The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
Henry George, Son of Famous
Economist, Active Force on
the Liberal Side.
NEXT MOVE WILL BE
UP TO PREMIER ASQUITH
Cabinet Not United, and Certain
Ii Is Government Will
Have Trouble.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
TO Tho Tribune

SDcCldl 'ablC 10 InC lrlDuNcs
LONDON. Jan. 29.-Onc of the strong
est campaigncrs on the Liberal side in
the campaign, which practically ended
tonight, WAS an American, Henry George.
son OF tho famous American economist.
author Of Progress and Poverty" aud
tho first promulgator of the idea of land
tax, which, included in the budget,
caused its rejection by the lords and
brought on the election. Young George.
who, by the way. is a distant cousin OF
Chancellor Lloyd George has taken n
very active interest In the campaign and
has contributed some effective campaign
literature TO the Liberal cause.
1t Is stated that Lloyd George, who
George, aud Is a firm believer in his
theory of taxation, has urged young
George u take up his residence In Eng
land, holding out rs an induccmcnt scat
in parliament at the earliest opportunity.
While the American writer has not yet
definitely decided 10 do so, II Is gen
orally understood that he Will fall in
with the wishes Of his lsnsman and be-
fore very long will take scat In parlia-
mcnt.
Now TINT election results arc nearly
all in, it, is for Mr.. Asquith to make the
next move. and every cSc Is fixed upon
him, Never has a British statesman
been called upon to solve a more per-
picking problem.
NOC NOSe-olleWu.
Although tho governmental coalition
the ministry Will have To depend upon
the Irish members for q continuance in
power, and it is this which makes Mr.
Asqu;th's position difficult
1t is expected that his plan OF pro-
cedurc VIII exclude the idea of a thick
and thin alliance with the Laborites and
Irish NatIonal!sts on their own terms.
IL the coalition Is to continue-Say the
authorities who assert their advance
knowledge of Asquiths parliamentary
prosrammc-it will na because the La
boriIcs consent TO abandon such projects
as their right TO work" bill. and by the
Irish dismiss the hope OF getting home
rule on either the Parncll or Gladstone
basis from Whig prime minister
To go 10 great lengths I'm granting
autonomy 10 Ireland and bring in such
a measure for unemployment insurance
as was outlined by Mr.. Churchill the
other day, appear TO be Mr.. Asquith's S
an inturiatcd Tory peer calls ''bribes for
support OF traitors and Socialists"
If Mcssrs. Redmond and Henderson.
leaders OF the Irish and Labor parties
lowers in check and to induce them TO
accept the AsGuith programme The Goa
lition may prove an effective machine.
Already there arc indications that such
But until the exact text OF the speech
from the throne next month Is known
to the public. one guess Will ne as gOou
as another regarding the probabilities
of modcrating the demands Of Mr., AS
quith's associates in the radical block.
Cabinet Not United.
The cabinet is not unite. I understand.
on the subject OF dealing with the house
of Lords. One faction is advancing
limitation of the veto power Of the lords,
the other drastic change in the qualiiica-
tons for membership.
Lord Morley, Sir Edward Grey and Mr..
Ualdanc adhere to the former theory
and Messrs. Lloyd George Churchill and
Reginald MCkcnna To the latter.
The first business before the house OF
commons on February 1st Will be the
vote of confidence In the government
and when that is passed it is probable
that AsQuith will go 10 the king and
ask for Il guarantee that II the lords
throw out the bill limiting their veto the
king VIII consent TO the creation OF Suf
Gcient number of peers 10 swamp the
Tory majority in the house OF lords. II
needs five hundred new creations to do
this and no one believes the existing
house would face such cheapening of
titles.
The Unionists say the king will refuse
Asquiths demand because the Irish hold
tho balance of power but the king Is
unlikely to assume the grave response
bility of virtually disfrapchising Ireland
and putting n stigma of interiority on her
representatives.