The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
Majority OF Englshmen Laugh
With Great Gusto at Their
Plight.
IS ENGLAND PEER POOR?
This Question Now Is Engaging
Attention OF the
Elite.
by PHILLIP EvERE,pr.


measure to curb the power of the
Lords. and now that sufficient time has
elapsed to allow keen analysis OK
the position token Ly the opposition
and the govcrnn:ect in the great veto
bill fight, England-at least n major
ity of the nhabitants-is enjoying the
discontinue of the Lords with ex-
IRENE gusto.
The fact Is that while the ancient
Constitution of England has been
banded about between the warning
parties. the Parliament bill and it's
threat of "Black-leg Peers" was SUI
premely laughable, for time has un-
covered the gigantic game bluff on
which the government jammed ils
measure down the throats of the aris-
tocracy. Whether the bill stood or
fell there would have been no Black
leg Peers"
Had the Lords refused the bill It IS
believed that the King. seeking an
easy and graceful manner of evadinR
the governments prediction OF
Wholesale addition to the peerage,
would have instructed his ministers to
make attempts to bring about the
same ends through channels less Of
fensive to their lordships; perhaps re-
fusing outright to food the peerage
end In any event delaying his action
TIL every other means had been eX-
hausted.
So 1t seems that the great body oa
England's nobility has had all it's
worry for nothing. and that blum, al
most American in Its intensity. has
won.
Is England becoming peer poor7
This question is engaging the atten-
ton of the elite as II has never done
before. Scarcely month goes by that
does not chronicle the bankruptcy OF
one or more OF the aristocracy The
civil courts are becoming as familiar
to the nobility as the halls of Bucking-
ham Palace.
The epidemic of impecunity. which
started with the appearance of sew
eral creditors of the Earl of var
mouth. erstwhile spendthrift Of Miss
Alice Thaw's accumulation of steel
currency rapidly spread to the anoes-
trail estates of the Marquise of Hunt
ly. whose home at Orion Hall, Orion
Longueville. was in pawn to the three
ball merchants and had It's culmina-
tion in the involuntary petition OF
bankruptcy made by the creditors of
Gerald Oakley Cadogan, Visoount Chel.
sea. son and heir to Lord Cadogan.
This trio. each of whom are young,
prone to pleasure and fond OF sport,
are but the unfortunate examples of
condition that prevails extensively In
the English peerage, They are but the
extreme exemplihcation OF the State
OF perjury that prevails throughout
the English peerage, many of whose
landed estates are mortgaged UP to
the weathercock on the stables, and
who are only kept aboat because OF
the impossibility OF their cherditorE
realizing by foreclosure
In the case OF the three young no.
bles now in court. each Is the heir to
an extensive patrimony. and the legal
action was simply taken that the
creditors might have their claims we'll
defined. but throughout the British
empire there are hundreds of peers
whose family finances are in the last
stage of senile decay and whose per-
verified sense OF tile fitting prohibits
them from seeking their financial re-
juvenation by any means that entails,
the sweat of toll
The eccentric American miilionaire
yachtsman who for twenty years has
lived off the coast of Essex, hurprisinE
the natives with sudden Ats of gene
rosity and repelling the advances of
the tax collectors with a refusal to
submit to British taxation. has at last
been rounded up by the slow process
OF British civil procedure. Mr.. Brown
Will hereafter pay lis bloomin' taxes"
or suffer the visit OF bobby"
SEOMH mas COME TO De known ad
the 'old man OF the sea" His yacht has
been moored near Essex for over twen-
~ years, and during that time he has
not set foot on shore only some two
or three times. His character Is as
eccentric as his habits are peculiar.
He evidently hated the sight OF any
thing British. yet his generosity has
tided over many poor family.
He first began his fight against tax
of H,aa he.
to pay the income tax. For years his
boat remained an enigma to the tax
collectors, who, because they were I'M
able to catch him afoot on British soil
could not legally seize his person or
his property AS time went on. how
ever and the tax mounted up into the
thousands, Il was decided to have re-
course to the law, with the result that
the Inland Revenue Commissioners
have been instructed by the court to
levy and collect such taxes as apply
to his peculiar mode OF living.
The widespread public criticism of
the English War Departments lack of
progressiveness in the matter OF aero
naut!cs has had the result OF quicken
ing that body into fit OF energy that
bids fair 10 add several innovations to
the familiar modes of attack and de-
Tense by air,
The latest scheme is the CONSTRUCT
t!on OF torpedo boat with wings
or. not to confuse the reader, an aero.
plane capable of carrying a torpedo. Z
The Naval Advisory COMMITTEES on J.
Aeronautics has the matter In hand.
and set about the construction OF
model. The machine will be driven. In
the first instance. by the propeller OF
the torpedo thus effeotins great :
economy in weight.
When the torpedo is released the
aeropiane will, Is Is believed. require
only low velocity 20 keep IL up, and
this Will be supplied by switching q I
sMppiementary engine. possibly OF tdas