New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Winston Spencer Churchilps Future

in which he contends that the House "l
Commons, blocked with unsitted business
is not sufficiently representative of pro-
vlncial and local life, and that the United
Kingdom, like America and Germany
must have separate and subordinate far-
liaments before its whole strength can
be applied 10 government and progress.
When he speaks at Belfast he will be
the Prime Minister'S most trusted lieu-
tenant. and the fortunes Of the govern
ment will hang upon his dextcrity In
facing without linchng the ghost Of
Lord Randolph Churchill and i'm demon
strating that the Irish Parliament will
open the way for the unity Of the British
Empire.
Mr.. Churchill. whether as naval re-
former or advocate OF subsidiary centres
OF legislation, will he a foil for the Chan
cellor, whose yiewy schemes Of social
Regeneration and administrative emplrl-
cism have frightened the classes and
confused the masscs. Mr. Lloyd George
after bleeding the rich by his supertaXes
anG exposing land holders TO fresh lcvies
| Of taxation from a costly revaluaton Of
estates, has forced through Parliament
an insurance scheme which is already
unpopular and may prove imperative
unless he strikes out the contributory
| basis and adds sixpenCe to the income
tax 10 make up the losses from the
abandonment Of stamp cards. The
chosen leader Of progressive Radi"alism
has succeeded already in disturbing the
relations of employer and employed In
every industry and household: and he
has barely started on his career as a so
| Cial reformer, for he is committed to
woman suffrage on the most Comprehen-
sive lines. is known 10 favor the ultimate
naturalization Of railways and is cred
tied with expansive projects of land re-
form and the rehousing Of workers His
Celtic imagination lights up the new
heavens and the new earth and as he
rushes on from one social reform To an
other with his face shining in the moon
| light of the millennium he Is no longer
A practical legislator. hut a dreamer with
a nimble mind. who knows how TO talk
| TO plain people.
While Mr.. LLOYD George, with his at
tachment TO popular causes and his in
fatuation with his own eXpedients. re-
mains the most interesting figure, in
| British politics, his grip upon the masses
has been temporarily relaxed. The CON
structive policy connected with his ia
m La I,-
ments with the doctors and by threats
of special sixpenny levy on incomes, IL
a nom -contributory basis he impractical
BILE; but with all his adroitness and
originality he has not succeeded in popu-
larizing the German system Of insurance.
nor In justifying his reputation as the
founder of new social order for which
capitalists and land holders are to sup
| ply ways and means The decline of the
Chancellor's prestige as the prophet of
advanced Radcalism is unmistakable
and equally obvious is the fact that Sir
Edward Grey, in carrying out the en-
tente diplomacy of Edward VII and
making concessions to Russia respecting
Persia, has lost the moral support of a
considerable section of his party. Mr.
Churchill, while on excellent terms with
| each Of these rivals for future leader
ship. is not without ambitions of his own.
His reticence respecting woman suffrage
seems to imply that they are disloyal TO
their chief in not accepting the Prime
Minister'S view of the reform bill II is
as the faithful follower of Mr. Asquith
that he appears in Ulster as the advocate
OF Home Rule, and more than little
political history may be made while he
is there. l. n. +.