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now and are giving out the private ac-
counts of their estates and homes with a
reckless freedom that must make Queen
victoria's ghost move in horror in the
shades.
Up In Scotland the Duke Of Buccleuch
reports outgoings up 10 % per cent In tho
pound. His Grace the Duke OF Bedford
produces an auditors certificate showing
. dead loss Of over $4,000 year on an
estate Of 10000 acres in the metropolitan
counties, with . gross rent roll of owe
$115,000. In Ireland the Earl OF Meath has
called his retainers together at Kilruddery
County Wicklow, to explain the closing OF
his grounds and gardens. This veteran, It
seems, is left with paltry 5000 year
upon which to maintain the dignity of er-
mine robes and a cleaning coronet.
The Marquis Of Northampton, who owns
one of the largest Elixabethan mansions in
England, is living on borrowed money
Income tax and super.tax. with rural tithes.
labor demands, local rates and donations
Ill combine to play havoc with the nobility
and gentry Of Britain after a great war
which has left the nation with debt of
nifty billion dollars.
80 in town and country the aristocracy
are selling up and clearing out. Estates
are coming into the market at the rate OF
100000 acres year. One big firm of agents
knight Frank 4 Rutley, of Hanover
Square--announce sales amounting to $25,.
100000 all At once. In four years this firm
have had on their books the equivalent OF
five English Counties. Peers OF ancient
lineage write to the papers and tell how
they have but Hfty cents in the pound OF
Tree income" when all liabilities are paid.
This once-favored' caste goes in fear OF
the Labor Party's programme, of which the
first arts lie is ''The abolition OF landlord.
ism" Other points are Soviet Councils
on the land and q minimum wage OF about
s15 week for the agricultural laborer. 1t
is forsthese reasons that the lords have
now founded trade union-just as the
the farm laborers and miners have done.
This union is called the Central Land.
owners Association. II has offices In Pail
Mall. close to Marlborough House. and st
James Palace. Its secretary is Mr.. R.
Strachan-0 Gardiner. the late agent of the
historic Hawsrdch estates OF the Gladstone
family
Lord B,edisloe is president, with Lord
Clinton and the Earl, Of Selborne as travel
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citation of landowners, formed to safeguard
their legitimate interests and to promote
the industry OF agriculture in each
case only so far as is consistent with the
interests Of the nation, which are above
those of any industry or individual"
There are now nearly 1000 members un.
der the presidency of Lord Bledisloe, X. b.
e. The owner OF 10000 acres pays $50 a
year or else a life subscription of $500
He can then feel sure that his interests are
looked after IN both Houses Of Parliament
by the lobbyists of the union.
This unique portent Of present-day Brit
ain was inaugurated In the Marquis OF Sails
bury's town house In Arlington street, with
an agricultural magnate-the late Earl Of
Onslow-in the chair. But 1t was soon
found that the great landlords, their farm
ers and laborers pulled different ways So
the peers drew apart, with platform of
their own, under the Earl OF Selborne
Other members OF the council include the
Duke Of Northumberland, the Earls of Chi
chester and Hardwood princess Mary's
father-in-law), Lords Shaftesbury, Stan.
hope, Hampden. Cranworth, Hastings and
Penrhyn.
Their president, Lord Bledisloe, Is at this
moment working hard as a scientific pig
farmer. SO as to be able to save his own
immortal seat, Lydney Park, in Gloucester
shire. This magnificent estate has been
in the possession OF his family for over two
hundred years.
This new trade union hopes TO interest
the public In the troubles and claims to
m.
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The Handsome Stone Mansion of Lord Metuen
Which His Lordship Has Advertised For Rent

TNORMOUS taxation following the war
and other causes have produced re
markable distress among the British
nobility.
Several dukes and earls with estates of
100000 acres or more find themselves prac.
tically penniless and have been forced to
quit their historic and stately homes,
Three courses are usually open to these
noblemen' ~ To sell the estates for what
they will bring, t2) to close up the houses
and grounds and save the immense cost
Of maintaining servants, keepers and gar
deners, 60 to turr ell the land around their
country mansions into productive agricul
tural property and work on 1t themselves.
Strange to say, many of the nobility have
chosen the third course. and this, perhaps.
will strike Americans as very surprising.
The public is now being entertained by the
sight of Lord Bledisioe. Lord Glanusk and
others working land as ordinary farmers,
raising pigs, tending cows. hoeing potatoes
and doing the toughest kind of farm work.
OF course, II a nobleman is old and has
lived all his life in the luxurious manner
customary with dukes, he can hardly be
expected to turn common farmer in his old
age. In such cases the estate must be cu,,
tivated, II at all. BY the younger members
of the family. *,
Very often the young men Of the house
hold prefer to seek their fortunes in the
colonies and leave the women to look after
the ancestral acres. Thus it happens that
Lady Marcia Black, sister Of the Earl of
Roden, is busily engaged in blowing up
the family estates. Many other young wo.
men Of title, daughters Of dukes and earls.
delicately nurtured are working hard at
the exhausting tasks OF the farmer, the
stock raiser and the pig keeper.
The Duke OF Rutland, father of the beau
tifu Lady Diana Duff Cooper, formerly
Lady Diana Manners Is one of those who
have been shardest hit by present condi-
tons. He has closed his historic place,
Haddon Hall and sold large part Of his
principal estate, Belvoir Castle.
How great is the proud Dukes distress
may perhaps be judged from the fact that
his daughter has resorted to acting for the
movies"
The peers and land owners of Britain are
thoroughly alarmed at their position and
are endeavoring to obtain changes of the
law MAT viii help them to hold on to their
family estates. They are all for publicity
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hounds and all HIS horses except two
chargers Tor military service. Shooting
rights on HIS estate also were sold. Fur
ther reductions are said to be impossible
without failure in the duty of landlord.
Hopeton House is one OF the treasure
houses OF Scotland. The grounds, dotted
with giant trees and intersected by shady
avenues. command splendid views, taking
in the whole sweep of the Firth of Forth
and the Ochil Hills.
Some of the announcements are amax-
ing and make one wonder IL the noble
landowners are trying to brighten the
country. The Duke of Westminster, who
is noted as the richest peer in England, is
reported as saying that he cannot afford to
keep up his English houses and will spend
most Of the year on ranch in Africa.
The Duke has closed for a considerable
time at least his great country house.
Eaton Hall, and his equally famous
London mansion, Grosvenor House. II
will be recalled that he recently sold the
most famous picture in the family collec-
tion, Gainsborough's blue Boy" for
$3.50, 900.
Westminster owns hundreds of acres in
the heart Of fashionable London, and this
is worth almost countless millions. Much
OF it is leased and the old rentals>are Der.
haps not considered commensurate with
current taxation. But If the Duke needed
money he could obtain all he wanted by
selling his property or borrowing on It,
Some people think he prefers shooting In
Africa, playing the wheel at Monte Carlo
and skipping about Paris to living in Eng
land.
The Duchess OF Norfolk on behalf OF her
young son the Duke of Norfolk, chief of the
Howards, the most ancient and historic
family in the peerage. has closed Norfolk
House, London. and will live on the CONT
nent. for the present This means also that
he VIII not be In residence at his principal
English country seat, Arundel Castle, which
has been occupied by his ancestors since
1889.
The Duke of Devonshire is one of the
noblemen who are supposed to possess
ample means, but he is showing many
signs OF distress. Some time ago he sold
known as Devonshre House. He still
holds the principal country estate OF the
family, Chatsworth House. In the past
this has been the most costly country es-
tate In England to maintain but the pres
ent Duke Is cutting out it's expensive fea-
lures. Recently he blew up with dynamite
greenhouses that had cost 100000 to
avoid the expense OF maintaining them.
The Dukes daughter, Lady Rachel Cav
endish, is regarded as likely to be the
bride of the Prince OF Wales, and 1t is
expected that His Grace will not let. sell
or close his great house until that event
is settled.
The Earl OF Shaftesbury, an intimate Of
the royal family and the largest landowner
in Dorsetshire. has been obliged to close
up his historic family seat In that county.
The Earl and Countess Of Warwick.
nominal owners Of historic Warwick Cas-
tie, have solved their difficulty by leasing
1t to rich American, Henry Marsh.
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consideration Of the old nobility. Almost
week by week they see their ancestral
homes passing into the hands OF war
pronteers and successful traders. whose
womsnfolk rarely possess the true "coun-
try instinct" which insures social success
In the new sphere which these climbers
have gained.
But this is another land tragic-comicl
story.
How great is the distress of the nobility
may be judged by the published advertise
ment Of Field Marshal Lord Methuen. G.
C. B.. that his historic home. Corsham
Court. is ito be let furnished" Lord
Methuen was one Of the best commanders
in the Boer War and was one Of the most
popular officers In the British army.
He has always lived simply and quietly.
His home. Corsham Court, has been in
the possession of his family for 800 years,
and is one of the finest Elizabethan houses
in England. He would not dream of let
ting it unless he were forced to do so.
He is an old man. has never been very
wealthy and now taxation has made him
nearly penniless.
Some persons may find 1t difficult to
understand how noblemen with splendid
houses can be suddenly reduced to pow
erty. The income value OF their estates,
which are usually non-productive, must be
reckoned in the enormous income tax
which they must pay. In addition there is
a heavy special tax on the land value,
which was only introduced in recent years.
An immense house, with perhaps 200
rooms, such as some Of the larger English
houses contain, is supposed to be sur
rounded by extensive ornamental gar
dens and preserves. 1t would be considered
ridiculous IL the potato fields, the pig pens
and chicken runs came right up to the
front door. Hence there is a large amount
OF land which cannot be productive IL the
house Is to be maintained in good style,
but on which the owner must pay taxation
Many OF these houses are of historic
interest, and most Of the owners in con-
sideration of this allow the public to walk
through the rooms and grounds at certain
hours. The owners say that they should
receive some concession from the taxing
powers In view OF this fact. In France,
where radicalsm broke out earlier than In
England, the Government found 1t wise to
buy up. historic chateaux that were falling
to pieces, put them In repair and let them
to prosperous persons for small rent.
As things are at present an Engiishman
with large and expensive house, an agri
cultural estate and no large income from
business investments cannot AFFORD to
keep his house.
Hopeton House, Linlithgowshire, fine
Italian mansion set in stately gardens Of
the Versailles type, one of the finest coun-
try estates In Scotland, and the home OF
the Marquis OF Linlithgow, is to be closed
Seventy employees will be dismissed or
transferred to other work
The estate has been handed from father
to son since 1903.
Local and imperial taxes are too much
for me-" the Marquis told an Edinburgh
interviewer. Like Jack Sprat and spouse
they leave nothing A British lord, with
no vote in such matters. is in q class with
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Lord Bledisloe,
Who IL Raising
Pigs in the Hope Of
Making Money
Enough to Keep :
His zoo YearOld
Estate, Lydney
Park, from the
Auctioneer's
Hammer.

paupers and lunatics
Times are changed ant
We are changed with
h e m ;" h e philoso-
phized.
That the position of
landed gentry of Eng
land and Scotland truly
is difficult is evidenced
by the fact that before
1916 the Marquis had
disposed of his pack Of
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100000 people have
deserted British agri-
culture for industries
and town life. Such
are the lessons which
Lord Bledisloe and
his council are now
trying to implant in
the public mind.
Lord Clinton and
the Earl of Selborne
60 up and down the
country on organizing
tours. The spirit Of
the new union Is
stated In Article /. of
its rules: "An asso-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-29
Breakers Ahead In the senate

THE lesson of the recent elections is go
ing. to find reader expression in the
Senate than in the House. For one thing
the House had already acted fav0rably on
number OF measures whose fate still rests
with the Senate, for which the expression
AZ the polls cannot by any stretch of the
imagination be construed as friendly The
Senators are pondering these things
number of them failed of reelection be-
cause they guessed wrong In some in
stances Democrats were sent to succeed
them, and in Others progressive Republicans
Will replace them at tho expiration of their
present terms. Duly appreciative of the
situation, sitting members, Democrats and
progressive Republicans, seem TO have
1eached tact understanding that they are
not so far apart in their views on the kind
of legislation needed for the common good
as we'll as on some proposals distinctly
inimical 10 the public welfare.
This means that President uardinrs
legislativ program for both the extra and
snort sessions is going to have rough sail
ing in the Senate, however suhscrvient the
House may become in response to his asser-
uoh OF party leadership in influencing the
outcome Of its proceedings. In his new role.
me President may dictate To the House
and the House propose the results of that
dictation TO the Senate, but the Senate sur
'''"''S h'hc VI us pIcIOPallNeS TO dlSDOSe
OF ii-matured House action in its own WAY
For instance. forcSigh,ed Senators have
reached the conclusion that the time has
come TO enact rural credits and farm relief
legislation. and they are determined 10 side
lack less important measures i'm order 10
give the former nnobstructed right of way
hs nearly as may be with The annual ap-
preparations bills to be disposed of In
proportion as there is disposition to sun
port this farm relief legislation will the
appropriation bills he expedited TO passage
In accordance with this program. The
senate on Monday sent the $4,000 600
ltberian loan bill back to committee and
The chances are that IL will die there Demo-
cratic and progressive Repu blican Senators
did the trick. If the United States govern
neni has any money To loan, the interests
OF American agriculture demand that i, no
placed where the farmers can borrow il on
FERNS OF credit that will prevent Them
from becoming the prey Of speculative
sharks. The bait of 500. 200 900 irriga-
tlon project rider was not swallowed by the
! Western. Republicans. The Dyer anti
! lynching bill. previously passed by the
! House, will probably be showed aside in the
| same way |: any part OF the Harding leg
! islative program gets by. il will be at the
!. cost Of many concessions to Senate senti
| ment.
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France TO "Hclp Herself"

current article bearing on the French
attitude toward reparations. PHILIPPE Mil
let declared 1t soon would be found THAT
France Will show herself at the same time
more moderate as regards figures and more
uncompromising as regards the enforcement
OF her demands" Developments at Paris
Yesterday and he day before tend clearly
TO sustain the latter half OF this forecast
The first. certainly, may be regarded as a
logical. il not inevitable, accompaniment
Ofcially. there is no admission of denn-
tie decisions concerning what action
France would take IL she failed to obtain
satisfaction at Brussels Go quote the
statement authorized last night. The same
statement continues: What actually took
place was an exchange of views in
preparation for the Brussels conference"
Paris newspapers and foreign correspond
onis agree, however. that the basis of this
exchange was clear-cut proposal for in
dependent and resolute French action in
the collection of the nations claim against
Germany.
PERHAPS 1t is true that the plan has not
yet received final approval That is large
ly matter OF formalty now. it appears.
What is important is that leaders OF pub
lie opinion have extended themselves to
prepare the popular mind for aggressive ac-
lion against Germany, and that the response
of the popular mind has been unmista kablv
favorable. Germany's short moratorium
will end next month Unless the Brussels
conference develops q solution-thcre is no
certainty that il will he held at all--France
may he expected to move swiftly and de-
cisively when January y brings due an
other reparations instalment. The pros
pect is not one TO cheer distracted Europe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-29
News of Fifty Years Ago

UFrom the Richmond Dispatch. Nov %? 1872
Richmond district appointments announced
at the Methodist Conference in PETERSBURG
yesterday were: Leroy ~ Lee. presiding elder
Trinity. \. &. Blcdsoe; Rockets. Il n Mullen:
Centenary. John T.. Edwards: Broad Street
John e. CRANBERRY: Sidney, George e. Wander
slice: oregon hin, Lewis A. Gray; clay
street. u. f.. Woodward. Union station Henry
&. chcatham; Manchester. W. O. i.ympkin:
Iienrcu and Charles city w C. Williams
New Kent r. p. Wise: King william w r.
Jordan: Mathews. \. Miles Gloucester. j. G.
Martin Williamsburg. \. NJ. Hail: Conference
sunday school agent, Lconidas Eosser
At the Methodist Conference In Petersburg
Yesterday resolution was adopted providing
that in the administration OF the Lords Sun
per. only pure wine and suitable bread he
used. and that each church provide a com
munion service.
No attention whatever was raid TO
Thank sgiving Day in PetcrSburE cxccpt ,hat
the oost-ohice aud internal revenue office were
closed. In Richmond Nil the puhlIc of,rcs
held NJ Monumental Church and Seventh
street Christian Church.
horse attached to Or Powcll', bugoy
ran away yesterday from the corner NJ oil
mcr Street and Marshall. to the Medical COL
lcGc, to Fourteenth street. tn Mayo Bridge
to the old fields of Manchester where the ami
NAL was finally caught Destruction and alarm
was left In its wake, but the damage tn the
vehicle and harness be covered by Il s.
bill.
Rev. y. H. winfrce. of Chesterfield County.
has accepted call from the First Bpuiist
Church in this cly, To NIL the pulpit Of Rev.
br. j. /. HurronS who q i'll be absent until
June
James F. Torpee. OF North Carolina and
Francis Il. Antclotti. Of this city. were mar
ricd at ST. Peters Cathedral. by Rev. Father
liandicy On III. 10Th instant.
The college will IA,
Capitol next Wednesday. to cast the vote Of
the state for President and Vice Pre- sdent
OF the United states, for the four years sue.
ceeding the ith of March nextt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-29
A Morh Of l'hhnkA

To the Editor Of The Times Dispat CHI:
Sir,-Through your Kindness we
were enabled Ia appeal To the citi-
zcns of Richmond for clothes to be
sent to Asia Minor. As relatives
and friends of those now In distress
we douhly appreciate the response
made To our appeal.
our organization takes this means
OF thanking every one who do
mated wearing apparel Ia keep warm
during the coming winter cxiles
from homes through no fault Of
their own
For centuries their ancestors had
lived In one SPOT. WITH little notice
the present generation was com
PEELED Ia leave beloved soil. We in
happy America have hclpcd to the
extent OF our ability. but without
the generous assistance 81 our fell
low citizens. we could have accom-
pl:shed little.
To you for publicity. and to thos.
VIII" contributed clothing. we wish
10 express heartfelt gratitude.
HELLINlC ORTHODOX,
Community St Constantine.
Richmond. Va. Nov. -, 1922.
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The Executions at Athens

Z ORMER members of the Greek Cabinet
1 and the commander of the defeated
Greek forces in Asia Minor, six fallen lead
ers in all, yesterday were executed in
Athens in accordance with Il court-martial
verdict. Penalties less severe were intict-
ed upon others who were prominent ad-
herents OF the Constantine regina.
Reasonable responsibility for the fatal re-
verses Of the Greek armies in Asia Minor
is assigned as the basis of the charges,
but the details of the conduct upon which
this accusation rested are not given in
early reports from the Greek capital.
Perhaps they will not be given ut all.
Whether they are covered in further off,
Cial announcements or not, the world is
likely to conclude that the executions re-
feet, not SO much conviction of disoyal-
~ as popular and official resent ment
against the group that led Greece TO fresh
disaster This resentment will be regard
cd. perhaps. as shedding little credit upon
the stability OF the Greek mind or upon the
capacity of the nation for standing by its
guns in the face of defeat But II exists:
II has been very much i'm evidence since
the first turning OF the tide in Asia Minor,
and has steadily gained in scope and bitter
hess as the shattered army drafted back
home.
The attitude of Great Britain toward the
executions may well be regarded in Athens
as ominouS. The firing squad was put to
work in defiance Of a British warning that
such "A step would mean immediate sever
ance of relations 1t is quite possible that
in the public mind OF Greece, England is
identified with the Asiatic disaster just as
definitely as the former leaders who yester-
day went to their death. In this case the,
London warning may have actually served
as an additional incentive to severe action
Nevertheless, Greece is weak country.
comparatively; and England is powerful as
friend or enemy. How Iondon's displeasure
VIII he expressed, beyond the recall of the
British minister. is a question for the near
future On sober, second thought Athens
* likely to wonder If vengeance has not
proved more expensive than satisfying
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was to the car and its occupants Now
there Ia very real and great danger to
me train crew and the passengers. The
disastrous train wreck at Annandale, Mimi.
was caused by collision with an automobile
ana there have been at least two such oc-
currences in recent months on the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad. In fact. damages have
actually been collected by persons injured
~ Baltimore and Ohio wreck as we'll as by
me railroad for injuries and loss caused by
the carelessness OF II motorist at a grade
crossing
There are ways of correcting by lew the
abuse OF which Mr.. Shirley justly complains.
o'her man by Abandonment OF a policy OF
protection to the passengers in the motor
cars and ON the railroads