The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29
TROUBLE COMES
IN AN OVERDOSE
POLITICAL DIsSENsIONs RIFE
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
KINGDOM.
GUIDING HAND NEEDED
TINE HAS COME FOR ACTION AND
KING CAN NO LONGER HIDE
BEHIND SKIRTS OF
MINISTER'S.
GUIDING HAND NEEDED
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.


BY HERBERT TEMPLE.
Especial Gable From The International
News Service
LONDON. August 28.--Troubie In q
great clarifyer of the atmosphere, Eng
land has received an overdose. Tne
result Is that the King is being forced
IT, show his hand.
Heretofore his position pared
with nothing So much as tina conven-
lent means for procrastinatton afforded
by mans wife. In the one instances
the snperstitious man, when confront
ed with a knotty problem, says. III
have to ask my wif-,e-then goes off
and takes counsel with himself; in thu
other the various ministers, when con-
( fronted VITA demand for political
direction say Well nave to confer
with the KING. then debate among
! themselves. Both wife and King are
| figureheads.
| All this is being changed. however.
and the change IL being effected by
the rough hand Of trouble In the shape
Of political dtssensions throughout the
/ United Kingdom, the Moroccan ques-
( tion and the omnipresert labor ais
orders that threaten the peace Of Great
Britain. In fact trouble has logged
the footsteps OF King George since the
( first day of his accession and trou-
! Bile, in the metaphorieal guise OF a
huntsman, has cofnered His Majesty
and made him show his teeth.
/ Guiding Hand Needed.
X This result has long been sought for
in every strata OF political Br:;ain.
More and more do the politicians,
nnanciers and thinking men Of tn-
! British Isles realize the necessity Of
a strong guiding hand at the helm
of the ship Of state, and more and
more Do they decry the political deca-
denee that has resulted from the fac
tionai governing Of the mighty ma
ton. 1t has come 20 a question OF
rev olution with Republican govern
ment as its aim. or a monarchy with
a monarch of Napoeons character a.
its head
The time has come for action The
King can no longer hide behind the
skirts 81 his ministers. He can no
longer veil his policies with ambiguity.
meet them With equiVocation, or exc
+ cate them through consular proxy. He
must either show his hand. and prove
himself the master Of the country's
destintes. or strengthen the fast grow
ing sentiment Of dissatisfaction and
sRepubiicanism boldly shown among
the masses.
That the King realizes this none can
doubt His action In pledGing his sup
port to the governments play 10
create enough BLACK leg peers to
override the House OF Lords. and par
ticUlarlv his tacit acknowledgment
of lrelands fight fer home rule
through the veto bill. have been great
strides in the right direction.
He must meet demand with action
or see monarchial power transmitted
! to Republican desire.
The excitement attendant upon the
I adjournment Of parliament is now s9f-
fciently abated. and the political at
. mosphere sufficiently cleared to allow
of a more or less authentic political
forecast OF the situation that viii con-
front the legislators when .ney con-
vene this autumn,
OF course precedence viii be given
to the National Insurance bill. to
whicN%the ca binet attaches great inn
portance as asset when next they
appeal 10 the voters of the country.
In fact this measure is apt to take
almost all the available time The re-
manning Clauses will have In be taken
IN committee. then viii ceme the third
reading and all the stages in the
House Of Lords This represents a
very heavy task in Itself particularly
II in the meantime. opposition TO
the measures as seems probable, de-
Veiops. and the various interests con-
cerned determine on active measures
in pursuit of their particular claims.
Ry the medical profession and tho
ly societies the adjournment of fur
Their consideration OF the measure Will
. he welcomed. The doctors have al
ready obtained number of conces-
sions, bat II may possibly be found,
at the neNi meeting of the British
Medical Association that the conn
; promises re2 cifeti III tire commons are
not sufficiently satisfying to ali the
members and further pressure either
to- ka nF - t. ~
: Upper Chamber may he exerted with
the result that The debates may be
. prolonged
: ON tbs other hand some OF the
leaders Of the friendly societies are
- already in revolt owing to conc essions
, made to the doctors From this II
Ia also anticipated that efforts Will
be put forward which will tend not
only TO strengthen the discussion in
, both Houses. but. it may he, TO en-
. danger Its safe passage. The PROS
pect or adjusting the difference De-
tween the medical men and the
friendly societies IS not regarded very
favorably.
Is spite oe the fact that this bill
must occupy practically all the ses-
sion the ministers stll profess TO be-
measures of the governrfl ent--the
' Shop Hours Bill the Coal Mine6
, Bill, the Naval Prize--on which the
Declaration of London hangs-to q
. Copyright Bill and other VIII sac-
eeed in getting through the two
houses before the end of the year
hese opinions, however. are not
. shared among politicians II is known
that Mr.. Masterman found the Shop
|, Hours bin most unpopular item in
/. the government program and It IL
/ said that the cabinet would not NJ
sorry II they could find an excuse
/ for dropping that measure. 1t IS proh-
able that some of the other proposed
I legislation will share the same fate.