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Show EillB'S BOASTS ARE DECLARED IN J London Globe Shakes Complacency Com-placency of Countrymen by Arraignment. HOLDS GERMANY MODEL Appeal I3 Made to King George to Prevent Seemingly Seem-ingly Civil War. 1 By PHILLTP EVERETT. . Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Sept. 20. These aro revolutionary rev-olutionary times indeed. Everywhere aro seen the Gigns of unrest and ferment. fer-ment. Ordinarily nothing is more evident to tho mind of tho average Englishman English-man than that tho English institutions arc superior to any in the world and especially that politically, owing to "our magnificent constitution,'-' Eng-land Eng-land is the most ideal country in tho world. Alas, we have had a rough awakening, awaken-ing, and it is a conservative paper, the old London "Globo," which iias sown the socd of doubt in our mind and it has oven added to the sting of its utterances by telling us that Germany, Ger-many, of all countries in the world, is the ideal country to live in from a political point of "viewl Who would ever havo thought that? If wo had boon told that the United States possessed pos-sessed Borne political advantages over us, we should not have minded it so very much, but Germany, perish the thought. "Freedom" "Serfdom." But here is what the "Globe" saya: Here in England we pride our-Eolves our-Eolves on our magnificent constitution, constitu-tion, and on the froedom which it gives to tho subjects. Fools! The very froedom of which wo prate is future serfdom in disguise, and only a national disaster, such as we aro now threatened with in Ireland, will open our blind eye3 ana prove to us tuat we havo boen living in a fool's paradise, and that party government, as it ox-istB ox-istB in England nnd all other democratic dem-ocratic countries, is suicidal. It is a ridiculous stato of things, just bocauso one political party may succeed in gaining a few more scats at a general election than its opponents by means of ' 1 torminological inexactitudes," and by making wild promises which cannot be fulfilled, that for tho next live years it should bo permitted to tyrannize over the unfortunate and unrepresented mi-norit', mi-norit', which probably numbers several millions of voters; in fact, constituting a whole nation in itself. it-self. For German System. We venture to believe that tho only system of government which adequately safeguards the liberty of the subject and tho prerogatives preroga-tives of tho Crown, is that adopted adopt-ed by Germany. Although party politics oxista m the reichstag, the cabinet, howevor, being appointed solely by tho emperor instead of, as in England, by any one political politi-cal party, is immune from political politi-cal intrigues and influences. It alone drafts tho bills which are subsequently presented to tho reichstag (elocted on a universal male suffrage basis), and which the latter can accept, modify, or reject as it chooses. By this arrangement ar-rangement both the cabinet and tho Parliament havo to give way to each othor, and a moderate middle mid-dle course regarding legislation has, therefore, to bo adopted. The roichstag voices tho wishes .of all classes of the community, and it is for tho emperor 'b cabinet, composed com-posed of experts, to legislate accordingly. ac-cordingly. T.f the reichstag refuses to pass a bill submitted to it by the cabinet, the emperor, if he seeB fit, can dissolvo parliament nnd ascertain the wishes of the electorate by holding a general election. But this, or course, does not affect the cabinet's tenure of office. Other Advantages. By havin" a non-party cabinet, all classes of parliamentary corruption cor-ruption aro eliminated, so far as it; is humanly possible to do so, because the ministers, not being appointed by nnv particular partv but fiolelv by the emperor, are, therefore, not obllgod to pander to tho masses to gain their votes. Thus being absolutely independent of external support, thoy are free to present bills to tho reichstag which they honestly believe to bo tho best for tho country. Tho real aim of tho article, however, comes towards tho end for it concludes with this appeal to King Goorgo: Now or never is the momont for King George to regain a littlo of tho authority and power which has been filched from tho crown bv professional politicians and demagogues, dema-gogues, masquornding as representatives represen-tatives of tho people. Wo aro on the vergo of the greatest catastrophe catastro-phe which can befall any nation, namely civil war, and, although it will begin iu Iroland, God nlono knows whore it will end. The king alono can savo us from this calamity calam-ity by refusing to sign, in its pro3-ont pro3-ont form, the bill which will give Homo Rule to Ireland, until a referendum ref-erendum has been hold on it throughout tho ontiro electorate of Great Britain and Iroland. It would bo fulilo to rofor tho matter to the country in tho form of a general election, because other hearings would bo dragged across the political trail by tho wilv politicians, and, consequently, it "would be quite impossible to obtain a clear verdict regarding Home Rule. Discord Everywhere. Wo are living in continuous stato of anxiety and suspeuso at pros'eut. Liv-orythiiig Liv-orythiiig seems to bo out of joiut. strikes aro threatening everywhere, we have heen unablo to get our houses redecorated while wo wore away on our vacation, because tho painters were on strike and wo actually do not know how long wo shall have broad with which to satisfy our hunger, for the bakers are very restless, while if we try to get away from hero wo shall probablv find our escape cut off because be-cause the rnilroad men have gone on a strike. In Dublin the Irish constabulary, unablo to wait for tho conflict with King Goorgo 's subjects, havo been keeping themselves fit by clubbing tho Belfast everybody is preparing to provo thoir loyalty to tho king and parliament by resisting their decrees. Even tho most, famous landmark of London, St. Paul's cathedral, is threat-cuing threat-cuing to make trouble, and the worshippers wor-shippers and sightsocrs who visit it ovory day aro in great danger, if we aro to believe tho experts. It is stated that tho weight of the dome is 32,000 tons, exerting a pressure pres-sure of 11 tons to the foot. Even if the pillars wore built of solid Portland stone they would be burdened to thoir limit, bu't as they are merely cased with Ftone, the coro being brick, tho problem of how to save tho cathedral is a very difficult one. It has been found that not only is tho dome leaning' lean-ing' over iowards tho southwest but tho deviation has increased perceptibly during the last ton years. |
