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THEMOKNTNG OKEGCWIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1900.
EiZE THE ROADS
Anti-Trust Conference Payors
Government Ownership.
PAYMENT OF ACTUAL VALUE
3fe AlleTVSHoe for "Watered Stock
Other ReselntleHH Adopted
Maajr Sot Speeches.
CHICAOO, Feb. . After a heated de
bate, the rocaHrtteiiL oonHaHtee of the
anti-trust conference decMed to report In
favor of goVertwieat ownership of rail
roads and for their etzure on payment of
a' ia' value and without payment for
"w tered stock or other fictitious val
ues ' There was a sharp discussion In
the romralttee, and several tilts between
rreirbens, brought on by an effort to make
tl - platform read as It bad been drawn
lp that the government should seize the
x. 'o.u'te on payment of actual values,
a 4 without payment for franchise val
t ' Unanimous action .was finally ob-
ned by cutting out the words "fran
co valves" and inserting instead the
1 1 -a5e "watered stock or other fictitious
d jab'- The committee also unanimous.
ly faored direct popular legislation as a
xn ana of obtaining tie result
Tl dtecueslon In the committee-room
f r outranked the deliberations of the
maiii body of the conference. Ignatius
I) -nnelly, John P. Altgeld, A. P. Mc
yui'k of Iowa, and' George Fred Wlll
u res urged the committee tt strike from
.he resolutions, and proposed a statement
that any payment for railroads should
be exclusive of franchise value.
TUb is a long fight." said Mr. Attgeld.
'aid It will be years before we come to
the actual discussion of the proposition
on which to base payment. Let us not
encumber the discussion with It how."
If we had encumbered the proposition
to free slaves wtth a statement of what
we would do with them, we would have
never freed them," said Mr. Donnelly.
Henry George, jr., however, took the
other jside of the question. "We are go
ing before the people." he said. "Let us
go with the whole plain truth and let them
judge of It."
Jerry Simpson also favored this view,
d-H-larlng that he had had years of ex
perience with this question in Kansas.
His, declaration brought on a warm dis
pute with Mr. McQirirk.
"You're not the only one who has had
experiences," said the latter.
' Well, I'm no spring chicken, anyway,"
replied the Kansas statesman.
'Tour feathers have all been plucked
already." retorted his Iowa opponent.
Many startling statements were made
before the committee, among them one
by President M L. Lockwood, In which
he said that before government ownership
Is finally secured It will be necessary to
Impeach at least one justice of the federal
supreme court.
The committee also considered a propo
si don to recommend to the attention of
congress Senator Pettlgrew's bill for gov
ernment ownership of railroads, but It
nas voted down.
The Platform.
The platform, as agreed upon, is pre
ceded by a long address to the voters of
the country. This address urges the peo
ple to organise at once to deprive trusts
of their power It recites the methods
pursued by the trusts, and the effects of
their operations upon the .people at large,
and cites as particularly aggressive the
Standard Oil trust, the beef trust, the ele
ator trust, the anthracite coal trust, the
sugar trust, the steel trust and the paper
trust , Continuing, the address savs:
"Asia tralnajloH of this aggregation t
or gigantic trusts, an unscrupulous con
gressional lobby now threatens to set up
an all-embracing bank trust, which
would regulate the volume of papei
money and dictate commercial discount
ing in the interests of all the great trusts,
and to which bankers in general would
sustain a similar relation to which gro
cers already bear to the oil trust and the
sugar trust."
After a short preamble, the resolutions
are as follows:
Resolved, That congress take imtnedi
ate steps, under the power of eminent
domain or otherwise, as may be deemed
the most expedient, to establish the tele
graph and telephone systems of the
United States as adjuncts of the postoffice
department, and subject to Its operations.
That congress defeat all measures that
have been or may be proposed, and repeal
a 1 that now have the sanction of law,
whereby private corporations may acquire
control of the volume of the circulating
medium and create a banking trust
"That the tariff shall no longer be em
p'ojid to foster and buttress trusts, but
that congress shall place on the free list
ail articles the sale of which In the United J
oiiiire is cuniroiiea oy a trust.
'That congress take immediate steps
undr the power or eminent domain, or
otherwise, as may be deemed the more
expedient to take, own and operate the
irtenstate rail highways now owned and
operated by private persons or railway
corporations; and
Whereas. The political power of the
trusts rtoos In their frequent represen
tation in and control of the houses of
legislation, we recommend the adoption of
the pystem known as direct legislation, to
make government once more, as of right
It ought to be, and as once conceived
a ike by Thomas Jefferson and Abraham
I 'neo'n. a government of the people, for
th people and' by the people."
Other ReselntituiH.
Shortly stfer the conference opened, a
r. ,ution presented by Judge Fleming,
if Kentucky, was adopted by a rising
t The resolution follows:
Resolved, That this conference hereby
i. rs ite most solemn protest against the
cur-vioy bill now pending in the senate;
ana in it further
R. solved. That the chairman of this
conference is hereby Instructed to appoint
a committee of nvo members to prepare
a n.omorlal ajminst such an outrage.
whvh shall be requested to go to the cap
ra of the nation for the purpose of pro
s' -'In; this protest to both houses of
u'i pn of the United States; and be it
Jul! her
Resolved. That we warn the people of
V" United States of the menace to their
I I ert and call upon them everywhere to
m t together at their courthouses and in
tn-'r Kehoo.houses and other places, and
T i nSer their protests against the most
uudAciou. dangerous and oppressive
m auie ever presented to a legislative
lo.t h a set of conspirators."
Immediate! after the adoption of this
ri so utlon. Amid Thornton, of New York,
n - iflei the presiding officer that he would
r fuse o deliver the speech for which he
T a" scheduled todaj
' I was assured." he said in an inter
view "that this was to be a nonpartisan
gathering. I will not be furthermore Won
tlfied with the conference, as I consider
that today's action makes it a partisan
gathering"
The committee on permanent organiza
tion reported in favor of Frank S. Monott,
ex-attorney-general of Ohio, as permanent
chairman. The report was adopted.
Delegate Robert A. Keff of Oklahoma,
presented the following resolution, which
was unoMmousty adopted:
Resolved, That K Is the desire of this
conference that congress extend to the
setCers upon government lands the same
advantages that have been given to rail
road rorparatlons, and grant to said set
tlors fr homes by the Immediate pass
ace of the free homos bill now pending
in eonarM."
The Speeches.
A numbe- of sot speeches were heard
at the morrHig and afternoon sessions
of the coi 'eronce.
C J. Fue o Minnesota, said: "All
monopolies are e.;hcr natural or law cre
at . f, AH Injurious trusts are based upon
monopoly. Make the Jeffersonlan princi
ple of "equal rights for alt, special favors
fe none,' a reality in its most literal
sense, and no objectionable monopoly ot
trust could exist"
Rev. S. W. Sample, of Minneapolis, said
in part: "What is the radical remedy
for the radical trust evil? The abolition
of private monopoly. Here Is the tap-root
of the whole trust growth, so far as that
grewth Is poisonous or cancerous. In
sofar as -trusts are simply, co-operative
associations or partnerships possessing
no monopolistic power or special privi
leges, they are not harmful, and need not
be dreaded. Monopoly must go. What
ever la monopolistic by nature or neces
sity belongs by right not even to the ma
jority, much lees to the few, but to the
people as a whole. It is monopoly, and
not capital, which Is antagonistic to la
bor." IL L. Chaffee, of Minnesota, said In part:
"Unfortunately these great corporations.
In their organization, capitalization and
actual workings, have already demon
strated that they are founded upon the
least good to the greatest number. Their
primary and sole object Is to control pro
duction, eliminate competition and advance
prices. The American citizen who advo
cates or apologizes for this modern In
quisition must brush aside history, shut
his eyes to facts, harden his heart to hu
manity, and intoxicate himself with the
ambition of his own greed and avarice.
The trust of today knows no law but its
own. It has but one end to serve, and that
end Its own profit by extortion. I submit
this proposition that the trusts of today
as organized and operated Impose an ad
ditional burden upon the consumer."
William A. Spalding, of California, said:
"A cleavage in American society Is at
hand. It is a cleavage along the lines of
property rights, and bears a resemblance
in some points to the segregation of the
old Roman populists Into antagonistic
classes, the plebeians and patricians. I
think the people of the United States may
now reread Roman history with great
profit; and if they fail to heed its warning
they are apt to have mat warning Im
pressed upon, them In the simpler and
more straightforward form of object les
sons. A struggle between the concentrated
wealth of this country' represented by the
trusts, and the manhood of the country
represented by the masses of the common
people, is inevitable, ft will be a contest
over vested rights; it will be marked with
great bitterness, and may possibly lead to
most serious results."
General E. B. Flnley, of Ohio, said: "Of
the whole brood of trusts, the most hurt
ful, perhaps. Is the combination of rail
roads to control the carrying trade and
prevent competition In freight and passen
ger traffic. A combination of this kind pow
erful enough to control practically the en
tire freight and passenger traffic East and
West If not already effected, Is In pro
cess of completion. The power to regulate
transportation and traffic, together with
the poVer to control prices of certain ne
cessities of life, coupled with the Influence
that these combinations exert In the po
litical affairs of state and national gov
ernment is dangerous and a menace to
good government of the country and peo
ple. The remedy that occurs to me is the
enforcement of the laws now In existence.
We need little, if any, new legislation. The
federal law Is broad" and strong enough.
If enforced, to reach all trusts affecting
Interstate commerce."
General J. B. Weaver, of Iowa, said In
part: "In their origin and throughout
their development trusts, great and small,
are essentially imperialistic Their fruit,
however alluring and tempting, ripens only
In the deadly shade of despotism. They
are simply Intolerable In a country whose
settled policy Is that or freedom. A re
public whose Industries are dominated by
trusts Is already stricken with a fatal mal
ady, a deadly paralysis, and can only be
rescued by united and heroic action. Where
the leading industries are dominated by
trusts, the government may be republican
in form, but It will be found to be mon
archical in spirit and administration. The
trust in its last analysis 'and best definition
is simply organized criminal aggression In
business."
Helen M. Gougar, of Indianapolis, spoke
about "The Trusts and the People." She
said: "If trusts are a oeneflt to Industry,
trade and commerce, let them alone; If
they are harmful, prohibit them. The
voters may have the trusts If they want
them ,and they can rid the country of
them if they do not want them. This Is no
monarchy. It Is still a government of, by
and for the people. Elect men to make
and execute the laws who have no sym
pathy with the trusts, or the laws that
make them profitable, and they will be de
stroyed, provided there are no supreme
courts to nullify these laws after they are
made."
Sftmuel H. Greeley, a member of the
Chicago board of trade, took as his topic
tho question, "Farmers ot America Are
You Slaves or Free Men? For Whom Are
You Tolling?" He said: "Two things must
be dne educate and organize the masses.
Tell the farmers what forces are at work
to make their products sell underi the cost
of production and force them to mortgage
their farms. Inform manufacturers why
there is no demand for their goods, with
millions of producers struggling for a
mere subsistence. Enlighten laborers as
to the causes of their discharge in "dull
times.' Let farmers and laborers learn
that their battles are the same, and that
wheat In the 60s and 50s, corn under 30
cents, and oats around 20 cents in Chi
cago, with ruinous rates of freight to be
paid out of these figures, present a con
dition important to all a disease known
as 'under-consumption. "
Judge George W. Beeman, of Indiana,
said: "The work remaining to be done is
the education of the people. The people
who are opposed to trusts do not belong
to one political party, but they belong to
all parties, and come from the laboring
and producing classes to a great extent,
and It should be a grand patriotic Initia
tive If the producers and laborers of this
country would refuse to support any can
didate foT a legislative or a judicial office
who will not give his pledge and solemn
obligation to his constituency that he will
not accept a pass from any railroad or
steamship line, or will not during his term
of office accept any rebate from a trust
or own any Interest whatsoever In a
trust"
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, of
Kansas, said, in part: "Almost every one
agrees that trusts are evil, but when it
comes to remedies the doctors disagree:
and in running over the long list of emi
nent professors of political economy who
have given voice on this question, and
studying the remedies proposed, one Is
forced to admit the truth of the old ad
age that 'No man is wiser for his learn
ing." It Is one thing to denounce trusts,
but quite another to point out adequate
remedies of the evils in them. In this
great problem Is Involved the safety of
the republic and the perpetuity of human
liberty. It behooves us, therefore, to make
no mistakes In the beginning. First of
all. we must know the causes of the
trouble and then devise means to remove
them. I de not believe, as some do, that
the combinations we call trusts are the
results of orderly evolution in business
methods. I think I can easily demonstrate
that they have their origin In, and grow
and fatten upon special privileges con
ferred by legislative bodies; and without
these pedal privileges It would be Im
possible for them to exist If this be true,
it would seem that the first and most
necessary step would be to repeal the
laws on which they rest rather than to
ennct new ones. The remedies I would
suggest are three In number:
"First and most Important: Substitution
for our present system of taxation of labor
of a tax on land values, which would give
labor immediate access to this great store
house of wealth, and prevent the holding
of valuable land except by those who put
it to its beet use.
"Second Wipe Out the protective tariff.
Put all Industries on a common footing.
"Third Make the great public highways
over which must pass the commerce ot
the nation the property of the people."
W. C Wettmore, tie tobacco manu
facturer of St Louis, addressed the con
ference on his personal experience with
trusts. Mr. Wettmore declared, on his
personal experience, that the trust pro
moter is the worst enemy of the human
race. The protective ar.ff, he declared,
was the foundation of the modern trust
and its concomitant evils. The farmer,
he asserted, now feels safe from the en
croachment of trusts, but there is nothing
to prevent the monopolies from entering
agricultural fields when the other avenues
of Industry have been exhausted.
Chairman Monnett read a telegram from
United States Senator Mason, regretting
that he could not be present
The Xlgat; Session.
The night session was m the form of a
mass meeting, which was held at the Au
ditorium, and brought out some of the
strongest speakers among the delegaies,
including John P. Altgeld, E. S. Monnett,
Samuel M. Jones, John Crosby, George
Fred Williams and Tom L. Johnson.
George Fred Williams was then intro
duced. Mr. Williams declared that the
antl-raonopoly forces must be organized
for the overthrow of the spirit of greed
and commercialism, and that If either of
the old political parties was found incapa
ble of defending the rights of the people,
then a new one must be formed. He de
clared, however, his belief that the demo
cratic party "has cleansed and purified
itself for this very contest"
Mayor Jones, of Toledo, was then in
troduced, and cordially greeted. When he
concluded he requested the audience to
jcln with him In singing. "America."
President Lockwood, of the Anti-Trust
League, said tonight:
"This Is a remarkable gathering in
many respects-. Every delegate paid his
own railroad fare here, and the speakers
are all volunteers. The league has not
spent a dollar In promoting the movement
The delegates traveled many miles for a
purely unselfish -motive. This is not like a
polltcal convention, as we have no prom
ises to make or offices to give. We are
here to fight for a principle. I firmly be
lieve that this gathering Is the beginning
of a movement which will wipe every
malevolent trust from the country within
a few years. It Is unfair to charge that
this Is a political scheme, planned In the
Interest of any one candidate or set of
candidates. We have members of all par
ties and classes In our ranks, and we are
all working with unselfish motives for
the betterment of mankind."
President Lockwood regretted that W.
J. Bryan's name was mentioned In the
discussion, and declared It was his Inten
tion to keep politics cut of the conference.
It has been decided to limit all future
addresses in the conference to 20 minutes,
In order to get through with the pro
gramme. SOURCES OF BOER SYMPATHY
Irish and German Antagonism to
Enjrlnnd Are Clearly Discernible.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Editor.)
Will you kindly permit me to express my
gratefulness to The Oregonlan for the lib
eral amount of space given In its columns
to the South African war? By doing so
you have given both sides In the contro
versy a chance to express themselves,
and, as a constant reader and subscriber
to The Oregonlan, permit me to submit
the following conclusions drawn from the
methods used and arguments advanced by
both sides. These conclusions represent the
following facts, which are self-evident to
every Impartial reader:
The chief opposition to the English peo
ple comes almost entirely from our German-American
and some Irish-American
fellow citizens. The Germans abuse Eng
land simply because it is their true na
ture to play the dog-in-the-manger part In
everything. The Irish-Americans, or, rath
er, the Fenian wing of the Irish, howl
and spit fire at England because their
ghostly advisers, on whom depends the
salvation of their souls, if they have any,
have for generations taught them from
their very childhood, that England's diffi
culty Is Ireland's opportunity. This Is all
there is to this big-mouthed shouting.
That I am right in my conclusion is clear
enough to any one who will consider this
matter with a clear head, If he has such
one on his shoulders. During our recent
war with Spain and up to the present time
the Germans, with some exceedingly rare
exceptions, so rare that I have yet to come
across the first exception, were and are
now bitterly opposed to our retaining the
Philippine Islands, and for no other reason
than that Germany was there prepared to
seize them, and she was preparing to do
so evidently by an understanding with
Spain as a reward for trying to get up a
coalition of the Continental powers against
us. Yet, why should these Germans, who
have left their country to better their con
dition elsewhere, be guilty of such disloy
alty to the United States, where they earn
good pay for their labor, and save more
sound American dollars In one week than
they would In Germany In a whole year?
Why do not these loyal to their fatherland
Germans go to some German colonies ? The
Samoan Islands tell the story: As soon as
some of these Islands were annexed to
Germany they fled from there as If from
some plague or pestilence. They cannot
live under German rule, and they always
go to either the United States or English
colonies; but, whenever an opportunity
presents Itself, they smite the hand that
extended to them a welcome hospitality.
We shall see them soon flock into the
Philippines and South Africa as soon as
order Is established and maintained, and,
as they are no nation of shopkeepers like
the abhorred English and American, they
will at once proceed to exercise their su
perior talents In the work of turning good
water into bad beer, fresh milk Into stale
cheese, and the dally remnants of the local
butcher shops into "Imported" sausages,
never ceasing their howl against every
thing that Germany growls and snarls at
As to the Irish howl, with all the seem
ing noise, there are really fewer among
them in this business than among the
Germans. In the columns of The Orego
nlan I have read more articles written by
Irishmen like J. T. D. and John Creagh,
In support of England's fight against the
Boer oligarchy, than such as have ap
peared against England. It Is only the
portion represented by the Fenian extrav
aganza outfit, and led by the Catholic
press throughout the country, that are
howling themselves hoarse against their
own kin and supporting the Dutch op
pressors and extortionists who have so
cunningly Induced so many people into the
so-called republics, only to plunder them
In the most high-handed manner. But the
Catholic press, at least as I am able to
gather It from the clippings which ap
peared In The Oregonlan, are trying to
assure the world that they are prompted
In this by justice, charity and mercy, a
very familiar phrase to some, especially
coming from those whose guiding principle
has ever been that the end justifies the
means.
But now for climax in this bitter
business, as represented "by the reinforce
ments of these motley mass's, compris
ing a lot of cheap chronic office
seekers and ragtime statesmen, help
ing to swell the shouting and
yelling for the Boers, for no other
reason than that the once democratic
party, now under their management has
found Itself without a principle. In or
der, therefore, to begin operations In the
line of votemaklng, they began an antl
expanslon campaign to capture the Gar
man vote, knowing full well how these
German-American patriots stood on that
question during our last war; and now,
disregarding the fact that the English
fteot led by the warship "Powerful," got
Into Manila bay between Dewey and the
German fleet on one s'.de, and sheltered
our transports near Cavlte on the other
side, ready to shed British blood In case
the ever meddlesome Gorman should dare
to Interfere In Dewey's plan of capturing
Manila bay, these Tagtime politicians are
now engaged In their dirty work of try
ing to round up a certain e'ement of the
Irish vote. For this purpose they have
added to their antlexpanslon vote an anti-
English Issue, and to oring the masses to
their mobocraUc gather ngs they adver
tise pro-Boer meetings, and to swell the
crowd, they Intimate that those abhorred !
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Englishmen are expected to Interfere at
such meetings, and that official represen
tatives of the English government are
expected to be present to protest, or for
some such purpose. Such dishonest tr.ck
ery is Indeed enough to make one
ashamed of being a member of a com
munity where such contemptible practices
are carried on and for no other purpose
than that of deceiving the masses. It
would seem incredible that men should de
scend to such means of herding together
all sorts of foreigners cla'mlng to be citi
zens of tho United States by Inciting
them against the only friendly power we
have had In the days of our recent trials!
It is a shame, a crying and burning
shame, ahd as a citizen and taxpayer I
do protest against such proceedings as
unmanly and Indecent. The great major-'
ity of the people will certainly resent this
in unmistakable terms.
As to England she will take care of the
Boers as she has of all savages, In spite
of the mercenary Germans, Fenians,
French and Cossacks hired assassins so
numerous In the Boer army and no croco
dile tears of the Bryanized democracy
will stop It.
This article would have never been
written if our foreign-American fellow
citizens had behaved In this matter like
men, and. Instead of trying to make the
affairs of another power a political Issue
at home, would have kept their senti
ments or convictions to themselves. Hon
est men express their sentiments in such
matters without fake meetings. It Is be
cause of this that It is about time to serve
notice upon these shouting and howling
dervishes that they do not constitute the
American people nor voice their true sen
timents. COMMON SENSE.
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China."
Human limltntlons.
Boston Budget
Professor Garner tells us that monkeys
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French language. Does this attack the
Darwinian theory? Certainly there are
plenty of men who cannot learn to speak
French.
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ENGLISH CRITICISM,
The Want of Foresight and of Prep
aration for the War.
London Economist.
The public feel that Mr. Chamberlain,
as the responsible minister for the colo
nies, ought t'o have understood better
than, other men the strength and deter
mination of the Boer republics, ought to
have based his action upon a more se
rious complaint than the grievances of
the outlanders a complaint, that Is, that
the Boer preparations were a menace to
the paramount power and that he showed
weakness of mental grasp In believing
that President Krugex would yield and
President Steyn would at the last moment
j shrink from his fellow-president's side.
Such a belief showed a want of Imagina
tion amounting to Incompetence, and It is
of that, as well as of a certain rashness In
his speeches on foreign affairs, that Mr.
Chamberlain Is accused. He may be par
doned, as we have said, because the party
may think It requires his Influence and his
energy, but he will never recover full
confidence, and will never, therefore, be
come first minister of the crown.
The charge against Lord Lansdowne and
Lord Wolseley Is of a slightly different
kind. Nobody doubts that they have, ac
cording1 to tholr l'e-hts rlnno tho host thov
! could; what men doubt, or rather disbe
lieve, Is that they have adequate mental
powers to perform well the duties imposed
on them by the circumstances. They were
required to display extra energy and acu
men, and they did not display them. They
chose the wrong men for command, they
ordered, or sanctioned, a plan of cam
paign which even civilians can see was
Inept, and though they sent large rein
forcements, they did not send them speed
ily enough, or of the right kind. They
knew perfectly well that the necessity of
Great Britain when at war is to secure
victory yet spare men, and they trusted
generals who have used regiments as If
they were shells, and have, to "speak plain
ly, flung them Instead of shells at Impreg
nable fortresses. They have shown entire
want alike of appreciation and original
ity, in regard to the dispatch of artillery
having, we fear, In particular, rejected
Important offers that were made them
j and they have dispatched too few cavalry,
and neglected any reasonable provision or
horses.
The Cape is the land of horses, but they
left Its great resources unutilized, sending
out instead shiploads of overfed horses,
which require weeks to make "fit" The
result has been that the entire British
army has been checked and nearly de
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feated by a half-drilled, though fully
armed, population of farmers. They will,
we doubt not, make an admirable official
defense for themselves, will prove that
their critics are Ignorant of all details,
and will demonstrate that no army so
large was ever sent across seas, which is
true, except the army which Spain sent
for the defense of Cuba. But when they
have done talking, the facts will remain
that they were, for the emergency, the
responsible agents of the country; that
the country gave them carte blanche, and
that they had not In themselves the pow
ers with which to meet the need.
They may say probably will say that
they could not at first get the money.
Nonsense. If there had been any diffi
culty of the kind, which as yet there Is
no evidence to show, they had only to
threaten to resign, ajjd Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, who has the smallest popular foot
holdmuch less, indeed, than he deserves
would have been thrown out of his s,eat
They will add that the country Itself
would not have supported them, but that ;
was a risk which, even If It were real,
they were In duty bound to take. As a
matter of fact, the country never cares
even sufficiently about expenses, and
would have considered the largest prep
arations only wise. The truth is, they
were afraid of parliamentary criticism,
and, rather than face it, they ran risks
the greatness of which they had not the
foresight fully to realize. They, in short,
showed themselves Inadequate men, and
if the cabinet decide to stand or fall with
them, lis members will, as we have said,
show themselves very chlvalric and very
foolish.
One thing comes out In the whole his
tory of this affair which has not yet at
tracted public attention, and that is the
necessity of increasing the direct powers,
and, therefore, the responsibility, of the
premier. There Is no one In this country
authorized in time of war to play the part
which everywhere else Is played by king
or president, that of the ultimate author
ity, who can, when needful, bring any
department up to the mark, and can, if
necessary, change its head, without ex
citing party odium.
We have. It Is true, as usual, one of
our queer devices or makeshifts for meet
ing an emergency, and it Is understood
that the defense committee of the cabi
net did recently act with energy, sending
out Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener to
put matters straight without consulting
the war office. The defense committee Is
not, however, responsible, does not meet
at fixed Intervals, and cannot, in the na
ture of things, act with the consistency
and speed of an Individual. The premier
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may, of course, consult with any one he
pleases, bht he should be Invested In grave
times with the whole power of the crown,
and including the right, when needful, to
call upon a colleague to resign.
It Is no argument to talk about loyal
ly to colleagues. That is an excellent
quality, but the loyalty of the head of her
majesty's government is due not to col
leagues only, but to the country and the
crown. He ought to be responsible and
supreme. At present there is no respon
sibility anywhere except In a governing
committee, the majority in which, as
everybody knows, has nothing to do with
the matter. Suppose, for example we are
only putting a. supposition that the fault
as to the artillery rested with the director-general,
and that the premier knew
it, is it not simply monstrous that he
should be unable at once, by order In
council, to supersede him by a competent
man?
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BERLIN, Feb. 13. Prince Henry, of
Prussia, brother of Emperor UHam, ar
rived here today. He was welcomed at
the railroad station by his majesty and
a large suite.
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