The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-12
Special Cable Dispatch.

Special CaOlc DlSpGlCn.
Copyright, 1919, by Public Ledger Co.
LONDON. May l0.-My return to Lon
don from Paris WAS a descent from lev
crish interest to almost unrclicvcd dull
ness aggravated by IL fierce uutburSt 81
mdwintcr weather. The Hous" Of Conf
mons is.drcarier than any Parliament
of recent history. Every body notices
The extraordinary phenomenon that
this assembly. still in its infancy.
shows already the decrepitude or OLD
age. It's benches remain empty lot the
most part at every sitting and II IistenS
open-mouthcd with childlikc innocence.
speeches that in the old days would
have provoked out-bursts Of eni husias'ic
approval or equally enthusiastic disap-
prevail. l heard a fierce young Liberal
deliver q speech without interruption
from the most successful profltecrs
900 100000. 100000 on their capital.
while similarly IL Nttlc group or FREQ
Liberals gave only blcating protest
against Austen thambcrlains revival
of his fathers old and apparently dead
and buried scheme of protection in tho
shape Of colonial preference. Perhaps
the big defeat Of the last by-elecunn
following two other big defeats has tak-
On all heart out Of an assembly winch
the country is thus rcpudiatinS with 2
CELEBRITY unprecedented in English cleo
tioncering.
4SsSCAS S4N4uhASSs
Another cause of the dccatirncc Of tn"
House Of Commons is the continuous
absence of the prime minister in PARIS.
for Bonar Law, his substitute, thoueh
an adroit conCiliatory and ready ne
batter. has little authority. Tho present
House Of Commons is wanting in EGid-
ance more than any other ever elected.
and feels itself without any guidance
whatever. a change will doubtless come
when Mr.. Lloyd George is once more IN
his placc. but what direction that change
will take it is difficult to forcvast.,
Curously enough. the recent Verdicts
OF disapproval at the polls arc regarded
as not so much against him as against
his ministry. Mr.. ASquith does not yet
give hope Of political resurrection at
any time in sight. The Disappearance
not only of him but of All other prom
inent Liberal personalities from the
House Of Commons and the notorious
weakness of Premier Lloyd Gorgc's Owl,
colleagues. with tho single exception or
Winston Churchill. all tend 10 make Mr..
Lloyd George stand out more cnnSplru-
ously than over nS the one man Who
can keep things going and set things
done. both very necessary operations
in g country faced by such gigantic la
Dor demands and sicklicd by the over
shadow Of continental bolsherism.
Awaiting Lloyd Georges Return.
OF course. Premier Lloyd Gorge can
do little in domestic politics Till re-
leased from the stranglehold Of the
Peace Conference, with its accumulated
difficulties. When that task is complrl-
ed he will return to the House Of Com
mons anxious for leadership and policy.
What subject Mr.. Lloyd Gc"rg" Will
first take up is question everybody
is asking behind the scenes. His repu'"
with the Liberals stands lower than
ever since Mr. Chambcrlain's budget
with its first bold inrnad into the Brit
ish free trade system. and this nrccs-
states some holder and quicker move
than Premier Lloyd George has yet an
ncunced.
Some Of his intimates who like him
and remain nomnally Liberals have
expressed privately a strong impression
that Mt. Lloyd Georges choice OF trap
exc for his coming sommerSault will be
Ireland Possibly he realizes that no
muZsurc has any chance Of being oven
considered. with Ireland in the present
mood, which docs not 20 beyond all tho
previous proposals and docs not at once
maintain the unity Of Ireland. single
Legislature and give her fiscal as we'll