Show COMING TO IT In Iii the lie house of lords Lord Rosebery the other lay intimated very strongly that the tho menace pf f Socialism So So- might lead to an understanding between the Liberals Liberals and tariff reformers Thc Thic truth is if the burden bur u den dell of taxation is so great that many are arc saying A A slight import tax would be he a great relief rhe They arc are coming to it Germany is taking ing away English trade The United States Stales would take takeaway takeaway away iway very much of it had we wc our own own ships to do dohe dothe he the ocean trade and Japan is a greater menace to England than any other power for she has hus the merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant ships and is catching up fast with her manu manu- T We Te e published a few weeks ago the statement statement state state- ment nent of an Englishman in the orient that Japan had undone British trade in the Straits Settlements und and andu in u China It was all right when she had the world at a mighty disadvantage antage with her factories close to tooth both both oth her mines and seaports her machinery her skilled workers her mone money and her ships she was I he the hawk and all the nations were chickens It is no longer so with Germany with France with Japan I and ind it will not be so with the United States when we weg g get our own ships Meanwhile British land owners are arc mit receiving half rents and British agriculturists arc areso so poor that the thc he race is degenerating Mr Chamberlain saw this years years ears ago but the shippers and manufacturers hissed him lini out of gf office But things are arc changing rapidly The he Times wh which ch was the organ of the grafters has changed hands and there is a gathering storm throughout the United Kingdom Lord Rosebery sees it it and he dropped the hint the thc other day which is liable s to be bc a reality before the present year is over oyer |