| Show TWO SYMPATHIZERS When American newspapers discuss English politics two things arc always noticeable Democratic newspapers as a rule uphold the Liberals in English politics while Republican newspapers asa as-a rule side with the Tories Why it should be so is difficult to say but a par Hal explanation of the matter may be given The Tories the are party who entertains en-tertains ideas of great foreign conquests con-quests and universal empire They are the part who deems all I things subordinate to the idea of its manifest of destiny ruling and reforming re-forming the world Its ideas i are the only ideas i and must bo accepted without question by all and if people do not choose to accept them voluntarily they must accept them involuntarily in-voluntarily It is the party who holds hat government is greater than man and that man is but an instrument of govern mont with them government is the end nan the means It is the party who maintains that the welfare of man in lividually is not the object of government govern-ment Vith that party liberty is a thing hat is bestowed by the government ando and-o which man has no right unless so bestowed be-stowed It is the party who mistrusts he citizen and thinks him harmless only when restrained as much as possi ble ULL H With that party Gods will is class privilege To belong to another party and to hold different ideas is to be red republican or communistic The Liberal party in England is the very reverse of this It is the party who holds that in England itself lies Englands I greatness It asks that its ideas be ac epted for their intrinsic worth and deems that it has no divine right to rule Its object is the betterment of the condi ion of the citizen finding in the welfare of the citizen the welfare of the government govern-ment With the Liberal party liberty is a thing that belongs to every man and which tho government should protect him in It is the party who believes that in politics Gods will is I I the peoples will it is the party who does not think that all is going to destruction because it not be may in power It be ieves in the goodness of human nature and not in the badness of it It is plain to see then why the two political par |
