PEOPLE AND PEERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 5

PEOPLE AND PEERS.

mr. Lloyd-george's onslaught ; ; on feudalism; ;:■ ■;■■.■ •:; the tariffites and colonial ';;.';;' ■ .'•■■ '\ .PEELING.■..;.-:•'...;■ ■/' :;■_■:. By.Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright. l -,--;.; : :V:-.;',(Bec: January 3,;9.5 ; p.m.) ':.-: ' ;■-. . :,, ■■' " v .'.,'; -London,; January 3. Addressing a meeting of 0000 people at Reading, tho; Chancellor of . the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd-George,'■ declared that colonials ■were watching the Budget with great. , interest,'" .;'• were ': expressing their; opinions;:very; freely, .and wero all thoroughly .'"• ashamed of- the .'.Lords for the way in; which l they were deolining to.,'face'• their, responsibility 'and pay up like men. He .thought: ■ the,; Tariffites were'.. rather, glad, that; their '■:.■. oversea-kinsmen were, not -in' participate ;in :.the; election, jllr.. Lioyd-George ""concluded:, : "I hope-that;'l9lo'.will:be remembered as .:the;.-year in. ■which, .the people; .won complete Shattered the feudal claims,:and threw, < off ■ ; tho;feudal. burdens." ;;■; .;■;'' : ■', ;: -";^)', '■;'" ■'; Y>: ■•\'-y'J' ■■ iWHAT WOULD THE LIBERALS' DO '.;'..':, WITH THE:LORPS?;;7: V': ■MINISTEES;WHO:FAVOTJE EEFORM ;.::, v :v\;V : -'FROM.;WITHIN ; ;V':'',' : ; ''•-, : ,V, '■;'. (Bee. January 3, ; i0:30 p.m.), V iv. ;\ '■■ V ■•'■,'.-■•.■/;; '■■■■'■'';■:■:■': \ London, 3;; , Several Ministers in- their speeches have hinted: at' having a preference for', re-. form)pf'the House>6f'Lordsfrom'within; .Meanwhile they are. concentrating the '.'at-' tack -on; the Lords' : yctoi.'.V ,:;.'.:,;!" :-■•■ .'.■:■'" ■UNIONIST ATTITUDE ■TO REFORM ' f';v,v'^; LORDS.-■<;■;.;/".;.■;:■./■;': ;■'.;';;;: :(Eec. January 3, : 9.5 ;".■'/-■ 'AH\-'■■'■'■•:' ' ■ Y '. London, January 3. ',■■-. i'i :M)\-Alfred Lyttelton;* formerly, Unionist Secretary .for; the .Colonies,-' in 'an'* address ;to', his .constituents of. St.'.George's,' Han■over.- Square,-. London,.'declares, that;, tlte :Government's : :policy 1 - 'is- to■'-. entomb...■. the: Lords' in^a; mausoleum with an impressive; "exterior and to delude 'the;, nation'; 'into, :the' beliefvtliat a;Second..-. Chaniber;'could ; ■under - such', conditions' play^'a worthy and' lanV'effective Jpart'.:XThe' r vast.majority.. of. are in;'favour'of ';.din)inishing ;the numbed: of; members'-of-.the-Hbuse,of; Lords;;.and of" malung:them,moire, repref ,v.. ;■•:-:'■'.'■'•■'JO ;,';V i r ;:.-MK.,LV.ttoltoi.;ndds':f/l l ie'';Liberai'-policy; ;in'fiscal matters is-the stereotyped status ■quo,'; namely—Protection; for .everyone es-. ■ cept the..British;manufacturer.;.,;; ■ ■:*;-'■ ;.- '■',;"■■'. '■

i- ; v MR.'BURNS; AT UKi-BLATpHTOiqy AAN'POSITION' ■.^■•!;V;>;S.;.^iPA^iiv^^:;;;;^..-;V;.;-:-; : ;^.;:';ft : -.v;^''"'''-v;. O.'rLohdoni 1 ' January, 2/V ':; Mr.", John; Burns,' Presideni.of the ./Local! ,G6yerrimbnt,"Board,;is;;maliing.an'unpre- ; !cedentedly: strenuous' election, fight !ih,Bat- : tersea. ■' -'He;, declai'es that -; lio: : intends: to visit every house;\in; his '.constituency*- be-' fore 1 ; polling- day';■ i•',■■[■'■SJV'x'/:- ; f.&^^ i■:'V .: 'l'he'V lufcruational ..Arbitratioii League, in -(af letter.'describes! edito^^i ! ;''Tiie/;)Clariqn,'^;^s : ';a';scare- t ;mbngeri:'ahd.as.a.niere pawn,iriuthe.Op-:, ■positibn'a -party'gameV:, , ' : v : y'..V'.!. ■; : [Mrl; ; jiohert-Blatchford; !i edii:or of ; : the Socialist' ■■riewspaper;:"Clariori,'", , .ha3: lat-terly'-'coritributdd to: the; Unionist /paper. "Daily Illail" particles''oh ; Gorman, arma-ments,.-aud.'Britain's .mpreparedness—ar-:ticle3;of.;..which;the-.Unionists "are .making the :widest:,possible ;useV distributirig them' ,iu pamphlet form.]; .' v'i ; ' - ' ; :.';■.; ; yNIOWI3T ; ;^ADER: OF'TH^LOfiDS.: ■ ';THE; UE? y;v/iI"'BUDGET;;-;- ; !;:;-:; ; ; ■*■!■ in) ';. "To -Lord! Lansdo\Yno (writes Mt: >-Her:berf;Maxwell in the. ro?aily.Mail") has ,bepu.committed a soloinnrduty; and'privi-) /he-has f.beeh'.called to'assert'-'the 1 right :of the. , nation : to'be! inaster,;'of. its fate;\';No"m»n;has stronger■''.plaiM' to this 'priyilege-'of' resporisibility,'''for "none ■ has : served: his country moro'.faithfully orMn;Sp.iredj.his'countrymen -with ".. more : confi-' idehce... v whom ■'Qladstp'iie -and ;Salisbury:'and Grhnville and; Jowett chose 1 .;for':the:highest offloesofiState'.'ahd whofor ,fo'rty,.|years. : of ; r publdo life "has: , given .so many-proofs.'of, capacity';and'pledges'iof ■ devotion'-to; the/. interests' of ' the.:'counitry," is .entitled, to this, privilcgei,-, \ "■;;-- ,-

;,His; Popularity in India; ...-,...,,..:.,,. ;;■;■"Of; Lpi;d / Laasdpwne's:eervices ..at: houie -and , ;abroad history .must-be .the , ..judge'.' '.Contemporaries,;'.:can : r.-only, .iecoruVhis :achievements;. \ThatVhe; ; waV a;great'administrator, India: and panada testify'; Der, spite , ':.differences ':, of/',opihioh;' ; : which 'Mr.; Gladstone'/was"not always/ready:to over- 1 lpokyiLprd.-Lansdovne was ap'pomted : Goy- ■ ernor-Generai;.of Canada in ,1883;; and. jus-, itified,this- confidence ;by. his .-wisdom! in"dealing with, the Louis'-Kiel rebellion 'and '■■ ini; removing the Fisheries''question, from {therlistjbf.diplomatio: disputes with the; •.UnitedvStatas.'vi, If; Lord''Ldnsdowno'iwaa! 'no 'evanescent :ei(lolon': in (the Dominion, neither l ; was'.: he : 'a"fleeting/ shadow'-.' in India.; - No : ;, Viceroy was-eyer'moro'popu-:lar, :and./few, did moreVto. proinoto the .welfare and! security': of .the Empire,..-: He. .established'our ■.relations, with. Afghanis-' ;tan,:strflhgthened. our'frontiers; regulated/ . the employment; of ! childreni. :restriote<l' ; chiW-marriages.'arid'' saved ,-liidia frombankruptcy.; by-closing; the ;,min.ts for'the !free; coinage .of,'silver, and; 1 giving ; to';tho: rupee an approach to a;standard.,value.:/'! ;At;the;iForeign!;Office.::;;V;/;^h-r'/.',;v;y/:/'i:!;

■'i;" Teh years; of/exile; were;rewarded'withthe office';'of Secretary l for 'Wir—as-re-, ..ward that brought; many [trials anil tribu-; lations ahd'threatbned atone;uionient , 'to' 'destroy,: the; reputation ■ of '■, this. successful.Go'vernor./;i'l'he';Veil has';not 'yet ' ".been drawn ,aside;that.'covers ! :.tho..period';of 'thp -Boer', war, but-enoui;h.ihas-now' : boon. ; revealed 1 to .'show , - that .Lord:Xansdowno : ■did not merit all the .condemnation of 'those'early, (laysi.of alarm'/; If; he 'turned a 7 deaf -ear to -the WBrning3:.'.6fi Lord ■ -it -was\:because ;the/Govern-: ment,wished to avoid even; the .'appearance' !of,' seeking a conflict with thd'/itansyaali To■ha'vo,;resigned office at \ that moment iwould have , been'to precipitate a'; quarrel :not ; in-Sputh;Africa.alone.but on the Continent.' '■ When. , ,;tho die . was ~ cast .■ r'Lord Lansdowne showed:that he'could he. resolute. ;,Th6' removal of, : the^^;ordnance-, fac: tories.'from\ ! the: control ,'of.the' Finance. Department : to that of; the: ,/Inspector-: Geueral ; of, Ordnance was' frpm'.'the ■Defence' Committee, of .the!/.Cabinet. :,in: 'spite of ■'■.'opposition; - ■ Thov grant of ■■; 4511,-" 500,000 [for ,the automatic replacement of' stores'-fnd ammunition was 1 wrested'-.from ,the ; / Chiincellor . of, ; the V ; Exchequer—whose stronK'^erspnality-dominated members.of the Government—after- ; a,stormy.'..scene. The' service that -Lord/' Lansdowne.' rendered to his-, country,* in.! those 'days-has yet'to'bo recorded..■.../..'' ;;■.;-:. :'■ :,■■/•..:'•

Two-Great Agreements., -J:, ,:|n; : :;:.■;•;" ' : "That.Lord Salisbury knew arid •; ap- § roved; was manifest ■ when Lord : Lansowno ! succeeded .to': the .'Foreign. .Office; No : Department .of tho ; State ■:'demands from, its chief so many .qualities of.judg'meut, 'tact,' and knowledge■:of'men and affairsi.- -You may make a: Chancellor of the Exchequer ov :even a Prime Jlinister, but a Foreign Minister is made. :Lord Lansdowne can claim this distinction.. ;As' Lord Granville said of.', him when Jowott; suggested that ho. should becomo his assistant at the- Foreign Ofr fico; 'Lord Lansdowno has -all tho qualities—tact'that nover .fails, memory .-that never-slips,.'temper that no man can ruffle, capacity. tor •: secreting : international precedents that none can,rival.'/i' fine and recoptivo min3 in perpetual exorcise, a manner, af once courteous and reserved, and.a wide' and intimato : acquaintance with foreign countries were ,'not the sole qualifications -of Lord. Lahsdowuo 'for this important post. Ho went to tho,Foreign Office with a policy,"and that policy: is written in tho' treat}- with Japan '•'■dnu the- euteuto,. cordiale, with France; .. Theso instrumontsV which bear his uanio havo changed tho political aspect of Asia and of Europo. They have secured the peaco: of the world by setting limits to ambition and by removing traditional barriers. If Lord Lansdowno had no other claim than this ho would bo entitled to our coufidenco in Wβ ninccrity and judgment,"- ■ •■■ ;■; ■>■•!. ■~-,; "■■■■-,