coun.
ry on the constitutional issue be made
before the coronation excitement sets
n. January is their month-thc ear
lest period convenient.