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I TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 4, 1910. BRITISH POLITICS ARE TOPSY-TURVY SLOW AND SURE IS TARIFF BOARD IDEA Get the Utmost for Your Clothes Money SKETCH OF GREAT IEISH LEASES WHO WHITES OF BRITISH CRISIS FOB THE OREGOKIAN. THE WISE i HAND TAILOEED roa $20.00 AND UP Work Concentrated "for Mo ment" on Paper, Woolen and Farm Products Schedules. Tories Shift Policies With Reg clarity, Losing Identity as Party. Takes time by the forelock and orders his clothes for Christmas early ADVICE IS CONFLICTING LIBERALS GAIN STRENGTH MAN "WHERE T0TJ GET THE BEST" Urreditarr Hons of Jjortta In De- crlbed as God Home Rule Wins Friends Balfour Sur 'readera Tariff Protection. BT T. P. O'CONNOR. M- T. fopr-rlst. lie. br th Tribune Com' Mnjr, of Cclcaco.) LIVERPOOL Dec I. Kaleldoeeoplo Is much too mild a urn for the rapM and numerous chana-ee In the policies ef the Tories la this election. They he pan with jettisoning the House of Lsrris. The hereditary House of Lords." said tord Roseherry. now la sons and the Torr Dartr has ceased to exist. Other Htn and A. J. Balfour, leader of the opposition In the Commons repeat this momentuous saying In different woros. But the most startling of all surren ders Is Balfour's surrender of the tariff protection Idea. Ilia declaration that protection will not be carried without a referendum la the most darlnr elec tlnneerlnc coup In British annals. all of these rapid and continuous chaoirea in tactics make the Uberala describe this as the "white flap; elec tion." or. as 'Winston Churchill put It. The Tories march under an officer railed General Scuttle.- Tories In While Terror. These expedients axe eloquent proof of the white terror of the Tories. At last they realise that their Insolent rashness baa Imperiled everything they want to preserre the land monopoly, the hereditary peerage and their crip on Ireland. Of course, all the surrender, all the reforms and all the pled res are sham. The so-called reform of tbe Mouse of Lords would make the power of Us peers greater than ever. The Balfour pledge Is studiously a rue and already It baa been repodl ated ty the ilornlnr Post, the chief protectionist oraan. and by the really sincere protectionist candtf.atra. Balfour'a declaration la Intended to win over some of the Tory free traders and It may Influence some of the elec tlons. but It helps argravate the mutiny a-ainat hla leadership, which Is strong la the Tory ranks, and glvee tbe Liber als a triumphant opportunity for i declaration that any tariff reform at laat has been sidetracked by Balfour. Excitement Aids Liberals. The election la being fought amid hourly growing excitement. I never saw the meettnfrs so crowded and en thusiastic Tbe arrester the excite ment. the greater is the chance of the Liberals winning, but the stateness of the register Is a tremendous handicap, especially In Komton, where la many eonstltuenclea one-third of the voters have disappeared Into other dwellings. I fear the London elections, and, as they are the first elections, they may prejudice tbe Liberal chance through out the country, but Incaahlre, where I will spend most of the time before election, seems as solid as ever for the Liberals. Liverpool remains hopelessly Tory, mainly because many of the eonstltu enclea are as orange and antl-Jrlsn as the worst part of Belfast. In Manchester, which Is the metropo lis of the free trade sentiment, only one seat Is endangered- Thomas O. Horrid re. the aMret and moat con vinced protectionist champion, is fight tng for the seat where Winston Cnur rhi'.l waa beaten three yeara ago, and may win. as the constituency la of a hetrogenloua character, consisting of wealtcy cotton lords, of Irish Catho lics, and of the poorer classes. Liberals Hold Strength. Elsewhere there Is no sign of any diminution of the Liberal strength, and posslb'.y some seats will be woa la Lancashire. Scotland and Wales. My own Impression Is that things wiu remain aa they are. but that Is enough. In the msantimo, home rule la selcg pus.'icd to the front equally by Its tnemy and friends and the Liberals are siaklng dally more emphatic their home rule pledges!. Balfour baa challenged Premier As qulih to agree that home rule, like protection, should be submitted to a referendum. Asnuith refused emphat ically aej the referendum Is definitely eppoeed by the Liberal party. The cry of "American dollars" con tinues, but it la given with less fre quency. All t.-.e Liberal leaders. In cluding Lord Morley. who re-enters the electioneering campaign after many yeara of absence front the platform, laughed It out of existence and Lord Roeebery's prestige haa been greatly lowered by his Joining la this ridicu lous cry. Amrrk-a Club of Tories. Such violent Tory organs aa the Lon don Pally Telegraph still I rp upon the cry and acour America for quota tions useful to the Tories In the shape of ravings against the L'ng!ish people. These ravines are quotrd In the big gest tjpe and supply t'.e Tories with new fuel to light up tte embers of the anti-Irish and anti-American Tory appeals. TMr.r look hopeful to Ire land, though the Tory and fartlonlst attacka In eeveral constituencies de plete the funds and divide the Nation alist energies and retain in Ireland many aMe spemk-rs. This last fact Is especially unfortunate, aa never waa there a krravr desire In Lr.glnnd to hear the Irish members and every where the few who speak are received with enthusiasm. Indeed, the present election has re stored In Krcland the old tide of emo tional enthusiasm for home rule which died wren illsdstone died. Cork City may be won from O'Brien. Sir Edward Kltxgerld. who haa the support of thousands of voters, which Is the balancing fact, bow la support ing RedTOond. Norui Louth Is uncer tain, but there Is a great chance of heating Mealy, and at best O'Brien will retain hla seats in County Cork. All Ireland I Aroated. Rat all attacks outside or Cork will fait, and the probability Is that Red mond haa a chance of winning two Tory seats In iildtyrooe lost by the Nationalist split at the lsst election and South Cmbltn. which was lost trrouah ths snowstorm which made the fu.l Nationalist poll impossible. The probability la that Redmond win return four or six In addition to 1:1s present members. Everywhere the Irish are more aroused and more united than at the by-eieetlon and In England especially their racks ar- .CA.J 5.' T. P. OTOXXOIt. because the Catholic bishops and priests are standing aside and are not Intro ducing the schools question as an issue. Few allusions are made to the guar antees from the King, as the Liberals have resolved to Veep the King s name out of the fight, but some of the cabi net ministers, especially Herbert Sam uel, who Is the Poatmasler-oenerai, have blurted out that the ministry is certain, if the election goes right, of Its power to carry out Its policy. Thla means that If the Liberals re turn the present, or any, good majority they can carry the anti-veto resolu tions and the carriage of these means the carriage of home rule. L ftlERSINDIS OTE OVERTURES COUNT LITTLE rWnttnaed From First Psrs.1 qoenU causing among foreigners a feel ing of excitement rather than alarm. The foreigners would not be unduly fright ened even If the city Itself were taken. The revolutionists have given too many assurances of their friendliness for that. An example occurred yesterday. A fac tory superintendent on the outskirts of the town telephoned that he had seen 40 Insurgents moving around a distant MIL Two shots, possibly signals, be said, had been heard and a detachment of soldiers were on their way out to meet the enemy. It was the lunch hour and most people waited to complete the meal before start Ing for the scene. Automobiles and cabs were called into requisition and a large number of persons took the five-mile trip. Suck occurrences ar groa-lng monoton ous, but each time the selfsame cavalcade makes the trip, hoping with their own yes to capture one Indisputable fact from the mass of rumor which forms the gossip of the streets and of the cluba. Rebels Galnlnc Strength. Every mln'ng and business man who arrived her yesterday and today greea on certain points that the rev olutionists are gaining In atrength. that they are well officered, that they treat forelrnera with the greatest consldera Ion and that they Bar plenty or moner. Business, tnry aaa. nas Deem reatly depreased by the uneasiness and excitement of la borer a There is 10 truth In the report that mines in he Madero district are short of food. The mines In that section usually have supply 0 days ahead of present needs. A story typical or ire situation comes from Xllnara.. At that point a tor owned by a German named Jungle was entered by revolutionists recently. The noxt day a leader of the Insur gents appeared with the list of the goods confiscated. It tallied exactly with one made UD by the etorekeeper, The Insurrecto produced a large roll of money from which h paid the usual price of the goods. He then insisted on paying for the broken locks, ex plaining that he and hla comradca had plenty of money. The revolutionists are by no means solely of the peon class. In fact, the smsll rsnchowner Is said to be largely represented. The Inaurgent command ant at Pan Andreas la Francisco V aides y Vssqurx. a chemist and assayer of this city, who is also the author of a book on aasaylng. Tbe usual trains now move on the railroad. They are scrutinised at vari ous stations, but are otherwise unmo lested. There is no truth in the report that the governorahip of this state has boen changed or that a change is ex pected. The son of Enrique Creel. Foreign Minister, who waa reported missing a week ago, haa been beard from and Is perfectly safe. No demonstration was occasioned her by the Inauguration of President I'lax at Mexico city. Hot Legaf Controversy Arises at Le Blanc Trial. ft FOREIGN TONGUE MAY SAVE GENERAL MERRITT IS DEAD Commander In Manila Campaign Pies After Ttrlllant Caarer. WASHINGTON. Dee, 3. Major-Oen-eral Wesley Merrltt, U. S. A retired, died today at Natural Bridge, Va. General Merrltt was a resident of the District of Columbia at tb time of bis death. General Merrltt was the military commander In charge of tbe first de tachments of United States troopa who landed on the Philippine Island, and the land operatlona against Manila were conducted under his direction. Me waa born tn New York, June It, and appointed to the military academy from Illinois In 1S53. graduat ing and becoming a brevet lieutenant In the second dragoons July 1. 1I0. He served throughout tbe Civil War with great distinction. He was re tired from active s em-ice In 100. Detroit Defeats Quakers. HAVANA. Dec. 1 The Philadelphia American League baseball team was de feated here by the Detroit nine today. In the am game of a series to be ployed. I h Detroit (; Philadelphia x. i along- this line court was adjourned. On Knowledge of English Language Hangs Vital Point In Case of llatlle I Blanc, Charged With Death of Lnnndryman. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Deo. J. The feature of the single session today of the trial of Hattle Le Blanc the French Canadian girl of 17 years who Is on trial at the East Cambridge courthouse for the murder of Clarence F. Glover, a vvaunam laundry proprietor, a year ago. was an animated legal contro- versy between District Attorney John J. Higgins, the chief prosecuting of fleer, and Calvin M. Johnson, chief counsel for the accused girL Tbe contest was over the admission of evidence which is considered of ex. trem Importance to the prosecution. This evidence concern the statements alleged to have been made by Haul Ja Blanc In the Waltham police sta tion Immediately after ahe was dls covered hiding under a bed In the Glover horn on tb night following Glovers funeral. The argument between counsel was precipitated when one of the witnesses. Samuel B. Elmore, Mrs. Glover'a attor ney, was on the witness stand and was questioned as to what Hattle said at tbe police station. It transpired that Hattle was asked the direct question: "Did you shoot Mr. Glover?" No." replied the girl In English. She also said. "I had no revolver to kill him with." This was brought out during the ar gumenta before Judge Bond and tb Jury did not hear the evidence. Mr. Johnson objected to the Intro duction of the question and answers bearing on these statements on the ground that hla client did not under stand English st that time and that whatever she said was said through an interpreter. This Interpreter Is now in Canada, and has refuaed to come to Massachusetta- to testify. , The District Attorney maintained that the prisoner understood English at tbe tire of her arrest. The District Attorney also asked for a writ of habeas corpus for the appear ance la court of Mrs. Elisabeth Rich mond, a convicted murderess who Is serving a life sentence. Mrs. Richmond knew Hattle Le Plane in tbe East Cambridge Jail and the District Attorney wishes to show through ber testimony that the de fendant could both apeak and under stand the English language. Judge Bond announced that he-would render his ruling on the question of admitting the evidence on Monday. Attorney Johnson, fog the defendant, ntroduced yesterday George Kyle, crown attorney at si- s'eters, N. &, and a member of the Nova Scotia Par liament for the district In which Is located Hattle La Blanc's old borne at West Arlchtat. Mr. Johnson asked the court for per mission for Mr. Kyle to sit with coun sel for defense. Judge Bond granted the request. The court also granted the request of the District Attorney that Inspector McKenna, of the Wal tham Police Department, sit with cpun- I for the prosecution. Samuel D. Elmore told the story of the discovery of Hattle Le Blano nnder a bed In the Olover home on the night after Glover's funeral. Soon after the girl had been taken from under the bed. Elmore asked her, he said: "Hat tle, have you been under there three days?" te which ahe replied: "Oui. three days." Continuing, Elmore testified. He id: "Oh. no. Hattle. you could not have been there thre days.". and she again replied. "Out" In describing tns defendant s appear ance, Elmore said that her clothing was wrinkled and untidy and that her hands were black. He told of a black mark on the Index finger of the right hand. - Dr. I'ttley. the physician at the East Cambridge Jail, was called to tell of Mattie s knowledge of Lngllsh. He said she spoke English fairly well and complied with any request of er in that language. After argument Chairman of Commission, Voicing Views of Ta ft. Pleads for Dispassionate Consideration of Knotty Problems. CHICAGO. Dec 3. Henry C. Emery, chairman of the Tariff Commission, to night gave the first official uttemace regarding the definite alms of that body In an address made before mem bers of tbe Chicago Association of Commerce, following a banquet at the Congress Hotel. H made a strong plea for a perma nent tariff board or commission, free from partisan Influence, to conduct an extended Investigation Into the indus trial effects of the tariff and then to revise the various schedules without partisan Interference. Taft Approves Views. Chairman Emery's address was the first official utterance of the definite alms of the Tariff Board and th methods it Intends to employ. It can be assumed that be spoka for. and with the approval of. President Taft He made a clear, strong plea for permanent Tariff or Commission, free from partisan influence, to meet the growing opinion that a new agency should be provided by the Government under which impartial inquiry might be carried out. The main work of investigating the Industrial effects of the tariff bad been divided into three main parts, he said requiring three sets of investigators of different types. The first part is the collection of facts regarding each dutiable article, showing the cnarac ter and localization of its production at bom and abroad, statistics of out put, imports and exports, rates of duty to ad valorem terms, and the like. The second- part of the work Is the collection of data regarding costs of production at the mill. The third oon slsts of obtaining information rrom the best experts available regarding home and foreign prices, local varia tlons in each industry, and the gen eral conditions of competition at boms and abroad. The first part of tho work, he said can be pushed rapidly, but the second part and, to some extent, the tnira must be concentrated for the time be ing on a few main lines of inquiry and carried out with caution. Cost Experts at Work. The speaker mentioned the different groups of Investigators In each field and referred to the fact that experts on coat accounts would in a few weeks have the actual conversion costs at the mill of every leading pulp and paper plant in the country, taken di rectly from the books, and would then be ready to take up at one the next schedule. You can appreciate the necessity we are under of concentrating our chief efforts at first on a few main lines." said Mr. Emery. "Naturally every on who has some personal grievance thinks his particular sche dule is the one that needs Immediate revision, while we have had a vast amount of earnest and public spirited but utterly conflicting advices as to what we ought to take up first and exactly when we ought to have the work completed. whether wisely or unwisely we de elded to concentrate for the moment on schedule M (pulp and paper), sche dule K (wool and woolens) and sche dule Q (farm products). Preliminary work Is being done on schedule A (chemicals): schedule C (metals and manufactures of) and schedule I (cot tons). And the more detailed work on these will begin as soon as possi ble. The speaker urged strongly the ne cessity for maintaining a sane sense of proportion regarding the Influence, whether for good or evil, of tariffs and of tariff Investigations. Tariff Not Philosopher's Stone. "Just as there are some who give practically all tbe credit for prosperity to tbe tariff, and others who think the tariff the cause of most misfor tunes." he said, "there are those who hlnk an impartial investigation or the tariff is a menace to ail business, and others who think that such an in vestigation will, by some, magic pro cess, at once make every man's income adequate for his expenditure and solve the age-long problem or making Doth ends meet 'Many economlo theorists have at tempted to find the philosopher's stone by means of which prices could be made high to all who wish them high and low to all who wish them low. It would be a fine thing if the farmer could always get two dollars a bushel for his wheat, and the working man pay only a dollar a barrel for his flour. It Is both Inconsistent and unfair to demand at one and the same time that the tariff shall be revised on the basis of an Impartial and scientific investigation of the facts, and yet be revised with Impulsive baste aa a po litical exigency. The two demands ar irreconcilable and you must choose between them. So far as we are con cerned. It does not matter which of these various attitudes either you or the people prefer. The President has given us our task to find out the facta, and we shall not depart from our re solve to refuse to substitute for such facts half-formed guesses or opinions under orders or pressure from any man, any interest, or any popumr clamor." COUPLE STRANGELY DEAD Bodies of Man and Wife Found; Xo Clew as to Cause. We have the goods and know how to tailor them to please Largest variety of fins wool ens west of Chicago to select from. Drop in Monday and look them over. No trouble to show goods. Sarlsfaotlen guaranteed all essaa Garments to order in a day If required. 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