The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-03-16
WHEN THE WELSH
AND IRISH RULE.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


The present political situation in
Great Britain is so astounding. so un-
precedented, that IL writer attempts
dispassionateIy to portray IT, he should
be out Of the turmoil in London. and
view the position with the impartial
gaze OF an alien. happen to be well
| equipped for such a task. for I am
writing these words in an unfashion-
able Italian town. the click OF the
typewriter punctuating the steady roar
OF the Mediterranean | am quite ont of
reach OF any book OF statistics. there
Tore. thank goodness. | can give you
no figures, Yet / shall endeavor To- be
accurate as the multiplication table.
A short distance along the coast
westward, a few miles nearer America
Than am man. from the same island
TO which | belong. but of a different
nationality, Is at this moment play
ING golf, | sometimes see his smiling
race as he PUSHES past In Il motor car.
and | always think of another trim he
took along the same road somewhat
more than year ago. on the most dcs-
perate man hunt that any automobiIst
ever undertook.
rms man is more powerful than
King George OF England. lie is more
powerful than the Right Honorable
Mr.. Asquith, Premier of Great Brit
am. He is more powerful than the
House of Commons the Mother of
Parliamonts ass II Is called. ana he
rs naturally much mohc powerful than
the House of Lords. recently ham,
strung by himself and this potent.
temporary neighbor of mine Is David
Lloyd-Gcorge. Chancellor of the Brit.
ish EXchequer.
y hasty person might jump at the
conclusion that II what I have written
Is true. David is the most influential
man I'm the British Empire but a re-
Elective reader, well up on Bible his
tory which David loves to quote when
ne makes exciting speeches at White |
fields Tabernacle. will remember thar
in the oldcn days the David of that
time had his Jonathan. They were
friends and equal, but our David's |
jonathan is as much more potent thar
az Lloyd George is more !
potent than King George. This Jonath- |
an IL John Redmond. leader of the Irish |
Nationallists. The first governor of |
England, therefore IL an freshman: the |
second is Welshman: the third. |
nominal leader OF the Party. is mem
Der Tor Scotch constituency SO
heres state Of things" as Sir w. :.
Gilbert remarked a state of things.
indeed, To be cqualled only in the re-
sipns Of his own topsy- turvey drama.
The Liberal Party is in the minority,
yet the Liberal Party is in power
while the Irish Nationalists rule. or
The political groups in the House 90
Commons today. the Conservative Par
y stands first In point of numbers:
he Liberal Party. even with the ex-
IRENE Radical added. comes second.
while the Irish Nationalists come
ong way behind for the third place
yet actual power in country sup
posed to be governed by majority.
rests with the smallest group; the
nominal power Is held by the largest
section. while the conserva-
i've Party, which possesses a plurality
II votes In the House OF Commons and
n the country, is helpless as a smoker
ost In the desert. with good cigar
ma no matches. England. the most
conservative of countries. * I'm the
'ah"s Of the most radical Of govern