The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-21
SEES new RULE
in BRITISH ISLES
"A. Bonar Law, Prospective
Cabinet Member, Looks
Past War.
COLONIES TO HAVE SAY
COLONIES TO HAVE SAY
Representation in Proportion to Pop
ulation to Be Basis on Possible New
Body. Says Conservative.

| London. May ga. Bonar Law. leader
of the Conservatives and Of the Cnionist
party. who is slated for high Office in
! the new coalition ministry. probably sue
| ceeding Loyd-George as chancellor of
the eNchequcr. in an interview today was
asked what might be the future of the
new Imperialism which has been born
amid the fires of war. He said:
| when tho war is over things cannot
remain they are ! have always be-
4, iievcd in real organic union. such AS is
| involved in an imperial Parliament. in
! which the representatives should sit in
| numbers proportionate to the popua ton.
Such Parliament would have control
of the foreign policy and questions of
! the imperial defense.
| May BE War Result.
There may he difficulty in working
out in detail the construction of an as
scmbly of this kind. but l believe the
| solution can he found provided no party
| issues are intcrtwined and on the condi-
| ton also that the proposal was complete
ly acceptabl" to the colonies. | look
| upon this ideal as neither impracticable
/ nor remote. hut something which
might he one of the immediate results of
| the war
The secretary Of state for the
| colonies in intimatinS to the house of
'
| the views of the colonies should be con-
| suited when the time comes for the dis
custom of peace terms indicated to my
| mind that an advance already had been
made along the lines I have suggested.
| No other attitude than that of consulta-
| ton would be possible after the SPLEEN
! did spirit of devotion and sacrifices the
colonies have shown. They must have
voice in the final councils
would not predict when these final coun-
ellis might be likely 10 come, but reiter-
ated:
Must Destroy MiIitarism.
The only end OF the war. the only re-
suit which can give rest to Europe is
! the destruction of the aggressive mill
tary spirit of Germany. That canker
must be taken away, II possible, for
ever"
What do you think has been the
governments greatest mistake?"
In my Judgment he said. the great
est mistake the government has made
has been its apparent failure to organize
until recently the business energy of the
nation. Until the appointment of
munitions committee the business man
was left in the cold
1.-THE impression I have formed in con-.
nection with politics is that the ordinary
politician is either a rich man who has
been trained for the political arena, or
is lawyer. Both have contempt for the
business man, for, as rule, the business
man is inarticulate-he knows what ought
TO be done, but is not exercised in ex-
planning the reasons. Perhaps in some
such way il comes to pass that in a bust
ness nation like ours it is a comparative
~ rare thing for the real business man
to be found taking his share in the GOV
eminent
In reply to a question as to whether
the people should not be taken more into
its confidence by the government, Bonar
Law said. in his opinion, the govern
ment had made the mistake of not telling
the whole truth when 1t CHANGED to be
unfavorable.
TT was a mistake from every point OF
view he said. for our people are so
constituted that they pour out their best
energies when the tidings are bad
Bonar Law recently paid visit to the
front. He said:
II had some opportunities Of talking
with the French general staff. and 1
found an unbroken strain OF confidence
in the ultimate result of the war"
Turning to the contemplation of peace.
the opposition leader added that even
now Germany seemed to be beginning to
talk of peace terms-"but in my view
there will he no peace until the policy
of wanton aggression which is the out
ward expression OF Prussian military ar
rogance is destroyed. and that can only
be accomplished by the complete over
throw of the German armies"
What about the part played by the
colonies in the war;" was the next ques-
ton.
1T is quite commonly known that our
enemy had hopes when the war broke
out of finding the empire torn asunder
by internal divisions but in these ex-
pectations he has been utterly disap-
pointed.
What TO me is a very fine feature is
the simple fact that the colonies do not
assume the attitude of helping us. but
regard the quarrel as theirs. They know.
AS 1t We're by instinct. the issues at
stake. and it is not only in defense OF
the motherand that they fight. but with
the consciousness that it is their quarrel
as much as ours"