The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-11
BONAR LAW Or LORD ROBERT CECIL
MAY LEADE LLOYD GEORGE FAILS
Law Is Dxtrous Speaker and Thorough Thinker But Lacks
Iron in Temperament-L ord Robert Is Handicapped BY
Tory Affiliations and Squi rearchy Traditions

tween two men who represent IN" poles
II opinion on Irish sclf-Eovcrnment.
As To Laws srlr-dlstrust. the proof Is
that he was offered tho premiership on
Asauith's fall hut pruffcrrd the position
to tina, terrible little Wclshmau. who
knows fcar Mother Of God nor man nor
himself.
Cecil May Gain Control
Finally Law has tho great difficulty
Of no roots In the party which still
largely represents tho old order. the
Established Church and broad acres.
Hc is a Presbyterian Scntch-Irlsh-C Can
adian and before h" entered politics
MAS Glasgow metal merchant. Arro-
CANT Tories used 10 speak to him in
privatc as z Scottish ironmonE"r. He
has mono Of tho commanding appear
anrc that maCnctiZcs men. is tall. raw
boncd high-Chrckh0n"d very like the
typical Scotch profess nal golfer. and
finally he got tho leadership as conf
promise man between tho rival claims
Of Walter Long. tho best survival OF
tho old Tory party. and Austen Cham
bCrlain. tho representative of the mod
crn commercial Tory democracy. and
these Compromis" candidates always
hear tho scar rf thCS" internal struggles
rs Abraham LinColE did when he uustcd
seward and Chase. Finally Law las no
private Weaknesses except love II
cigar and game Of bridge: lis strongest
drink i" ginger beer.
These arc rcasorS why rcOpl" behind
Tho scenes begin Ia discuss seriously
tho chances Of Tory leadership passns
10 The hands Of Lord Robert Cecil. II
is an extraordinary cxampl" of continu-
iiy in English lfc that tho Cecil FAM
ily should Etill help To govern England
three centuries after tho original Cecil
directed the foreign policy Of Queen
Elizabeth. Generations Of undist. ~
guiShcd CcCils in tho interval had held
great posts. but ono" moro tho old fam
lly glories were revived when the late
Lord Salisbury guided for years as pre-
micr and foreign minister both the do
nestle and foreign policy of England.
4 great journalist before h" was a great
politician. ono of the founders Of the
Saturday Review. once tho most power
fuI weekly in England. and its most
m0rdant writer. a poor younger son,
who made Il love match with the daugh-
ter OF judge. then considered tho last
word almost in n mcs1lliancr. Lord Sails
bury had the struggles Of young jour-
nalist till the death Of his elder brother
brought him in direct succession to a
great title and hug" family estates.
mainly consisting OF big ground rents
in the most central parts of London off
The big street known as the Strand.
His sons are all distinguished. One
is a bishop. The present Lord Sails
bury is a prominent though not power
ful figure in the House OF Lords. The
chief brains. however. are divided be-
tween two sons in tn" House Of Com
mons. Lord Hugh and Lord Robert.
Lord Hugh is on" Of tn" true orators OF
his time with an extraordinary wealth
of beautiful diction. capable Of sob
stuff" as you call II in America. on oc-
cn sion and Of lifting tho whole H0u~a
of Commons TO that deadly -'nt:r-e.'
which is the greatest demonstration OF
an orators omnipotence over the emo
tons of an audience. But he is ecccn-