New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
BRITISH LAWYERS
 FEES TOO HEAVY
'ubliC Complains Of Big Financial
 Rewards for Legal Service

@ Correspondence of Ttsn Associated Pres.) @ London, Jan. 23-The heavy toll of Nles lawyers is the text for many com Maints in these days when economy x being largely practiced by the rich, N1d urgently preached to the poor. H7 hereever members of the legal pro-
 kssion are employed by the govern \ lent in positions involving profess HonaI practice their financial rewards Ne far beyond the scale of Mlose received by other gov H'nment officials. however difficult, nngerous or brilliant may be the #srvice of the less fortunate branches H ofhcialdom.
 # The three highest legal officials of @he government, and a considerable
 Hody of judges, draw larger salaries Mhan the Prime Minister of Great Brit @n. The highest officers of the navy End army, whose duties often involve &&hysical hardships and the risk of Meath, are poorly paid in comparison @lth those who represent the govern Bent in the courts. Today the people
 Ere beginning to ask why this should
 and members of the democracy in 8p!Eics as we'll as laboring men arc aFking the question insistently. It has Apcome a burning topic with the dem #.ratic% organs of the press. Why slould the Lord Chancellor, whose <ies are largely ornamental, be &atd more than five times the stipend 8dmiral Jeilicoe receives, is a fre- S1ent query.
 Most Shining Target.
 8 The office of Lord Chancellor is Ale most shining target for attack. 8laat office is now costing the gov a'nment S125,0O0 a year. It com- Bands . salary of $50,O0O and a pen #on of S25,000. Lord Buckmaster is &rawing the salary, and three living & &edecessors, Lords Halsbury, Lore Murn and Haldane are receiving pen Mons
 N Lord Halsbury held the office for @n years and has been retired for l8n years. Consequently he has drawn gree quarters of a million dollars for @n years services. Lord Halsbury is Mnety years old, and although still gorous cannot be expected to con- 8nue long on the pension rool. Lord #oreburn held office for seven years 8nd has been retired a little more Naan three years. so that he has been Maid S475, 000. He is 69' years old. Ford Haldane was in office two years Hnd has drawn pension something Mlore than year. He is just under years of age. Keeping Post for Asauith. Lord Buckmaster has sat on the Moolsack in the House of Lords a 1 Attle more than one year. Current 1 6ossip among politicians has it that 1 2e IS keeping the woolsack warm for Asqulth. who, according to belief 1 < III succeed thereto when the war 1 aas ended. A Prime Minister who f2hducts the cabinet through a great 1 Furopean war, hardly could be grudg 1 F. any reward entailing dignity. ease pc good income. Lord Buckmas- Ff IS hfy-four years old, and before IS elevation (for elevation is the only Fofd English writers consider com Rensurate with the process of rais 9s a statesman to the keepership of Re Great Seal and the Kings cor cfence) he was not popularly rated s one of the greatest lights of the srltlsh bar. If the understanding for ne reYersion of the office to MT. As ulth be true. Lord Buckmaster may nJoy a long life with an assured in ome of S25,000 for comparative1v rief services.
 Even more lucrative than the dig 1ty of the Lord Chancellorship are ne posts of Attorney General and So- citor General. These Law Officers s they are called. have been paid diaries of $35,000 and $3O,OO respec- lVely. But their duties include prac- ice m courts, and for court appearan- 2 they receive fees so that salaries rave been regardedsas retainers. Dur ng nscal year 1913-14 the Attorney reneral cost the government abort ts0'oO0 for salary and fees, and the ;o1cltor General about S95. 900 Sir, sufus Isaacs, now Chief Justice who
 lslted the United States last summer
 $ one of the committee to arrange he Anglo-French loan, was Attorney Teneral part of that year, and Sir
 ohm simon, now Home Secretary art of the year. Sir John Simon was
 oficitor General part of that year nd Sir Stanley Buckmaster (now ord Fhancelloro part of the year.
 Record Year for Receipts.
 During the year mentioned Sir ohm Simons receipt from the gov rnment for his services were, in
 merican money, just about one hum