New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-23
lloyd GEORGE-|SN
1.-Two eIectioneering-Altru-
INV ~ without German System.
London. June IA.

go ''' That is the political situation
,''s's !, Nd in single sentence. As the
aSn'' :, the national insurance bill,
,fh@ ..s explained with lucidity and
''i'n l !" intelligence in Parliament and
So a,.,rinsham, he has commanded the
y BIZ" ~ the general electorate on the
i,isn"', -, IN which it is profoundly
~ He is the most effective
'-esring agent in the kingdom. Mr..
s''', lain at his best could have
land beaten him. and who is there
..,ostion TO dispute the Chancellor's
wy az a vote winner? At Bir-'
rF, 10 was in the heart of the en-
,Ds oountry. and yet he was heard
~ ,sr,iration and respect. A Radi-
~ - has come out of Welshmans
where economy was practised.
=, shown himself TO be the natural
.s.or Of Mr. Chamberlain. the leader
- democracy, in the cause Of social
-arrl
.s,lor Of the Exchequer has given
~orkingmen something to talk about
,beir luncheon pals for months 10
He deals with generalities about
.~.-,v tuberculosis. unemployment and
n,- causes Of ineflciency and mis-
-,,s and he leaves much unexplained
-. his scheme Of national insurance
,,,nst physical risks and economic
-,-csncies. He does not answer prac-
- affections TO the operation Of his
~,su from country doctors, the direc.
= n the friendly societies and other in
.-ss,sd critics. and Yet he upholds a far
-.,sire system Of social reform for the
-,-overent % the masses-something
-, already has the field and will hold
4. His projects are crude. even II he
=. been thinking about them for three
-.s-s. and there is no evidence that the
,.,srprise has been carried out in detail
~ the thoroughness and system
ssrn by German officials in their in
range scheme II is German made
v-sl reform. artifcially. and even reck-
.u,v. adapted 10 British requirements
: much must be readily granted. Yet
hen all reservations are made the truth
.-sins that there is new ground broken
r. the regeneration OF the working peo-
e.
H,v srd and barren are the consti-
-4,nal and budget issues IN comparison
IN this fruitful scheme Of social legis-
,ton, How wildly does the Chancellor
resent the case for reform If q ma
.re he out Of order IL is stopped. over
nred and repaired. II a horse he
s.sdny employed IT is we'll stabbed, we'll
4. well doctored and kept At for work.
tnot the workingmsn more valuable
An the machine Is II not worth while
rrsat men as intelligently as horses
r. treated Ought not the state 70
aye a sense Of proprietorship over
r'rkers which will enable it 70 promote
her efficiency and 10 preserve and in
rsass their value as the greatest asset
r the land? These are some Of the
lonely questions which the Chancellor
ssks The answers are found in the de-
ais Of The insurance scheme. by which
-rovision Is made for the workers medi-
81 bills. consumption is stamped out by
SCIENTIFIC methods. the young mother IS
vo,scted after childbirth from prena-
-s toiI, the family IS fed when the ar
4zn is disabled, honest poverty is deliv-
rsi from the cold mercies Of the pawn
-r'ker and the degradation Of idleness
n rsUperism is minimized.
TIE optimistic Chancellor is not dream
Il when he talks to British work.
-ymen with his eyes wide open. He is
-srsly summing UP the experience Of
As German masses since the enactment
a system Of triple insurance against
.knsss. accident. invsndity and old age
nd crudely adapting it TO the conditions
Z the friendly societies, the practice OF
ctors and the relations Of employers
nd EMPLOYED I'm the United Kingdom
asmarck devised the measures Of pater-
slisr or state socialism which have
nrroyed the physical condition Of Ger
nan workers. raised their standards OF
IL, protected them against the risks Of
.cknsss and disability and increased
hsir Industrial efficiency. The heneh-
snt motives which are 10 be found for
he British Chancellor's vast insurance
'hsne are underneath the social legis-
atom o. the transformed and revitalized
'stherland All his glowing forecasts OF
s1escent changes 10 be effected in the
InIted Kingdom by precautions against
assumption. safeguards for motherhood
wonderful development Of healing
ssncies and convalescent homes and in
trance against temporary or permanent
stability can he rewritten IN the past
snse respecting the German working
Ass
~ az -chr I'D ass Alalr NlAcAA N4AAA+ANN- 49,
res o. practical collectivism in England
ili be equally effective? Probably II IS
1Temely rash 20 do so when there is no
whence that the details Of this costly
nd complex scheme have been thor
ughy thought out. and when there IS
b guarantee that there will be sympa-
aeiic cooperation between workers ana
nployers' organizations in carrying out
'cia reform and preventing malinger-
,g and fraud. The policy Of social well
are adopted in Germany has been suited
a country whose god is system and
here rigorous and inquisitorial proc
sses ~ inspection arc not resented
'easures which are working admirably
Germany may not be equally effective
Great Britain, where the traditions OF
bought and the principles Of govern
lent Ire SiNeroD. and where employers