The Bismarck tribune., 1924-11-15
THE NEW BRITISH
CONSERVA
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The English ruling families are
| passed out, no matter if sons of
theirs of conspicuous abilities,
like Mr.. Winston Churchill, be
recognized with Il cabinet position.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the new
Prime Minister. is limself as dis
tinctly a new man as is Mr.. Lloyd
George or Mr.. Ramsay MacDon-
aid. He doesn't belong to the O.d
landed aristocracy, nor is he an
adventurer become useful to that
alistocracy, as Benjamin Disraeli
was in the thir.' quarter of the
last century. Mr.. Baldwin is I
North Country iron master, a man
of this age as distiRctIy as our own
Charles M SchMilb.
What is the outlook Of Mr.. Bald
win may 4bg Judged from these fol-
lowing &brds OF his:
~ have Il profound faith in
the British worker - whether
he tolls by hand or brain. He
is my friend, and trust, in
deed, know, | am his friend.
To all British workers | wOul,'
send my message Of nope and
inspiration in these days of
anxious crisis that face our
nation. Stand steadfast to the
Constitution that has in the
past made us BritOnS what we
are today. Let us safeguard
our laws, our customs and our
institutions. They are the bull
wark that will make the indi-
rdual prosperous and happy.
Let each one strive to express
his individuality learlessly and
openly"
The new conservatism, as dis
tinguished from the old Toryism
of Mr.. Baldwin's party, is voiced
in that utterance OF The first
Prime Minister since Disraeli, who
has commanded an absolute par
tisan majority in the House of
Commons.
Twenty years ago or so this
time a very different sort OF con-
servative Prime Minister, with the
consent OF his parliamentary ally,
the Unionist. Joseph Chamberlain.
was forcing through Parliament Il
bill that turned primary education
in England over to the clergy OF
the established church Mr.. Ar
thur Baifour, Il high Tory and Il
high churchman. himself a man OF
surprising intellect anL culture,
did not believe in too much pop
ular education, preferred in fact
to keep the masses ignorant The
price he eXacted for tacit support
OF protective tariff reform was
Chamberlain assent to the Tory
scheme of education.
Well, the way broke out and in
its progress disclosed England's
weakness as compared to Ger
many's strength, in the particular
of unframed Enslshmen as con-
trasted with trained Germans. We
suppose that the far educated even
Mr.. BalfOur, to the value of as
much education for everybody as
can be had, not necessarily the
Oxford kind that MIR. Baltour HIM
| self received. but the technical
and scientific sort which renders
in all sorts OF ways. The might of
Germany as demonstrated in the
! war, consisted, not only of the SUI
perior military training which her
soldiers had received, but also of
the superior education which gen
erations of Germans OF all sorts
had enjoyed. In this modern
world, a people TO hold their own,
| require as much and as up-to-date
! education as they possibly can get,
and in the future the best ethcat-
ed nation in the Twentieth Cen
tury sense is likely to prove the
conqueror.
The Conservative Party of Mr..
Stanley Baldwin are all for educa-
tion. They want an educated
Britain. with no iliterates, ANA
literally as much education for
every girl and boy as can be given.
They propose to see that the next
generation of Englishmen. Scots
men and Welshmen shall be as
we'll trained as our Americans or
Germans. The old Tory notion
about educational limitations they
have altogether discarded. They
realize that their country's place
in the Twentieth Century worl
/ depends on popular education.
The new Conservative Party cher
ishes large schemes of education
| for all classes and for every indi
vidnal.