The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
ENGLAND 5 BAT TIE
IS NOW LABOR VS..
CAPITAL
On Eve of Thrilling Election
Campaign Becomes Movement for
Higher Wages and Chance To
Earn Honest LIVING.
Outside Of London, Storm Center Of
Campaign Will Be County
Of Lancashire.

LONDON. Jan. To-day, on the eve
OF the most momentous. thrilling cleo
ton Of century In England. the cam
paign has settled down into what Is
distinctly fight between capital and
labor. Ii Is really a strike by the toll
Ing masses for higher wages from
the vested interests which, through
their monopoly OF the country's nat
ural resources, have forced the people
TO work for them for almost nothing
during many centuries past.
The Liberals have done two very
clever things. They have identified
themselves closely with. the labor
cause by withdrawing Liberal candi-
dates from constituencies In which
they believed the labor candidates the
stronger, and by inducing the labor
candidates to withdraw In other con-
stituencies I'm which II was obvious
that the Liberals would poll more
votes.
The combination with the laborites
the Independent Labor party, AZ
they call acknowledgements, OF
course, that the Conservatives will
face a united opposition instead OF
divided foe, and In two-score constitu-
encies the combination means the diff
ference between defeat and victory
for the cause OF reform.
The election will open Saturday.
Jan. Is. and continue for about three
weeks. until all of the more than 600
members of the house of commons are
chosen. The big day will be Jan. 10,
when the voters of between 80 and Az
Of
at the polls. or course sweeping
victory for either side that day VIII
have its influence on succeeding cleo
tons, and will probably settle the
Issue.
London is not always nor altogether
Conservative. The city of London Is
n patch one mile square In the center
of the GREATER metropolis. Outside the
city of London labor has always been
strong. and the fight 1t Is making To
capture seats I'm the next parliament
Ia more vigorous than ever before.
Outside of the metropolis the politi-
cal storm center OF the English cam
paiSn viii be. AZ usual the county OF
lancashire, with It's huge cotton, ship
ping and other industrial interests. II
Is q Liberal stronghold of free trade.
Hence the Conservatives are making
desperate efforts to wrest 1t from their
rivals. Should they succeed. there
would be every reason to look for
Conservative landslide England-wide.
But the chances are that they VIII not.
With Birmingham as a center, the
fight will also be furiously bitter
throughout the adjoining counties of
Warwickshire. Staffordshire and Der
nv. This section Ia the seat OF the
chamberlain influence and because
Joe Chamberlain is its Industrial King
he is also political king-so Warwick
shire. Staffordshlre and Derby promise
TO be Conservative. just as they were
Liberal when Chamberlain was Lin
eral. before the great home rule spit
of 1893. And here the Liberals are
cxerting every ounce OF strength 10
gain an overwhelming advantage by
turning the tide Of votes to them
selves. They will hardly succeed.
Worcestershire. known as the most
corrupt county In England, is under
the domination OF the landed gentry.
The industrial population has been
growing enormously In worcestershire
Of late, however, so that the ConsesVa-
tiVeS are not SO SOilu do VI yOiS.
Yorkshire, big. thickly populated,
and covered with great manufacturing
towns. Is doubtful. Here Is where
they have fierce riots at the polls.
Generally speaking, the southern
counties. largely agricultural In char-
acter and directly dominated by the
great lords, have tended toward Con-
seryatism. There are indications. how
ever. of q change now, due mainly TO
the nobility descended In Its efforts to
defeat the budget.
DOZENS of these landed proprietors,
millionaires many times over. under
took to influence their tenantry by
the dismissal of a few house servants
and gardeners apiece, by the cutting
off of petty subscriptions to local
charities, by the curtailmem or dis-
continuance OF pensions to employees
grown old in their service, by the re-
duction OF salaries and tips
The pretense. OF course, was tnat
fhe budgets increases in taxation rem
dered such economies necessary. But
when the Liberal statisticians showed
that such savings generally aggregat-
ed several hundred times the amounts
OF the increased taxation, there was
great howl.
Hermit Had $4,000 In Clothing.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Jan. 5.-When
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