El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
AGE PROVES
No BAR To
MORLEY
Aged Statesman Assumes
Additional Duties of State
In England.
HOME RULE WILL
BE FALL FEATURE

London, Eng, May 27-While the
stress of politics in recent months has
claimed many victims :nong the lead
ers of the parties. it is amazing to
find the oldest of them all, viscount
Morley of Blackburn, reviving his
youth and assuming duties which his
juniors in years have had to abandon
. on account of illnesses brought on by
overwork
When John Morley, a Radical among
Radicals. was raised to the peerage in
! 1908 and the Conservatives chaffed him
on entering a chamber which he had
attacked as useless, the government
organs explained that his advancing
years-he was then 73-maje il neces-
sary, If he was to continue as secre-
tary of state for India, that he should
be transferred to the upper house,
where he would not be called upon to
take the active part in politics that
members of the cabinet in the COM
mons necessarily do. Later his age
was again given as the cause for his
retiring from the secretary of state
ship and his assumption of the office
/, of president of the council to which
no arduous duties are attached
Assumes Burdens Again.
With the, at least temporary, retire.
ment of his successor, earl Crewe, as
result of serious Illness. viscount
Morley is found again assuming the
burdens of the Indian office and be-
sides that the leadership Of the house
of lords and for few weeks, during
the absence of sir Edward Grey. the
position of secretary of state for for
eign affairs.
For younger men, even one secretary
of stateship is not considered a very
easy role to fill. but viscount Morley,
throwing off the mask of age, entered
heartily into the work of his triple Of
fee and from the front bench led the
little party of Liberal peers and an
swered questions about India and the
foreign policy of the government as
though he enjoyed it.
Hnldane to Help.
Hon. Richard B. Haldane, secretary
of state for war, was raised to the
peerage to assist yiscount Morley, but
thus far the newest Liberal viscount
has found that the affairs of the war
office occupy most of his time When
the parliament bill reaches the house
of lords, however, viscount Haldane
will take a leading part in supporting
the government policy. He had q way
in commons Of overcoming the oppo-
sition of the governments critics and
had a reputation of getting his way
more often than any other member of
make smoother his progress in the
upper chamber.
Aspires to ChnncelIorship.
Viscount Haldane's ambition is to
become lord chancellor. If the ex-
treme Radicals had their way he would
be given that position Immediately.
Lord Loreburn, the present occupant
of the position, an olj-time and still
staunch Radical in most respects, has
given offence to the Liberal members
of rural districts, by the persistency
with which he appoints Conservatives
to the magisterial bench, ignoring the
claims Of Liberals to these positions,
which are greatly coveted by the coun-
try magnates. The government ap-
pointed committees in the various
counties to advise the lord chancellor
on these appointments. but despite this
more Conservatives found their way to
the bench than did Liberals.
Primrose Leads Attack.
Hon. Neil Primrose, the younger son
of lord Rosebery, is leading the at
tack on lord Loreburn and has been
trying to get the premier to appoint
a day for the discussion of the whole
question. The lord chancellor has
CACdlCQ@d IdlH6I -QlCOUllOTldDlS posi-
ton for the government by in his
usual brusque way, declaring that the
appointment of magistrates is the bust
ness of his office and practically init
mating that if the Radicals are dis
pleased they have the privilege of try
ing to dislodge him. This is the aim
of Mr.. Primrose and the anti-Lore
burn party.
Home Rule the Theme.
In England particularly. but in the
other parts of the kingdom as well,
the great theme of politicians during
the annual fall campaign will be home
rule. The Unionists are preparing to
impress upon the people the arguments
against the granting of home rule to
Ireland.
The Irish Unionist alliance and the
Ulster Unionist council are working
in conjunction with the Unionist league
of Great Britain and a large number
of speakers have proffered their SER
vices. On the other hand the Liber-
ais are organizing a counter cam
paign and the whole of the Nationalist
party have placed their services at
the disposal of the Ministerialists. AL
ready 5000 meetings have been ar
ranged.
Labor members of parliament fol-
iONAi6 llC CAoilpIC VI OOLn the
first labor leader to become a British
cabinet minister, have started tenn
perance campaign among the work
men, The campaign was opened with
a series Of meetings at Browning hall
Walworth, addressed by ten labor
members. Incidentally, the speakers
expressed a hope that the Anglo
American arbitration treaty would be
concluded.