The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
PARTY PASSING
SERIOUS CRISIS
What Will Become of Wins
ton Churchill?
WAR SCARE is FAKE
England Going to Develop Uganda and
British East Africa-German
Workingmen Tell Stories of
Living Conditions
ny PHILLIP EVERETT

/ meets again. AInOfles tHeSE cHdHStS II -
quite sure that Mr.. Blrrell. who in tenn
| leramcnt, wit. and love of good joke,
| even Il on himself, resembles the typical
Irishman, will leave ireland, probably TO
enter the House of Lords, and If my IN
formation is correct he will be replaced
/ by Herbert Samuel who, dry as bone,
resembles an 1rishman least of all. John
Burns also is scheduled for removal, at
least l hear that he is a thorn in the
flesh CT Mr. Asquith, but how to get rid
Of hin. is another matter.
But the most burning question of all is:
J What is to become of Winston Churchill? ?
In spite of all reports to the contrary
circulated in the tory press the personal
| friendship between Churchill and Lloyd
George is as firm as ever, but politically
they differ widely and the breach between
/ the political opinions is widening every
Cay and there are plenty Of people in
politics who assert that within a year Mr.
| Churchill will have followed the example
of Joseph Chamberlain and will be found
among the ranks of the enemy, who in
that case will probably wish he had re-
NAMED wehre he was, for though he is a
lingo on the question of the big navy.
he is In all other respects a true demo-
! crat, who will never agree with the old
| fashioned ideas of the conservatives. But
| the feeling against Churchills naval
plans Is very strong in the radical wing
| OF the government party, where social
| reforms are considered more necessary
than new dreadnaughts which only tend
| to irritate Germany and the prime minis
| ter may find it necessary to find another.
| First Lord of the admiralty rather than
running the risk of estranging a large
number of radical and labor voted in the
House, which are absolutely necessary
Tor tie success of the governments pro-
gramme.
Among the tories the situation is
little better. It is too late to say that
Bonar Law is a Disappointment for no.
BODY expects a lead from him. but II IL
not too much to say that the whole
party is sick and tired of him and
would gladly relegate him to his old
obscure position If this could be done
/ without washing too much dirty linen
IN public and without attracting at
tention to the lack of solidarity in the
/ party. The tories hope to be able
/ to make strong assault upon the
| government next session, when Lloyd
| Georges land policy Is brought for
ward and as 1t is bad policy to swap
| iCi6VS NHiit tIOSSibS d SlIedIn bOHuI
Law viii probably be allowed to re-
main where he is.
! From a most reliable source I know
| that repeated attempts have been made
to induce Arthur ]. Balfour to be-
come once more the pilot of his party
but he is far too well pleased with
| his present freedom to be enticed back
into harness.
| AT any rate Bonar Law is better than
f. e. Smith, Winston Churchilrs bosom
| friend. and the tory party's bad boy
who would undoubtedly make a dash
| for the leadership as soon as there
| should be vacancy and this would be
a greater calamity than most men In
the party would be able to bear. The
mere thought of man with Mr..
| Smiths manners as leader of the con-
sentative party is enough to drive the
| older and presumably wiser heads mad.
| There win be no war with Germany
| now or next year or probably ever 1t
| serves the ends of politicians and spec
ulators to keep the war scare going,
but it is all a mischievous burden The
Kaiser means peace. Next year King
| George and QueensMary pay their state
/ visit to Berlin and will be given a
great welcome. The Prince of Wales
will go with them and his engage
! ment TO the Kaiser's only daughter will
then be announced. All the stories of
the young lady's bethrothal to other
princes are untrue
England is going to spend s2.500,000 on
| the development of Uganda and British
East Africa next year and this outlay
Is apt to prove a very good investment,
which will tend TO make this country in
dependent of Americas cotton supply.
Uganda is an ideal country for the rails
i'm nf I,I t- h.
quality OF the product almost as good as
that of Egypt. Lancashire wants all the
cheap cotton she can get and Uganda
can grow the sort that Lancashire wants.
The success of the Uganda railroad
has been marvellous. Eight years ago
its receipts were $669.000; they are now
S2,12e,000. A loss OF $4,000 in 1904 has
been turned into a. present profit of $685.
00C. The railroad of 600 miles from Nom
hasa to the Lake Victoria Nyanza is no
longer equal. to the work thrown upon
it, and a sum of 81. 10000 is about to be
spent in all manner of improvements
and in a much needed increase Of the
rolling stock.
Eet another sl25,oG0 is to be spent on
q new line IN the Uganda Protectorate,
which is to form the beginning of a new
trunk line to the Congo state. and on
the far side of Uganda $4,000 is to be
expended on macadamized roads for
motor traffic SO that the natives cotton
crops may be .cheaply borne down to
the lake.
All the money spent BY tory papers in
sending British working men TO Germany
to teach them the blessings of a high
protective tariff seems apt 10 have been
wasted. for although the British work.
men are permitted to see only what
they ought to see abroad. came back
enthusiastic and became very good aei-
tatqrs for joe Chamberiair's pet cause
A tarty of German worl1ingTnen who left
here the other day, and who had been
permitted to travel unaecompanied by
any party dry nurse have spoiled every
thing by their statements in an inter-
view before they left.
The leade., of the party, Mr.. q. Kiese-
uetter, who is a teacher and cultured
man. said: 1--WE divided into several
sections, and re are able to compare
notes about a great many places. Some
Of us went to Suttonss Co.'S seed farm
at Reading and the .ccal cooperative
society's works These things were ex-
ceeGingly interesting to us because some
of us are strong co-operators. At North
ampton we saw how your boots are
made, at Grimsby we Inspected the great
.ish market: at Luton we took an inter-
ext in the straw hat industry.
The consensus OF opinion Is that con-
ditions generally are pretty much the
anne as in Germany. but we find that
your meat Is cheaper than ours, and your
's-eas e''rlif'v less in price. Here you
buy lovely English beef as low as sven
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