The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16
CONSERVATIVES
BADLY ALARMED.
They Foresee Disaster in Pro
posed Plan of Taxing
Land.
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GREAT CRY is RAISED
Hardship Will Fall Heavily on
Landed Gentry Of
England.
GREAT CRY is RAISED
BY PHILLIP EVERETT.
rSnectaJ ca bin Tn The Time q. T,isoatcf1 I

BY PHILLIP EVERETT.
Especial Gable to The Times-Dispatch.1
London, October 15.--English conser-
vatives are easily alarmed, but moth.
ing has probably alarmed them more
than the recent statement of the Lord
Advocate that 1t Is the intention. OF
the present English Cabinet to lift all
taxation from mems labor industry and
energy and to carry out the theories
of Henry George by basing all taxation
on lunu and land alone. and that the
present valuation of land Is made not
for the purpose of the present budget
taxes, but for another far greater pur-
pose.
A great cry Is being raised all over
the country by men who realize that
II such plans are carried out they will
not only have to carry their fair share
OF taxation. which they are now exempt
from. but they will no longer be able
to at1ord to keep hundreds of thou
sands OF acres lying idle for no other
purpose than to provide themselves
and their friends with happy hunting
grounds. That the land will then be
made the means Of helping thousands
OF men to support themselves counts
with them for nothing in comparison
with the suffering 1t will cause their
pheasants and grouse.
Compliment to Late King.
Early next year London's first
guadriga will be erected OF. the Con-
stitution Hill arcn at Hyde Park
corner. The huge bronzed four-horse
chariot. weighing upwards OF thirty
tons. has taken its designer and sculp-
tor. Captain Adrian Jones. just about
three years to complete. He mas named
the group Peace" as q compliment
to the late King Edward, who took a
great interest in the progress OF Cap
tain Jones's work.
Peace" is represented by figure
holding aloft laurel wreath In the
right hand. and in the left an olive
branch This figure towers from the
back of the chariot. AT her feet
crouches a boy charioteer, driving
four powerful horses. Round the
chariot itself are decorations of the
| rose. the shamrock and the thistle in
the form of scroll work ornamentation.
The horses have been built double
| lifesize: they measure nearly twenty
| feet from the ground to the heads.
From the tip OF the wing Of Peace
to the plinth is distance of thirty
| two feet.
/ IT designed this quadriga and ex-
] twenty years ago." Captain Jones said
to me yesterday TT was then named
Victory" and the only difference Is
that have had to alter the symbols.
1.-THE work has been one Of the most
interesting accomplishments OF my
life. and perhaps you know" said Cap
tain Jones. with a smile. that my Ike
| first. and saw q certain amount o.
| campigning. There was, however, al
ways in my mind this statuary work
| so / thought I would take up more
| peaceful occupation"
Captain Jones's studio at Chelsea
was frequently visited by the late
| King Edward, who used to drive dowr
uary was progressing. Several time!
he made suggestions as to detail. He
saw each separate piece finished. with
the exception of the boy driver. The
last time King Edward visited the
studio was the week before he went
to Biarritz. The fourth horse had Just
been completed. and the figure OF the
driver was on the point OF being com.
1 menced. King George also, when
4 Prince OF Wales, took great interest
I'm Captain Jones's work.
4 Opens Fifth Season.
\ The Imperial Social Circle. of Lon
4 don. whose aim is ito combat the
i Loneliness Of London and to look UP
! lonely Britishers all over the empire"
aas Just opened its fifth season.
1 Stanley House. the headquarters OF
J. the society, promises to rival Gretna
Il Green. for here marriages may be
. solemnlzed (under Presbyterian rites).
4 followed by the wedding breakfast and
!. reception. all for s25.
:. Among those writing for partners
! are several daughters of clersymen- a
1 generals daughter, bankers daugh-
ter. etc. An ''aristocratic lady" adj
a vances good bridge playing as a
accommodation. another the ability
4 to drive a four-in- hand. while third
is keen on Summing" Number % on
a the list Is described as very hand
some heiress. good income, aged
4 twenty-five. accomplished sporting wo.
i man, musical" The list fthe gentle
4 men in waiting includes newspaper
4 with a good income. n heir to a
baronetcy, a celebrated bandmaster
and a lieutenant with five medals.
Restless Activity.
Festival House. as the great office
Ibuildfng in the heart of London Is
called. where preparations are being
|imade 70 rthe hugo Festival of EN-
4 pire" to be held here. is rapidly be-
coming a scene of restless activity.
With the addition of an imperial ex.
4 htbition to the already gigantic pro.
gram, 1t will be readily realized tina,
the task before the council Is stu
pendous one. No effort Is being spared
to organize an imperial exhibition
i (which will properly represent the pro,
ductive and industrial resources OF the
empire.
The fact that the exhibition will bt
under the direct patronage of Kins
George. and that the entire profits o.
the "Festival of Empire" and imperta
exhib ltion will be devoted to King Ed,
wards hospital fund. Will also make
for the success of the undertaking. Tht
plans and specifications for the con
struction Of the "All-Red Tour, which
will probably be the most popular fea,
4 ture of the program at the crysta
Palace next year, are now In active
preparation. This promises to be tht
finest educat onal spectacle ever seer
lin London. The empire. with its va
+ Irtous characteristics and resources
will be presented on scale never be,
fore attempted. Visitors will not only
be shown an accurate representation
Of the physical features OF the
ldominions beyond the sea. but the en-
pire at work will be shown In AMI
mated form. The ALFRED" Tour viii
be conducted by ten monorail observa'
a ton cars. each seating sixty passen-
d GERS There will be a twe-mtnuts
service throughout the day, and tbs