The Washington times., 1914-04-29
By JAMES CREELMAN.

compel wealth to pay its share oflho
public burdens.
But the thing that blazes white y
his mind and drives terror to the
heart Of the landed nobility and tbs
powerful, privileged classes generally
IL his far~reaching revolutionary plan
to back up the gigantic land monop-
sritisS aristocracy ra tIs Is Ssssd BY y put. Ut.
ting the weight Of taxes upon the
landowners instead Of the tenants,
and giving tenants rights Of rent and
occupancy hitherto unknown.
Appraising the Land.
And while the chancellor dreams
out his amazing scheme at tho CEN
ter Of the scene, commissioners are
rapidly appraising the values Of al
the land in the United Kingdom. at
q cost of more than $5,ooo.ooo. and IN
a few months the new democracy Of
this old country viii begin to sweep
away the economic foundations OF
aristocracy.
1t Is said that the dauntIess welsh
man, who Is today denounced as q
devil BY one part Of his people and
adored as hero by the rest. Is NOV
ing too radically and too rapidly for
NAC 6oAChy VI NCnck dDtC u8lACA
deeply rooted in customs and institu-
tions. and that he will pull down the
walls Of British prosperity.
The same critics bitterly declare
that Great Britain Is today more
dangerously radical than the United
States.
As . matter Of fact, the power q
aristoeratic rank and land owner-
ship here are In . sense the equlva-
lent Of eoneentrated wealth and
The same idea, in different terms.
IL being fought out to finish IN both
OF the great Anglo-Saxon nations
Mr. George insists on calling them
Anglo-Celtic nations.
But the power which Lloyd-George
Is preparing to overthrow is far moro
formidable than that of the Ameri-
can trusts.
An aristocracy resfing ON money
and Industrial control automatic
ally dissolves with change of tfms
and person-for the maintenance
of sueh q power involves fnaivid-
uaI brains and enerxy-while an
aristoeraey founded on land o~ner-
ship and secured against the shcck
Of change by laws of primoseni-
ture and entnil goes on for een-
turtles
The threatening tramp OF armed
Ulster, the shouting for civil war as
an alternative to home rule for Ire
land, and the pretended meeting OF
army officers at the Curragh are in
reality merely parts of a desperate
attempt to throw the Liberal party
ntrt - - 1<r
Of the House Of Lords by repeating
the Parliament act, and 50 block
Lloyd Georges tremendous plan Of
reform.
His Early Life.
Strange to say, the newly arisen
statesman against whom the whole
force OF British standpatism dashes
furiously is not a financier at all.
but a social reformer.
Born fifty years ago in the Welsh
village of Elanystymdwy, his father
died when he was two years old.
and he grew up in the cottage OF
his uncle, q poor shoemaker.
He knew what poverty was In his
youth and remembers the struggles
of his mother when the last six
pence every week was coin OF
destiny"
That last sixpence' Of the toilfn8
masses Is the guiding idea OF all
his policies.
1t Is the memory of that and the
terrible battles of the people around
him for q bare living that make the
chancellor of the exchequer use HIS
authority and influence as the chief
financial officer of the British en-
pire altogether for the social regen-
Grafton of his people.
Few people in happier cfrcumr
stances realize the frightful strain
Of a Housekeeping which depends
for its success on the last siNpence."
he said to one correspondent who
visited him. That is a strain that
has worn out thousands of noble
women and his driven thousands OF
weaker women into despair. II more
of our politicians understood il our
politics would be more real ard Nv
ing and human"
Copyright. 1914. by James Creeiman-)
Continued Tomorrow)