Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17

both sides. The Liberals will count
to their advantage the passage in the
kings speech regretting that the pro-
vision of the commons for the re-
quirements of imperial defense and
social reform has proved unavailing.
The commons are thanked for the
"liberality and case" with which they
provided for the heavy addition to the
national expenditure. 1t will be diff
ficult to argue that this reference to
the constitutional crisis is intended to
have no political value. The masses
in England will be expected to believe
that the king has been panied by the
refusal of the lords to pass the pro-
vision generously and carefully made
by the commons for imperial and ma
tional requirements. The speeches of
the chancellor of the eXchequer and
Winston Churchill give proof of the
be too nice in their use of argument.
Every opportunity for pressing the
claim of the people against the peers
is to be availed of to the full. No de-
Velopment of the fighting quality of the
oratory of Lloyd George or Mr. Church
i'll could be looked for; it remains as
robust as ever.
Discusses Cotton Industry
Skllfully enough, Mr.. Churchill, in
Lancashire, devoted much of his
speech to the state of the cotton in
dustry under a government that had
"broken violently into the world of
constructive action while the chan
cellor of the eXchequer once more de-
Tended his budget with great feeling
and effectively dwelt on the issue that
has been raised between the elected
representatives. of the people and the
body of Legislators who were as little
qualified as themselves. At Plymouth
Lord Lansdowne said the issue lay
between tariff reform and the budget;
but this attempt to narrow the ques-
tion raised by the aggression of the
lords and their denial of the commons
ancient privileges is doomed to failure
as a popular platform argument. Even
Unionist electors will expect the here
ditary legislators to face the fight they
| have provoked,
At this moment, when the lords as
sert that the budget has been refused
because of it's revolutionary proposals,
it is interesting to recall that early in
the summer the reason given for its
threatened rejection was not its So
cialism, but that it did not provide suf-
fcient money for Dreadnoughts. 1t
was on the. imperial safety cry that
the Tories were relying for their JUS
| tificatioa. When this cry was taken
from them they were not long in find
ing another The real truth is that
the budget was thrown out because it
was the only way open to the Tories Of
weakening the Liberal party and open
| ing Aup a prospect of a return to office
for themselves. The Tories regard Of
| flee in this country as their special and
| exclusive pereuisite, and any Liberal
or Radical who happens to fill a min
| isterial position and draw a handsome
salary is held by them to be an inter-
| loper who has no right to be there
| They have now been out of Office fouI
years, and during that time they have
been unable to do anything for their
| friends or relatives at the public eX-
pense, which is an intolerable state OF
things to them.
Peers on the Stump
An innovation is promised in this
campaign by the peers participation In
platform work. The first list of fix
lures is now published, and the plat
form peers seem to consist chiefly OF
Lord Donoughmore, who could never
lose an opportunity of making q
speech anywhere Lord Desborougf
and Lord Dunmore, and that bright
particular star of the oratorical world
the earl of Camperdown, who never
fails to clear out the house of lords
when he gets on his feet.
OF course there is the impressive
rumor that the great Lord Curzon in
tends to deliver "a series of political lee
lures in the country. His audiences