The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-22
mo EXCITEMENT IN
ENGLAND OVER WAR
Only Press Now and Then
Lambasts the Italians
for Their Action.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

BY HERBERT TEMPLE.
LONDON, Oct. 21-Aside from vic
lent denunciations Of the Italian gov
eminent in nearly every English
newspaper Immediately after the out
break Of the war, the English people
nave taken very little interest in the
conflict about Tripoli The reason is
that we have too many troublesome
problems to worry about at home
There are two great anti cam
paigns going on at present. One
tagainst Home Rule in Ulster and an
Iother against Disestablishment in
Wales and both look very much like
losing ventures.
1t is amusing to notice how the de.
TENDERS of the Welsh Establishments
are constantly engaged in the arduous
task OF running two contradictory ar
guments at the same time. TO the
Welsh people they represent the Els.
tablished church, in Wales, as thor
oughly national concern; while at the
same time they are striving to excite
English churchmen to join in an agi-
tation against the Welsh national de-
mand for disestabIishment on the
ground that the WEIGH church is only
local branch of the English church,
and It would be most unjust az they
contend. ITO single out for separate
treatment four diOceses of the Prov
ahce or Canterbury But such a plea
gives away the whole case for the ma
tionaT' character of the Established
Church In Wales. and stamps it unmis-
takably as an alien establishment i'm
posed upon the people from without
against their will.
In the campaign against Home Rule
the old myth about the measure hav-
Ing been twice defeated at the polls is
being reviewed and trotted out as
valuable argument At Belfast meet
Ing the other day one of the noble
spell-binders. who want the people Of
Ulster to fight the British army and
navy rather than pay taxes imposed
by an Irish Parliament in Dublin said:
THE English people have on two pre-
vious occasions given a most decided
vote upon this question. They turned
the Liberals out IN 1866, and then later
on, they were thoroughly beaten when
they went to the country upon Home
Rule"
In 1886, it Is true the Conservatives
were returned to power, but official
statistics show that though actual re-
suits In seats was Conservative ma
3ority Of 1O4, the majority warranted
by voting strength" was Liberal one
OF IL. At the election of 1892 "a gov
eminent elected for Home Rule or on
aasis Of Home Rule" as Mr.. Balfour
put 1t. was returned to power The Sec
ond Home Rule Bill followed in the
same year. passed the Commons and
was only defeated in the Lords. The
next general election which resulted
In, Tory victory did not take place
till 1895 and was fought on different
issues, Mr. Chamberlain's old age pen.
sion being one of them
In calm and matter-of.fact state
ment the London General Omnibus
Company has announced an impending
event that marks epoch in the his |
tory OF London. At the end of the pres
ent month the last horse omnibus of
the companys equipment will be with.
drawn from the London streets and
thenceforward the entire fleet will be |
motor-driven.
After the close of October a few
horse omnibuses belonging to smaller
may continue to drag wea-
~ wheels along suburban by routes,
fbut not for long
IN {~x~
roads of the future at the Royal Geo.
Society, Mr.. c. r. Enock
said the other day: LAS to the railroad
,of the future. we may discover that the |
fhurling Of heavy masses of iron tim
Der through space as practiced with
our present type Of rolling stock is I'M
Iscientific.
I'm my mind. rather than long heavy
trains, the new system takes the form |
OF light rapid. individual vehicles run
ming at frequent intervals upon a light
structure OF uninterrupted line, under
conditions where collision and derail-
ment would be impossible. These vehi-
cles will flash from city to city at dou-
Die or treble the present speeds, and
at a 1.-THE Of the present cost
ut Is possible that a system involv-
Ing light elevated railroads is worthy
OF consideration and experiment Not,
however Of the ponderous and insight
~ type Of structure which defaces
the side streets of New York, but a
structure in which lightness, appear
ance and low cost are the elements
Tor success Such line may be con-
ceived as running across hills and val
leys. consisting of little beyond light
trussed steel beams carried on col
umns set in the ground at such a
height as to cread ordinary obstacles
OF roads. hedges, etc. and of
character such as would leave the
ground beneath it free for agricultu-
raj purposes. Single light vehicles