. Three weeks in the British Isles . to expect advice from America uponher domestic policy. You can obtain as many opinions as there areEnglishmen interviewed. Each man is as em-phatic and sincere as Americans are in their sev-eral attitudes on the tariff question. Some things seem to be basic and land in England is owned by a very, fewpeople. Of the seventy-seven million acres inthe two islands, fifty-two million belong to largeowners, people with more than one thousandacres each. The Duke of Sutherland owns 1,358,000 dukes own four million acres, andso on dow
. Three weeks in the British Isles . to expect advice from America uponher domestic policy. You can obtain as many opinions as there areEnglishmen interviewed. Each man is as em-phatic and sincere as Americans are in their sev-eral attitudes on the tariff question. Some things seem to be basic and land in England is owned by a very, fewpeople. Of the seventy-seven million acres inthe two islands, fifty-two million belong to largeowners, people with more than one thousandacres each. The Duke of Sutherland owns 1,358,000 dukes own four million acres, andso on down through marquises, earls, viscountsand barons. These land owners sit in the House of Lordsor are represented there by relatives. The fivehundred and twenty-five peers in the upper houseown fifteen million acres. They are staking theirlegislative existence on the taxation criticism or comment, one knows wheretheir interest lies. Domesday Book caused a wide diversion fromWinchester. Let us return to the palace. One. CJUEEN MARYS CHAIR IN WINCHESTERCATHEDRAL Winchester 59 of its curious features is an aperture in the endwall called The Ear of the Castle. Henry IIImade a practice of eavesdropping when courtierswere assembled in the hall. The brickworkaround the opening is modern, but the guide as-sures us that the ole is the original ole. There is much else of interest in the is one of the oldest settlements inEngland. Vespasian conquered it in the firstcentury of the Christian era. It has an interest-ing connection with the two most quoted, if notmost read, books in our language. It was the homeof Shakespeares Cymbeline, whose son Arvira-gus was adopted by Claudius and became Carac-tacus. His daughter Claudia married SenatorPudens, and Paul was acquainted with both ofthem. See II Timothy, iv, 21. Winchester was the capital until the Normansremoved it to London. William the Conquerorand Richard the Lion-Hearted were crownedhere. Henry III was born
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