The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-11
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y ON lIf WV y tfk sun.
lu an Indignant SporCh before the
house of lurdV. the marquis - Lin
culnshirc doplor,d the rumorci at
tempt Of the government To- srll thr
historic Runuysidc meadow. on
which tho barunS rnCHmprd IA t2lbI
when thuy cNaCtrd Magma Charta
nom the dospotic srhcmiug and un.
popular king John. Runuymodo iS
,fown lana and the marquis claimed
that " the government continued to
ell crown lands there would sOun bc
nothing left To dispose Of except the
crown Jcycis.
Tho celebrated meadow, which II
is said the government offered AT auo-
tion last month, but without rcCciy-
ing any bids lies on the south bank
| ut the Thames In the county of sur
| rey and the parish Of Egham. There
seems to have been some dispute %s
to whether the ceremony actually
took place Ia the meadow, or on
Magma Charta, or Charter island,
which lies near. The charter itself
| indicates ltunnysidc by name. but
| this may have included the island
which is the traditional site and
| Nas In l2l1 the meeting place OF
/ Henry III and Louis, afterward
! Luuis NllI of France
Although In later years the i'm
D N.lIinif III Mtknl 'ttIlh WhN
/ enormously magnificd, IL differs only
I'm degree, not i'm Iind. from In.
| ether charters granted by the Nor
lnp and r.~rly plantHgen,t kings. ua
rcatur length and the exceptional
| circumstances attending its birth
ave to 1t n position absolutely
unique In the minds Of later gen
ciations Of Englishmcn. This feel
| ing vag fostercd by its many futurc
I H.. 0a.... l..
me Of the struggle between the
| Stuart kings and pnrliamont until II
me to h, regarded as something
sacrosanct, cmbndying the very idcni
OF English liberties. which to some
extent had been lost. but which i;.,y
felt must be rcgaincd, and winch
acre ..rcgaincd.
Barons Had MANY Grievances.
Briefly the cause leading up to
i tho grant are to he found In the
increasing insularity of the English
harons, now noIongcr the holders
og estates in NORMANDY; the
Substitution OF an unpopular for
9 popular king tan active spur to
| the rising forces of discontenu, and
ne Unprecedented demands for
money to carry ON Johns wars in
| Franco. demands followed not by
| tonV but by dishunor To the arms Of
| England. So much for the general
,auscs.
The actual crisis may be said To
have begun with the quarrel between
! John aud Innocent III, regarding
| ne appointment of a new arch
| hlshop TO the see of Canterbury. This
/ was finally settled In ll3, and in
| the new prclate, the papal nontnec,
| .',ephen I.angton who landed In
| England early In that year and ab-
solved the king the following July,
ne baronlapparty found an able and
powerful oliv.
shortly after this John embarked
| for Normandy, where after "A few
/ anor Victories won for him hy his
mcrccnary troops, he met a crush
/ ing defeat, which put an end for all
/ time TO the English cause I'm France.
Tho discomfort already raging In
! england waa famed into a flame by
| the news Of this fiasco-but AS II
| blind to the oniinuus portcuts all
around him John ordered another
scutago to be taken from his tenants
1t the unprecedented rate OF 3
| marks on the knights fee The
mobiles refused to pay the imposition,
/ Instead they swore with due solemn
! ity to withdraw their allciancr to
/ the king and TO make war Upon him
/ unless within a stated time he
should restore To them their right
/ ul laws and liberties.
! Whiiu they were collecting an
/ army To enforce these resolutions
] John tried to stir up diSsCnsiou
I .muuE them by granting "a CuuccA-
/ sion To the clerical section hut his
/ .htrtor granting freedom of election
| to the church failed tn alicnatr the
| the interests OF the clergy from the
/ popular cause.
John made verious other efforts
/ to avert the storm, bus when "A