The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

the veto bill though the Lords dished
Tho Tories completely
The result Of their dcfcnt has been
to mako them furious with the King.
whom They can no longer hope to OK
plot FOR their own factious purposes
They lovc no; yet vcii,urcd TO say
publicly what they say win angry
rchrmcncc among themselves but
they are in an ugly mood. They accuse
the King OF cownrdicc In oheying the
mandates Of "radical Socialist Thcy
complain tia; he las betrayed tho con;
s;itution ana wrathfuliy predict thu,
he viii bc The Grs, 10 suffer when
revolution triumphs
\ Plan to Force the I.inr.
And as the Tories dare not say
these things openly they content ihcm-
selves by swearing they viii compel
the King To make 500 new peers. which
of course. is within tlieir power. Tie
Sing naturally dctcsts having to use
MS rreroGatiNc In - fashion so unprc-
ccdentcd. lie hopes that the knowl-
cogc mat he viii be compelled TO
swamp the hereditary chamber by new
creations If the peers refuse 10 sub
init. viii he sufficient to secure their
submission. lie knows that if 50n
new peers are created the hereditary
character Of tic second chamber dis
appears and the two houses instead
OF balancing each other. VIII he dom
mated by tile Liberals.
such IL solution is more revolution
airy than the veto bill, which is al
most ridiculously Conservative meas
HTe i;ut ltHc wishes at the King
count FOR nothing in the eyes OF these
Tory roughridors. The fact that
such measure would be painful and
"dious TO Ills Majesty make. ii more
at'ractiv" 70 tiicir eyes Nothing is
ipo Gnd fcr ne King Who win not
riand bv thcn. If he trucklcs 10 mo
i:a'licals, lot him nay tho pricc.
EVEN this Is not all If they lind, as
they undoubtedly discover, ihnt George
is not TO be hlllicd and bUildoZcd into
forgetting his duty as n constitutional
monarch there ara those who will
not shrink al going further, rho King
A"S seen with profound ;;lnrm The ALAG
ri'y With whch the Tory party will
ling over tho hereditary principle. in
b" case "f tac second chamber, ami lie
hh# had Cuil warning Of the degree of
reliance to hc placed upon Inc Tories;
II lhcy found tho hereditary principle
lnpopnlar in tie case OF the monarchy.
they forced The country into a great
'lIHAi i'IAl'ilsll tflSlS III pTGcf, lteN ue-
clare. I" defend the hereditary prin-
'Ipir ~ LEGISLATION. But no sooner
an the wire piillcrs tell them that the
consult Hcnci"S would. not stand FOR the
hefctit.rN. principle than they lung IL
TO the wolNcs ihey are quite caoable
. OF executing the same manOcuvrc with
REGARD "a the crown.
stead CALLS Them .Iacobitcs.
or course they repudiatc at present
any such inicntionu But desperate
men STICK at nothing The party
Which has Just slain I5aEruo is
10 i,r trusted TO refrain from MAX ing
Snort work of Duncan.
Ihe record, Of the Tory party with
bad. 1ncr always aympnthizc with
ne lacnb!ics. Their iiin;; was over
ne wat"r. Tic sovcrciSns Of the
I 'i"upvrrialt dynasty were regarded as
q r"cl of Whg usurpcrs. Even at
| %" beginning Of the rcign OF Queen
| Nicior'a tho Tory press WAS most I'M
| mannGriy Hrd dIsioval
They viii but be following their own
| tNll traditions. In their chagrin and m
/ pricni ra%c they turn upon the King
| dnd rcrh him, because hc Loyalty fol-
| lows thr cuunscls OF his constitutional
II wli only need this threatened
revolution utterly To destroy the Tory
! Iafii ~ IN ina;rumcnt for the govern
| mHnt pf-ipr British Empire. This is. so
| obvious that | cannot bring myself to
/ hciicvC that despite all the growing
/ Of tGrioIs partiHans BaIfour and Lord
| l.tnsd"wnc will force the King to
! take toe cStromc measure of creating
| rive hundred peers. although that will
: herom" inevitable If the peers dc not