The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
VIAH tAl FINDS
HIMSELF A LEADER
( OF WANING POWER
Once So Powerful Tory Party
& Of England Is on the
3 Rapid Decline
LORD BERESFORO IS
81 ALSO FALLEN IDOL
Breezy Winning MannersNow
i Thought 70 Rave Cen
cealed Selfish and
Bitter Character

I -
,aLONDON, Jan. i8.--The political
storms and showers which hare so
severely shaken the once so powerful
Tqry Party have played havoc with
the so-called leader of the party and
his political good looks are rapidly
departing. Even at the time when
the whole conservative press was
pfaising the newly elected leader to
TIE skies as the prophet who was
to lead them out of. the wilderness,
Id which the Mamma mad been exceed
ingly scarce. nobody thought OF call
itig Bonsr Law political genius
Ere parry had been led from defeat
~ defeat 10y the genius of Mr.. Bal
fur. and did not think very highly
III genius. For this reason Bonar
] Jaw was declared to be a man above
all political tricks and foxiness. a
man who went straight for the goal
With the impetuosity OF "a shell from
al thirteen-inch gun, but first of all
Ratypical British man of business It
WIS his business-iike qualities and
his unique knowledge of business
facts and figures that were to lead
. the party onward to victory
fFrom the start he tried to live up
to that reputation; there was i'll
d1ed nothing foxy or even smart or
gnatic about him and his initial
0iunders were forgiven him because
Of his astonishing bluntness, which
was certainly vastly different from
Beifour's diplomatic language and
urbane manners. Then, while the
Tories were waiting for their leaders
husIness-iike qualities TO assert them
selves, Bonar Law got tangled in the
political web, he began to under
stand. like, and unfortunately also
TO initiate Balfourian tactics. And
nov when We ars told by hts own
parsisans that Bonar Law Ia about to
resign. even the halo OF his being
typical busiiess man is stripped
from him.
B0nar Law has never been bust
ness man, we now hear He has
been in business to be- sure. but he
was a failure also there The money
he was once said to have made by
his business acamen. he simply
saherSted from some maiden aunts.
While he was In business partnership
with a certain Mr.. Jacks, he wasted
his time playing chess and dabbling
il politics until his partner gave him
AeAchoice between business and poll
tics and he chose the latter.
The present situation is crtainly
an exceedingly grave one for the
conservative party, Mr., Garvin, In
the Pail Mall Gazette, is sternly
warning the leaders that unless the
unionist party Is more careful and
patient II may lose its present leader
and IF he goes, good bye to Unionist
hopes for many and many year, for
unity under any other leader under
present circumstances would be i'm
possible - At the same time Bonar
Lsaw in evidently sincere when he says
ne Is anxious to retire. and no one
ought to wonder at this for he is
Certainly not alone responsible for
the present situation and objects 10
being made scape goat 1t may
Aen be admitted that the course
he advised in his last great speech
80 si,.. ostty pcs-s-ie ore and thar the
wisest thing the Tories could do
would be 10 drop tariff reform, and
especially food taxes. BY this Mr..
Austin Chamberlain will not permit.
SO there you are In the hopeless
cuI-de-sac.
Bonar Law is not tho only great
man In England who goes into the
- Y
most distinguished companion in Ad-
Inirai Lord Charles Beresford. once
looked upon as personifcation OF
the blunt and honest British sailor.
Since Lord Charles Winston ChuSAlili
has ever made In the house of COM
mons. the people OF England have be-
gun TO look upon him in another
Hight, and are beginning 10 realize
that his breezy. whining maners are
|reatly a mantel beneath which he has
concealed an extraordinarily selfish
and bitter character.
Il isa@rsaii2ssf, THAI lie has tse%H
|discar9 eyerya here throughout his
whole career and done considerable
harm within the navy by his spite
lfuIness- and aats!aa the country Ay
dslnE MS SpSclal hho"1ehES W ICY
hare to the ewes OF foreign powers
the weak points in England's naval
sEner. Among naval men his popu-
|javity has long ago ceased to exist
THE conservative politicians still con-
ltinue to fatter him "a long as he
|rAay be used to further their means
|aA6 no Ion ger. and the masses OF
f.he people are beginning to feel that
every. word In Churchilfs criticism OF
Ihim was just, fact emphasized by
fIsord Charles inability to find sin
Ifste argument In reply.