New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-25

or even for an opinion, in these days
To the ogician. as 20 the man VINO
looks realities m the face. Oouscrlp-
ton has long seemed inevitable. b"'
Ministry which has so long put OF
decisions on so many urgent questions
during the last fourteen months may
, still put of this. the most urgent OF
ALL Or 10 may compromise and resolve
finally on one Of those half-measure'
dear 90 the Ministerial mind. or ~
may say. LET US wait and see what
comes 81 'h'e promised Labor Recruit
ing Campaign"
What line in these circum stances
does Mr Asquth himself take He
makes no statement 20 the House o.
Commons, which Is the Great Council
OF the Realm lie refuses 90 receive a
deputation from both parties in the
House. Tie refuses 90 grant q night
for debate. lie endeavors 10 atife such
debate "a under the rules Of the House
is still possible. lie will not listen TO
Captain Guest. who, with the expert
ence Of many months at the front.
spoke on Tuesday with equal force and
moderation. telling the House that a.
least million and half OF men had
got TO be raised somehow. and raised
at once. II the armies now in the field
are TO be kept going through next year
While Captain Guest was making the
most important speech Of the session,
the Prime Minister and all his col
leagues marched out Of the House, and
the Front Bench they occupy was LEFT
empty. Finally. 20 mark his sense OF
the uselessness Of Parliament which
is still in theory the supreme Leglsla-
tive authority Of the Kingdom. the
Prime Minister last night adjourned
the House until October 10. SO for an
other fortnight he reigns alone.
VIII He Become Dictator?
II is here that nv narrative passes
into euloCy; a eulogy with only one
condition. heartily approve OF these
arbitrary proceedings. ] approve OF
anything which even looks like an OK
ercise Of the authority without which
i I do not believe this war can be won.
There is no principle. no liberty, no
right ! would not sacrifice 20 that end.
The sacrifice will be temporary, while,
II the war be lost. all principles. all lib
erty. all rights. will be lost, and lost
forever I DO not care what form OF
Government exists during the war so
long az il is Efficient. Il may be DC
tatorship. Of one or of several. The
new War Cabinet may assume Dicta-
torial powers. Pitt's Cabinet during
the Napoleonic wars never exceeded the
number now proposed. but Pitt was the
Cabinet. If Mr. Asquith should prove
to have in him the stuff of another Pitt,
so much the better
But the condition Of my eulogy is
this. II Mr. Asquith usurps into his
owr hands the authority of Parliament
he must use *; There must be active
authority somewhere. There must be
efficiency. There must be energy. cour-
age. decision. There must be in Mr..
Asquith everything which President
Wilson lacks; then will he be ar ideal
ruler and then will this English people
bend joyfully TO the yoke he lays upon
their necks. He need not be called a
Dictator. but he must be one. To de-
light ana excel in interminable debate
and party manpuvres is not enough.
He must govern. lie must give this
great and gallant Nation the lead for
which they have so long been waiting:
Then vii, he be obeyod and acclaimed
as no English Prime Minister has been
since the younger Pitt. G. W >.