Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-03-22
When Welsh and Irish Rule.

The present political situation in
Great Britain is so astounding, SO
unprecedented that if a writer at
tempts dispassionately to protray it.
he should be out OF the turmoil in
London, and view the position with
the impartial gaze Of an alien. l
happen to be well equipped for such
a task, for l am writing these words
in an questionable Italian town, the
click of the typewriter p~unctuatlng
the steady roar of Mediterranean
| am quite out OF. reach of any book
OF statistics, therefore, thank good
ness, | IA give you no figures, yet l
shall endeavor to be accurate as the
multiplication table.
A short distance along the coast
west ward, a few miles nearer Ameri-
ca than | am a nan from the same
island to which L belong, but OF a diff
frrent nationality, is at this moment
playing golf. | sometimes see his
smiling face as he ruShes past in a
motor car, and l always think Of
another trip he took along the same
road somewhat more than a year ago,
on the most desperate man hunt that
any automobilist eve undertook.
This man is more powerful than
King George of England. He is more
powerful than the Right Honorable
Mr.. Asquith, Premier of Great Brit
ain. He is more powerful than the
House Of Commons, the Mother Of
Parliaments, as it is called, and he is
naturally much more powerful than
the House of Lords, recently ham
strung by himself. and this potent,
temporary neighbor Of mine is David
Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Brit
ish EXchequer.
A hasty person might jump at the
conclusion that If whatI have written
Is true, David is the most influential
man in the British Empire, but a
reflective reader. we'll up on Bible
history, which David loves to quote
when he makes his exciting speeches
at Whitefield's Tabernacle, will
remember that in the olden days the
David Of that time had his Jonnthan.
They were friends and equal, but
our David's Jonathan is as much more
potent than Lloyd-George is more po-
tent than King George. This Jona-
than is John Redmond, leader Of the
Irish Nationalists. The first governor
OF England, therefore. is an Irishman:
the second is a WelsEman; the third.
nominal leader of the Party, is memb-
er for a Scotch constituency. So
"here's a state of things" a Sir W.
S. Gilbert remarked, a state of things,
indeed, to be equalled only in the
regions Of his own topsy-turvey drama.
The Liberal Party is in the minority,
yet the Liberal Party is in power,
while the Irish Nationalist rule.
or the political groups in the House
OF Commons today, the Conservative
Party stands first in point Of numbers:
the Liberal Party, YER with the
extreme Radicals added, comes second
while the Irish NationaliStS come a
long way behind for the third place,
yet actual power in a country suppos-
ed to be governed by majority, rests
with the smallest group; the nominal
power is held by the largest minority
section. while the Conservative Party,
which possesses a plurality of votes in
the House of Commons and in the
country, is helpless as as a smoker
lost in the desert, with a good cigar
and no matches. England. the most
conservative Of countries, is in the
hands of the most radical of govern
ments, and Lloyd-George, by kind
permission or Mr.. Redmond, is king.
t-Roberts Barr in April Technical
World Magazine.