Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-13
High Lights Seen By Heards
In Old World Tour
ALL EAGLAN D AROUSED
British Politics Made it a
Hot Summer. The War
Situation. Growing Senti-
ment For Encouraging
Intensive Farming.


on the other side, spoke as follows.
The eighty days which we spcnt
In Europe were exceptionally inter
esting days, not only because of tbo
delightful and out Of the way pIaccs
which We visited but in England
specially interesting because of the
constitutional crisis. and in Ger
many and France owing To Tho av-
citement over the prospects of var
with the probability of EngIand's he
ing side partner of France.
"hlIe IN Wales we were fortunate
IN attending the great historic
pageant of the investiture of tho
Prince Of Wales in the presence If
all the nOtables of England within
the walls of Carnarvon castle This
castle built in 1890 by Edward the
flrst Is said to be the finest cx-
ample OF medieval castle now stand
ing Many thousand troops were i'm
attendance and the little town Of
Carnarvon was throngcd by tbnu-
sands Of interesting people and IN.
ceremony of the invcStiture. of yybirb
l secured some very interesting mic
lures, was most impressive. The
young prince is most attractive
boy ana the crowd seemed much more
interested and enthusiastic over him
than over his father the king. Ilovd
George, the present chancellor of
the eXchequcr, the leader Of pro-
gressive thought in England and
probably the most popular man in
England today. was much in cvi-
dence at the investiture Wales is
his home country. h. having as
lad lived with his uncle a Wclch
cobbler, and he was checred Justify
as he met the king at the castle gate.
and as constable of the castle pre-
scented him with tn" keys and cs-
corted him 10 the dais
The political situation i'm England
this summer was intensely interest
ing. The constitutional crisis result
ing i'm the passage of the veto bill.
materially abridging the powers Of
the house of lords, occurred while
we were in London and the usually
phlegmatic English were in such AN
excited state that one day the
speaker was forced To adjourn the
house Of commons while unruIy
members were insisting on denounc-
ing the ministry. refusing to listen
to the prime minister and shouting
traitor" in his face
England. through the enforcement
Of the taxation features Of the Lloyd
George budget, by constitutional
means is bringing about the scgre-
CATION of the large land holdings. and
public sales of land by the large land
owners are going on all over Eng
land. We attended one Of these sales
IN the county Of Devon where the
Duke Of Bedford was selling at pub
lie auction. his huge holdings. This
sale was held in the interesting hall
Of the quaint old abbey of Tavistock.
founded by the Saxons. the lands of
the abbey having descended to the
Duke of Bedford. At this sale in
most cases the purchasers were the
tenants. the crowd cheering Justify as
the tenant bought the property
which he occupied.
This policy of substituting home
owners for tenants in England
should certainly prove to the ad-
vantage Of the English people. and
undoubtedly the wonderful prosper
ity Of France today is largely due to
the multitude of small home owners
in that country. all Of which seems
to illustrate that the policy toward
which we are working in this valley.
Of small intensively farmed tracts, is
essentially the wisest one
Belgium. the most thickly populat-
ed country Of Europe. where we spent
few interesting DAYS, is another
example Of the success Of intensive
cultivation: not "A square foot of
land is wasted. every atom of fer
tilizer is preserved and the mar
velous productiveness Of the country
is the result
We spent some time most delight
fully in Munich, which by many is
considered the most model city of
Europe. and which by the intelligent
policy of Improvement carried on for
the past twenty five years, has made
itself so attractive that it is an
nually visited by over three hundred
thousand visitors. Unlike some Euro
pean cities it's water supply is ideal
and its many fountains, many Of
them Of great architectural beauty.
flow day and night with pure noun
tain water.
Germany. like England. is becoming
more and more progressive and legis-
latiOn tending to the improvement of
the conditions Of Industrial workers
and general public welfare is being
carried out along scientific and intel |
ligent lines The socialistic party in |
Germany. which has increased greatly |
in influence of recent years, does not |
favor radical or revolutionary mea-
sures and because of the moderation |
of its leaders has much influence. An |
instance of this Influence |
was shown recently when war was |
threatened between France and Ger |
many, at which time one hundred