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Liberal Party In England Doomed To Disintegration 1'roee-* May lie Kapiil or Slow, But Kefju**de<l as .Sure in Anv Kviills W illi Labor and Tories Like lo ConMi ut?? Kii^land'* I'olitiral I'artim ill Future Ity UtANK II. SIMOM1S < o|i> rii;li(, ll)2t by >ir< lui-t* Xrw>|i?|MT SyiullCMt** London, March 1. ? "What will Labor do?" and "How lon;r will Laltor last?" These are questions which must have imme diate interest, not only in Kurope, but in America. To answer them to complete satisfaction, moreover, is neith I er easy nor, in a sense, possible; r because the present situation is not only novel and practical)*' unprecedented in IJritish his tory, but it is also palpably un stable. Ail British observers agree that anything may hap- 1 I pen, that iiothin^ is assured. Accepting these limitations. how T; ?'*'a}M hearing In mind the es sential detail that l.alxtr coun than a third in the House of Com mons, it Is still possible to record the following expectation as represent lug public opinion in England at . the^ present hour. Labor "III do liothlng very ennn "J" ?!i l,artir">arly original; it .cannot and does not expect to at tempt anything radical for a consld ecahjf_perlml of tlmtu. at. Jenst. m 1 the second place (he ' MacDonald ministry will last anywhere from six months to a year. Its expectation of life as tile actuaries say, seems ?l,ln" l"cr;:fl""K rath0'- than dlmln Jshlnx. Mnally, when Labor is gor<doVn r,8n' " "'OSt "ke'>r go down because of Internal dlffer t,nrf!'K f i,ressure from the extreme radicals within Hie movement, coin PelliiiK the cabinet to champion rad ical measures, like the capital levy or nationalization of mines. . ,ri' ar'' '"??'"y 'lueationa, both ther. i "" ?"""'?'"tie. on which r< Is a surprising amount of Thus'"!"11!1 n" ?hr,e parties. Thus. Labor can wrestle with unem with"1, in W.'fh h"U8'nK home. With pac Mention abroad and have he blessing, even the active assls Th' P?,Ultal opponent., 'new .1 f, "1 ""art against any new election, there Is ,,o pressing at . ac Ion for ,.,tl?.r Tori?H - ? with nn ?"RKI? Wi"' h"avy burdens Hnn L or speedy or bril liant results at present. It Jh tru?? a so, that w-hile thej)pposltlons have no present temptatlfti to seize office """> 1" the Miieet, the inasscH of the count rv seem deliberately resolved that La bor shall have a fair sporting chance \nvTiT "K nbHItle* ur "? futilities. a frivol", " ,urn ?"t on r, I V( , r ,?,r !'"'r,'ly Parliamentary L ' xt might have very disastrous consequences |? ?n undenlred elec v?ry My""""" C<rU,nly foU"w, Thus oddly enough, although In . a decisive minority In the House or Commons, the MacDonald ministry for he mo has a majority of public opinion insisting that It have da-V In office. The more closely >011 con," contact with the present Urltish situation, the more astutely fart el ct'. W""e ">'<? ? win supertlclnllv in a Middle and the electorate appears wntiVi ? blindly and unlntelll eently, In point of fait they did ac eonipll.h lust about what they set out to do. "Muddling through" seems at close range to disclose? < xtraordlnar? amount of common .ens.-, at |..aHt this time. ' 11 Perfectly clear ounl, r , "ai,v 'taelf has rec i" catastrophic defeat which It |,as undergone, the neees slly of reorganizing Itself, or read Justlng Itself to contemporary con ditions. or Winning back a fair .hare the youth of the country, of ap preciating more accurately the mind wf the nation itflelf. Further than this. It Is n malter entC?;i'i,.,0n1 aRr,";m'n? ">at the pres. < nt anomalous situation, with three parlies hnvlng only a iwo-parlv sys tem to function with, cannot enduY" ? Li "u,r,;"v"r' '.inally that the Liberal party is doomed to dis m:".\ " r|,th, "n,i ^ Krol|P will Join lh< Tories, perhaps he absorbed. per wlm .If f "o""' k I'Kl "f fusion, while the left-hand group will go ov er to Lnhor unconditionally. Thin the Old two-party system will he re stored. Only very extreme partisan Liberals would dissent from this fore east. If by any chance there wore n new election before tills Liberal disinte gration took place, while three par ties made the rnrc ns happened lint time, inmost everybody holds the view that Labor might com,, hack with a clear majority. On tl|e i.ther hand If the Liberal party broke lip her,. * the conviction thai while lAnor might come hack In n minority, it would Mill gain thing from AO to nn seats and would be Anally established (he opposi tion; this would wnn that ultimate ly Labor would come back to power on if* own. Labor's most valuable asset nt th-. present hour Is unmistakably It. lender, the actual I'rlm. Minister He Is vastly stronger than his partv. Willi" still the Strongest of pnrtv leaders. He has patently th.- respec, and confidence, even In ? degree the affection, of a surprising number of people outside of his own party. His health, however, lias heroine a mat ter of public anxiety. lie has taken burdens which no other Prime Min ister has shoulder* d for at h ast a century and a quarter. If his health should hreak. Labor would hardly survive in power even briefly. Considering that the present gov ernmental party Is on the whole the least homogeneous of the three, the task of leadership, the necessity of keeping together extremists, moder ates. socialists and real conserva tives ? for there are many in the La bor party ? must be never ending toil. Personally I had a very Interest ing indication of the strangely In harmonious character of the Labor group when I attended a debate in the House of Commons over the question of air defense. The front bench, that is to say the responsible ministers of the Labor party, were accepting without rep I qualification the program? of? tho ? outgoing? mln? istry. Between the official spokes man and those of the opposition there was no discoverable difference j of declared policy ? although there was of spirit. Criticism of the op position was thus directed at the! tone, not the content of the govern-1 ment's statement, but suddenly there arose from the Labor seats back of the ministers a storm of disapproval. The essential pacifism of .the rank | and file of the party suddenly flew to arms against the apparent mill- ' tarism of party leadership. After a j furious debate the house rocked I with lauuhtef over the not Inexact j characterization of the Tory critic' who called attention to the "reac-l tlonary front bench leading the Had-] leal party." Labor's main problems are those I of the nation itself, unemployment, housings and foreign relations. It is probable that Labor has among its cabinet members men and women better calculated to deal With these questions than any other party, but the main difficulty is to find the money. They cannot advocate heav ier taxation; but, unless it under-' takes sweeping reductions in mili tary expenditure, it can hardly find the cash It needs. Given the pres ent slate of Europe, very general na tional apprehension was aroused by the French air strength; and. more over, Labor can hardly go far in re ducing national armament without inviting Liberal and Tory attack alike. After all. then, even to accom plish anything in the domestic field, the Labor party will be compelled to concentrate Its best energies ujion finding a solution for foreign ques tions, above all for bringing about some general European adjustment. That is why MacDonald has kept foreign affairs in his own hands; that Is why up to date his most con-' splruous gestures and utterances have been directed abroad, particu larly toward France. If he can con tribute materially to European set tlement lie may stay In power a good while, and in the end accomplish much at home; but his fate, like that of his predecessors, turns on foreign affairs rather than domes tic. If MacDonald faces a difficult problem of party leadership, his sit uation is not peculiar, fori the Tory party is also in an uncomfortable situation. Its present Chief. Stanley llaldwln, was not a shining success in office; his blunder which brought about the recent election, the utter blindness of pre-election calcula tions. have certainly lowered his prestige. He has been continued In party leadership, but it still remains fully possible that eventually he will be replaced by Austen Chamberlain or even by Sir Itobert Home, fami liar to Americans by reason of his recent visit to the (Tnlted States. Chancellor of the Kxchequor in th? coalition government. As for the Liberal party. It has a great tradi tion and a considerable number of able members, but the real question seems to be whether It will split u,? at once or decay slowly. As for the familiar American Interrogation about the future of Lloyd George, the answer seems to b?? that his fu ture still remains in the past. The former Prime Minister sit* beside Asquitli In the Liberal coun cils, but his own personal following has dwindled to almost ..nothing, Iti the ? xcesslvely remote contingency or a Liberal government Asquith. not Lloyd George, would be Prime .Minister. If, moreover, the Libera! patty should break up It h hard to se?? where Lloyd George could go with distinction. Labor wants noth Ing of him on any terms, the ToiieS are vastly more bitter towards him than toward Ramsay MacDonald. So long an the Liberal party lasts he J has shelter. Of course. his ability, i his relative youth, make It foollsn to fort-cast his permanent exile from . power. yet at h ast temporarily he ; is. in the American phrase, "down and out." To sum up. then, to measure La ? hor prospects hv the present state lof opinion in this country, the Mac Donald cabinet will last from si\ months to a year, It will undertake ' nothing fundamentally radical until it decides the moment has come to j surrender office, its one chance of large success lies in the foreign { Held. Most of the things whicit it might achieve at home can only Im achieved following a foreign set tlement which makes possible a sav inu of money now devoted to nation al defense. In a word. then, yesterday out of I power. Labor was in revolution; to day in office it is the government. Yesterday it was attacking the old I parties with all the enthusiasm of a new movement; today it is facing the old problems with an ever numb ing sense of responsibility. What the I'nited States Senate did to Itorah when it made him chairman of the committee to inves-' tlgate the Russian question and thus deprived him of the position of critic of Hughes on Russian nonrccognl tion policy, the British nation has Somehow done to the Labor party, j At all events the motive in one case. 1 the Instinct in the other, were the j same; the results may not be dis similar. The Tory contention is that Labor means to be conservative now while it Jacks a real majority, thus; inspiring confidence; later when it obtains real power It will disclose the cloven hoof of extreme radical ism. This may be so, but other Tories assure _me that the mass of "Labor. particularly the trade union factions, are solidly conservative in 1 all important issues. \ At all events, the country remains extremely calm over Labor's arrival. One duke's son not. to be sure, a Laborite, has assured rue of his pride in the character of the I,abor ministry. J met at least on*' earl un?l hall ;r dozen lords at Labor's first reception. The real change consequent upon the Labor government may not be any profound modification in form, but rather something to insure that all future cabinets will be consider ably more representative of all ele- ' ments in the British population, on the whole less dominated by old names; iliat is, by relatively few families. The chahue, moreover, will certainly be marked in the Tory, as in the Labor ranks, for just as' Labor is now out to annex tin* lords, the Tories are seeking to conscript ' the proletariat. For the moment, the pendulum has swum; over very far in the di rection of the masses, of the hid us-' trial masses, so far as cabinet offi ces are concerned. It is sure to swing back again, but hardly all thej way. Thus, so far from indulging in any destructive revolution, it may turn out that the liritish people; have only broadened the base of Bri tish democracy, which was of course really much broader than it seemed, to a foreign eye. The arrival of a new class, more over. instead of smashing the dem ocratic machine, at least promises, together with new men. and women, to bring new energies, fresh vitality; in fact, a real renaissance. I have tried 4o emphasize, before, that all that will be done, must b-? done within the fixed limits of Brit-i ish tradition. Tomorrow will still J be able to recognize yesterday with-| put_difncuJty,_altlimLgh . y.eaterday_Jd_| definitely gone, which, I take It. is i the British way. THE KEY9TODIE SHAVING PARLOR i* now upxlairit over ?w Horxl Sjulorn Hunk nrar I.011U Hrllg'n I . | 5 #? or frrnh X Gror^rirn, Wfri-tulilrs X mill Fruit* CALL 187 J. W. Shannonhouse & Son Chinese T ongs Have Marked Y oung White Man F or Death And Friendly Kelation* Between Whites und Chinese in Cal ifornia of Half Century's Standing Have Fin al I v Gone l>y the Board ll> I,. V. OWK.V (Copyright. 1924, By The Advance) ' sun trancisco, Mar. 1. ? Prece dents of more than a half a -century *8 standing in the friendly relations between Chinese and white citizens, of the Far West have Anally gone by j tne ~Doards. For the first time in the history of San Francisco's Chinatown, a white man has been marked for death and a price set upon his. head by Chinese tongs. Today somewhere in the vicinity of Tia Juana. Mexico, just across California border, Jack Whalen, an Irish-American soldier of fortune and until recently Chinatown guide here, has been going about heavily armed and in momentary expectation of an attack upon his life. Meanwhile six Chinese higlib.'iel ers from San Francisco, despatched three days ago to wreak vengeanco upon Whalen, are somewhere in the same vicinity seeking opportunity to earn a five thousand dollar reward which, according to police informa tion here has been offered for his murder. Six other professional ton'4 killers are lurldng in the dark shad ows of Monterey in expectation that Whalen may slip across the Mexican border and return to that place. The offense which Whalen is al leged to have committed Is the i "stealing" a week a*;o at Monterey I of Mabel Quock. a young and pretty American-born Chinese girl. She was the affianced bride of Ah Tye, a | wealthy Chinese business man t>f I Monterey. Pledged to wed Ah Tye. the girl, educated in American public schools and Inculcated with the American idea of a woman's right to love anil marry whore her heart dictated, i balked at the arrangements. It de-j velops that she was in love with I Whalen. When her parents remained . obdurate, they fled to Mexico. I^ast i Monday they were legally married at i Tla Juana. . Ah Tyc appealed to the several 1 tonus to which he belonged to re cover her and punish her abductor. All probably would have gone well with Whalen and his stolen i bride and the hunt of the tonus pro ven fruitless, had the couple been content to remain in Mexico. Imme diately after the wedding, however, j , they attempted to cross back into the I'nited States. The girl was seized and held by border immigra tion authorities. Whalen. from Tla Juana. request ed his bride's parents in Monterey to forward proof that she was Am erican-born. They refused. Where upon Whalen announced he would! come and get tlum himself. That 1.4 1 why the tonu killers also are keep ing vlpil in Monterey. Police here opine that It may take more than six Chinese highbinders to "get" Whalen. He is said to be a real soldier of fortune, having served with armies of three differ ent nations, including American forces overseas. J?J3J3lgJgJgJ?M3J5>/9 Spring Is Here So Fashion decrees, and this store is in line with Fashion's demands with an attractive new line of Suits, Coats and D '-esses a M. Leigh Sheep i! Co. h Woman** FT n.r Store ?j Red Pepper Rub takes the "ouch" from tore, stiff, aching joints. It can not hurt you, and it certainly stops that old rheumatism torture at once, j When you are suffering so you can i hardly get aroupd. just try Red Pepper i Rub and you wilt h!ive the quickest relief known. Nothing had such con centrated, penetrating heat as red pep : Pfrs. Just as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you will feel the tingling heat. In three minutes it warms the sore spot through and through. Pain j and soreness are gone. Ask any good drugsist for a jar of Rowles Red Pepper Rub. Be sure to get the genuine, with the name Rowlor | ?B each padutft. # =MEUCK=? ' Dinner Favors, I'luce Curd*, Table Decorations. Wc have a most at tractive assortment of all the newest ideas. =MELICK= Electric Lamps i Price reduced 011 nil su es, 10 Watt vo 3'.'0 Watt. We carry in stock 6, 32, 110 and 230 Volts. Auto 1 mobile nnd Kli?h Light Lamps. W. S. White & Co. IMionc 61. 410 Matthew? St. tl. H. AND ftOODYKAIt TlltRH For Mervke juin SUMMIIon AUTO SUI'I'U VULCAXIZUO Company I PHONE 497 ICHtlRCH NEWS KIMSCOPAL Christ Church j Rev. Ceo. F. Hill, rector. Quin quagesiuia unday. Sunday school ami adult Bible classes I): 45 a. m. Holy communion and st-riaon 11 a. j ill. Service and s?>rmon at Camden 13:30 p. in. Evening prayer and ser mon 7:. "tO p. m. Ash Wednesday 'service March 5. 11 a. m. Lenten service with junior choir Thursduv and Friday. 5 p. in. You are invited to worship here. MKTHOIJIKT First Metliodist llev. N. II. I). Wilson. !>. D.. pas tor. Sunday school. Mr. J. A. Hoop er. superintendent. 9:30 a. in. Ej? wortli league, ii:45 p. hi. Worship with sermon by the pastor. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sacrament of tlu?' Lord's supper. Morning subject: "What Christ Thinks of the' Cliurch.**. Evening spbject: "Saul of Tarsus." This is the first of a se ries of sermons on the. Apostle to th Gentiles. The public is cordially in vited and members of the congregj-i tion earnestly urged to attend all services. The musical program for the day is as follows: Morning. Evening. Prelude (organ) Song Without Word (Tellleri. Anther, All Thy Marvelous Works (Ash ford ) Offertory (organ) Goodbye (Tos-j ti). 1 Anthem, Oh That I Had Wings (Gordoh Williams). . Prelude (organ) Under The I Heaves (Thome )T Anthem. Let The Earth Rejoice (Schnecker). Offertory (organ) Album Leaf (KIrchner ) . Anthem. O Lord of Hosts (Hey- ! ser ) . Postlude. City Koad Methodist Episcopal Sunday's order of services. Sun day school, 9:30. G. F. Seyffert, su perintendent. Worship with observ ance of the sacrament of the Lord's j supper. Pastor's subject, "Render i I'nto God the Things That Are God's." Junior Epworth League at j 6:30 p. m. Miss Bernlce Dozler. j president. Senior Epworth League I at 6:45 p. m. Miss Ilcatrice Cant- 1 rell, president. 7:30 worship and sermon. Pastor's subject, "Show Me a Denarius." All members are urged to attend and the public is cordially invited to all services. Mt. Hermon, Halls Creek Rev. W. T. Phlpps will preacn at Mt. Hermon Methodist Church Sun day morning at 11 o'clock and at Halls Creek Sunday afternoon at 3 | o'clock. The public is cordially in- i vlted to all services. BAPT1HT First Baptist S. H. Templeman, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. C. H. Twlddv,. superintendent. Morning service at 11, "Unanswered Prayer." Evening service 7:30, "Conversion of a Good Man." Wednesday evening, 7:30, "A Child of Promise and a Carnal Christian." j Blaekwell Memorial Dr. J. H. Thayer, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; E. F. Aydlett, superintendent. Morning sermon at 11. Evening service 7:30. Junior and Senior B. Y. P. U.'s at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. Wednesday night pray er meeting at 7:30. Calvary Baptist Rev. R. F. Hall, pastor. Sunday School at 3 p. tn. S. S. Davis, su perintendent. D. Y. P. U. 7:30 p. in. Monday. Preaching at 7:30 by tin* pastor. Prayer meeting Wed nesday night at 7:30. The public is cordially invited. IliveHde Baptist The pastor. Rev. W. J. Banks, will preach at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. The public is cordially invited. Corinth Baptist. Rov. R. F. Hail, pastor. Sunday 1 school each Sunaav afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. \V. F. Pritchard, Sr., superintendent. Preaching at 3:15 by the* pastor. Senior and Junior B. V. P. l\ each Sunday night at 7:30. The public is cordially invi'ed. Bei-ea Baptist Rev. R. F. Ila'.l, pastor. Sunday school Sunday morning at 10:00 o'clock, Ben Frank Pritchard, super intendent. Preaching at 11 o'clock by the pastor. The public is cordial ly invited. PRESBYTERIAN Cann Memorial Rev. Frank H. Scattergood, min ister. Sabbath school, 9: 4 5 a. m. * Ijesson, "The Tabernacle." Divine worship, 11 o'clock. Theme: "As surances of Comfort and Hope." Evr ening service, 7:30 o'clock. Theme: "Proof of God's Love." Mid-week service and Bible Study. Wednesday 7:30 p. m. Studies In Epistle to Ro mans. To these services all are cor dially invited. CATHOLIC 8f Elizabeth's Services will be held, is jCAtIl= oHC "Chapel, TTinton Building, at 10:30 Sunday morning by Father Doherty. Visitors are always wel come. Free Will BaptUt East Parsonage street. Rev. H. LeRoy Harriss, Pastor. Sunday School each Sunday morning 9.30; S. M. Meekins, superintendent. Mid week prayer service Wednesday event ing at 7.30. Regular preaching ser vices on each third Sunday morn ing at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 7.30 MEN THE SALE OF DUTCHESS TROUSERS IS STILL ON D. Walter Harris The City Tailor and Clothier S When you order groceries S g remember to cull ? M..V. PERRY I PHONIC 48.3 Fl'NEKAL \VM. X. PAllKER The funeral of William N. Parker of Southern Avenue who died Thurs day morning was conducted by Rev. R. F. Hall at three o'clock Friday afternoon ar Corinth Baptist Church. The pallbearers were his, grand sos, James Miller, Billedd Albert son, Clyde Overman. William Park er. Marvin Parker and Dennis Jack son. Interment was made at Holly wood Cemetery. New Stetson Hats For Spring Weeks & Sawyer Where the li*wt ClotlieK Conre From Spencer - Walker Co. Where Every M*n Find* What He Like* To Wear SOItTIl ('AROUNA. I'AMIHOTAXK rOrNTY IN* TUB Ht'l'I'.mOlt COI'RT In II - -M.\IIY l.r.NA NIXON, ct ?!?. ?;* r?Me. TO Till: coniT: Hv ? nt an nrdrr of tile Huii rJor ('nilfl made In tin- ?!?)*<? ??nt It Inl riow. I -'mil mI| in tlio lnuhe-t bidder for cu^ii ?? tHc Court IIoiim* door of I'j-'tiiotank (VrttfiO. N, in Moiidat. March SI, at 12 oVIork M.. Ilir folkmiiu tl.Mrllnd linuM* ant lot, Jr. It in.' tinn>c and lot ?I'tulrd on the Wert *ld> of rvnrf?s Hirert in hli/ab>-tli I'ln. N. ami kn>>?ri and d?-?lviatcd a? l/<? 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