The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-26
TORIES OF ENGLAND
STILL AGGRESSIVE.
Whipped, Seemingly to
Standstill, They Persistently
Stay Sin the Came"
CALLING FOR ELECTION
Continue to Raise Cry That
Home Rule Issue Is Not
Fairly Presented.
By PHILLIP EVERETT.

LONDON, Oct. 25.-No matter what
you think of the Tories and their poll
tics, you are forced to admit that they
possess two qualities, which go as far in
politics as anywhere else, pluck and
cheek. Known here in England as the
"Die Hards,' they simply refuse to
know when they are beaten, and still
no political party IN any country has
probably ever found itself so thorough
~ beaten on all points.
During the politically dead season
when ministers and leaders were away
on their vacation, the political leader
writers OF the conservative press had
the field entirely to themselves, no
member OF the government caring to
go to the trouble Of disproving their
statements Of dissensions within the
cabinet and weakening on the part of
Mr. Asqulth in the question OF home
rule, and the editors were quite safe
In supposlng that only an infinitely
small part Of their readers ever look
at Liberal or Radical paper.
Soon in the Harness.
But when the vacation period was
her Of the cabinet exploded their ell
tire arsenal Of this kind Of ammunl-
ton. Some of them still tried to per-
suade their leaders that the king is
going to dissolve parliament and force
another general election on the homo
rule question as the clear and only is
sue, but the Pail Mall Gazette, edited
by one of the brainiest Journalists OF
the party, resolutely declared that as
the homo secretary undoubtedly had
full authority to speak for the whole
cabinet there was nothing left for the
Unlonlst party but to prepare for the
last desperate struggle, and into his
fiery article inadvertently crept the
most singular admission that '.some
opposition leaders think that the stu
alton Is driving straight towards a
precipice.
All possibility of a conference hav-
Ing passed, the Conservative obstruc-
tionists are now clamoring louder than
ever for general election, raising once
moro the old familiar cry, that the is-
sue of home rule was never put square
ly before the electorate.
Proves Insincerity.
A Conservative pamphlet, printed to
supply Conservative cart-tail orators
and stump speakers with suitable argu-
pamphlet, which have before mo now
utterly disproves the sincerity Of this
claim.
Its very first paragraph reads:
1.-The Radicals are pledged to homo
rule. That is the one fact that must
never bo forgotten: 1t is the first and
principal part Of their programme.
utterances taken from Mr.. Asquith 8,
Churchill's 8 and other minister 3 public
speeches.
Nothing in the world could induce
the Conservative party to lot any of
their speakers get hold of this pam
phlet at the present time.
But not only in regard to the home
rule question is the Unionist party
stuck in hopeless quag mire, It's tar
and will probably never again be ta-
ken up, showing the clear -sightedness
of Mr., Balfour, who always refused to
indorse it, though this refusal cost him
his political leadership.
War Losses Cause.
Invented at time when a new pol
icy was necessary in order to make the
English public forget the frightful loss
in blood and money which the South
African war had inflicted on this coun-
try 1t was placed before the voters of
the countries in way never before !
seen in England g political history.
The campaign was openly run on the
theory that provided you had enough |
money any quantity of public opinion |
could be produced. If money was want |
ed seats at the Duke of Westminster g |
dinner table were openly sold to wealthy |
snobs at $500 each. Liberal and So |
cialist worhngmen were taken in
patches to Germany for a free picnic |
that they might return convinced of the |
blessings Of protectionism, but their |
German comrades opened their eyes and |
they returned with quito the opposite |
conviction Of the one they were sent |
out to get,
Tariff reform has lost the Conserva,
tive party three consecutive elections.
English commerce and industry have |
prospered under free trade as never be- |
fore, and ii has beon established more
strongly than ever that the free trade
principle is the only possible policy for !
j country with England's g geographical,
industrial and commercial position,
The once great and powerful English
Conservative party today stands without
any domestic political progra mme but It
still carries on the aei,stion for q pow
stolen its lightning and unbiased con-
servative statesmen are willing to admit
that 1t would be next m to impossible to
Faults have to be found. however and
10 Conservative jingoes are complaining
100 weak IN order TO stimulate the build
Ing OF still more warships. But no SEN
glble person in England any longer be-
l!eyes in the g German Ipseril peril and besides.
out OF consideration all British vessels OF
tho Lord Nelson class, which are really
The British admiralty viii in the fall Of
1915 have az It's disposal forty-two frat
class battleships. while Germany will
have only twenty-four.