Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-01-09
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PREDICTION or DICTATORSHIP
IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
An "Ex-Attachev writes in the
Washington Post that David Lloyd
Georges political enemies will let
him alone until about easter, and
then will force him and his cabinet
out The writer continues
Now those who know Lloyd
George the best, and, above all,
those who arc acquainted with the
mon who have been at his back in
his recent wrecking OF the Asquith
cabinet, arc firmly convinced that he
will not submit to being turned out
OF office in the manner planned by
his advelsai'ies. Sooner than go
under in such fashion, he may be
relied upon to have recourse to the
extreme measure which already a
year and half ago predicted in
these columns would be invoked, not
alone in Great britain, but also in
France. and perhaps in Italy, before
the end Of tho war, namely, the in
definite prorogation or dissolution Of
parliament, and the administration
Of the government OF the country by
means either OF a dictator or die
tatoratc
Legislature constitute an intoler-
o1. Inv 40. (.
duct of any great war; II IS quite
| impossible to induce five or six
hundred politicians to work in com
plete and singleminded unison for
the welfare and for the safety of the
nation. Especially is this the case
with the present parliaments of
Great Britain and France. which
were elected some years before the
war. and cannot therefore be re-
enrded as representative OF the pres
cnt conditions of popular sentiment.
Premicrs' Time Wasted.
Prime Minister BRAND. in m iin-
passioned speech in the French
chamber Of deputies the other day.
bitterly complained that his entire
time and that of his colleagues in the
cabinet was taken up in answering
ridiculous apd indiscreet questions
raised bv legislators instead Of his
being able to devote 1t tot he difficult
end arduous task Of administering
the government OF the country II
s the same at Westminster. where
Tho various ministers are compelled
to leave tho virtual direction of their
/ various departments to their sub
( ordinates and to devote all their at
fns,tfon to ancvva,.is,o ci1lv onactiopo
! in the house Of commons.
IT may be recalled that Lord
Kitchener. TO whom England is in
dnhted for her Transformation with
i In the space OF three years from the
most unmilitarv OF nations into a
/ grear wilitary power. with an army
/ Of 5000.000 well trained. well-seas-
ored soldiers. all superhlv ed,lipped
and armed was an object Of daily
4, nttacS end abuse in parliament until
his death al sea last wear Yet there
is no denvinR that he was through
nut all that time the most popular
! figure IN tho Tluited Kingdom
Public Opinion Powerful,
Without attempting my invidious
comparisons between Ilovd George
ard Kitchener-~indee Llovd George
! was one of the most persistent ad-
versar'es OF the dead field mnrshal--
( Is cannot be denied that "the little
/ Welehina y F." az the new prime minis
1 tei Is called has been raised to the
nooit'or of nror1ier bv tho people in
stead OF by parliament. But il is the
same pNnnlar sentiment that com
! rclled The Nsnuitn government to
I crtrpst tho eecrctarvehio of state Of
var o Kitchener. which has forced
! J loyd Ccorge upon parliament as
I prime minister
Jret ns th.' reople in tho summer
! = 1q14 believed that Kitchener
atone could save the country from
tho horrors Of German invasion. so
( today are the peonle convinced that
Ilovd George is the onlv statesman
| roseeseod Of sufficient energy and re-
sonrcefrlness TO carrv the war to n
s"cceesful irepo The people NAV be
r'rcrc or thev nav be richt But
for 'ho present he is in their ewes
tl'e indisnereable man And that is
v'l,r if he disnenses with parliament
within tho noyt few weeks. and as
elmes fhc roll of dictator, he will
! have tho notion 1T his back.
nic'~tnrsh'~ Not Vndewocipi'c.
~ IS mistake IN imagine that n
dict9torshin. even though it involves
2 srencneion Of legislative activities,
~ oiforo'ho~ onnosed tn those demo-
! cratic nrincinles upOn which the svs-
tcn or cOvornmont W Greaf Britain,
- vol "s in tho United States. is
Hneod Two o~~'ifufior NJ that old
4 H'No rcnrblic Nf Porrc wh'ch NAV he
regarded ae the mother of all renrb-
lice "rd vhieN has served rs an in
arlvation tn ~ popular forms OF ra-
iio~c' ocrernmcnt. rrovided for the
establishment Of q dictatoratN whom
ovnr Anv ncril tc The renublic ror-
\ 1dcrcd such an extreme measure adj
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