ahaltcoilremandmanyofhlsper- scnalandlife-long friends held. stsouivkwaonthelrishqireetion» It indeed an unenviabie poni-

Twenty-Five

The Story of

Years A King ~ g

‘a Splendid Era

By The Hon. Mrs. Francis than”

noon when the debate was resumed. It had a powerful and immrfhie effect and visibly sobered the‘ Die Harris. When the critical Division was taken at the close, 131 voted with the Government and 114 against-a. majority (01- the Bill of 57 l7. The Killgb Joy and relief at the result was Open and unconceal- ed. "The nightmare is over at last," hemexclgimed to a close frleng, w.n 0flKl1l'BS¢llm€'iiill'Dfl§, . v .. . and Lord Knollys relates that the m? $§,'t_,‘§$§ed°§§§l%nf King loft London for Balmonil my“; he was gram,“ w note m“ u’ day Ol’ two later. a happy King for Md M; l”, roused haunt, w

a full recognition of the reality of memozmmbm 8h. and these sea- m w“ w" “m” weeds entered into the simple fare

colonel Beely resigned from the °f the DOOM‘ files-W in Ireland. War office and Mr. Asquith aasum- Bwilehd. ed the post. in a. few days he had Now, verbal» the moot

complete control of the situation as We vi his is es e some of. iodine. far as the possibility of any wide- iheuah it is being supplanted by spread "mutiny" in the Army w" Ohilian saltpetre ‘which yields the concerned. But the general sltua- Heme medicament! Onmenvreliwi tioul increased in gravity and now the British coast the kelp is col- armed Europe was ‘ hing the lected into heaps and allowed to British political drains with intense putrcfy, and is then spread on the indeaeea. The mere tbcwht that fields as manure. The stems of the hi! Nliilltd Willi“? would once laminar-la may be made into hlifo- again, after two hundred years, be handles, which can with difficulty engaged in bloody civil strife, flil- be distltnguis“ " from st _ ‘ ed the Kins with cold dread and piece of a~ thick stem. about four 110x101‘. He realized that something inchq; lung, has the tang o! a knife elioebtional had to be dime. if the blade forced into it: when the stem Old ovum-v was to be ssvnd. and hardcns and dries it ccntractsand despite the mlscivinas o! mam of holds the hilt of the blade firmly. The "led" seaweeds range from rose-red to an almost violet- is due to a. layer of pig-

farenee was a. failure and broke up in November. ‘lb tr... King only a few month! on the Throne and not yet downed. the result was a bitter m, 5w. disappointment, but he did not lose

0n the 10th November, Mr. As- m zluith accompantd by. lord Olewc, m, visited the King. and the subsequent audience was one oi great import- . The Premier had come to gain

its assurance from tn: sov- "thi event of the

(‘World WWW“). nan! srqaiu it is doubtful if any gt

timed-ed to Sir Arthur Paggt, 09m. mander-in-Chief in lrzlarstl, that ‘mm “w°°d¥-" thgy pfgfgjfgd go y” dun-mud hum stem is a flat frond or blade, 1on- the Army rather than agree to par- ‘"1137 "lulmnfl the 5mm in W18“!-

elnd income species from nine twelve inches in width.

one hundred years ago, “in-u. and ‘ra-nglo" was still cried in tin

0th of May, i910. Si! men {Qusly the House of lords had out the Budget of 1000, a and momentous step ted in British ccnstl mm . Mr. Asquithk Government promptly apre led d in January, 1910,

tutionnl W181i i-hei in lords throwing out the r

‘Bill. His Majesty would agree to create the numtrsrpf new peers re-

°_ quLed to enable the measure te pass. Concerning this momentous

y audience, Mr. Asquith has recorded how much he was impressed by the King's attitude:

"I have never seen the King to the better advantage-die argucd well |and showed no ohstinacy," and this. coming from a shrewd judge of men, was no small tribute to an un-

King.

Mi‘. Asquith and lard Orewe left the Palace with the desired prom- ise flour His Majesty and then im- gan another difficult and trying period for the King. Rumors of the King's pledge began to circulate and the Premier showed all his noted adroltneas in evading the issue. He was strongly opposed to the Royal consent being made public, fearing that it would drag the Drown the cockpit of party politics.

In December another General ll- ectlcn took place, but the new Par- liament which the King Oliened personally on the 0th February, 1011. was little different in com- plexion to" the one it had super- mded. But the fresh election had ‘ finally cleared the ring for the final round of the lords vs. Commons’ fight, and feeling and excitement in the country and at Wutmineter ‘a;

“Plcase God. we will have no more such crises." his devoted sec- retary said to his IIIBSWY-fl. wish and a prophecy which, alas, was not to be fulfilled. To this day, His Majesty does not care to dwell on the first year oi’ his reign. but he realizes the/t it taught him valuable lessons and was an experience of politics and statecraft which was to standhiminsoedstead in the all testing years that were to come. It also brought him in close contact with all the leading politicians and statemen of the day. His sincere and unaffected, manly like a breath cf stimulating fresh air to men like Asquith,

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ch included Irish mem- bxgléhwaaincfleeatfihemnrs

wceesion.

The late King Edward's last year had been clouded ~by fllct between the Lords and not all his great

til control a controversy

exhausted as they frequently were by the heat and bitterness of a conflict -

The late Ilord Morley considered the?’ King George had emerged from thefiret greatcrisisofhismlgnln a brilliant manner, which was all the more spectaculdr had not been anticipated.

“I wonder what would have hap- pened if Your Majesty had creat- ed m new peers" asked a Cabinet Mini-Bier of the King some years e afterwards when discussing the

“Perhaps all the old pears would. have surrendered their titles in disgust," replied Hie Majesty smil-

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"No doubt some of them would then have sold their robes and cor-

mhifllitl‘. who was a‘ the King greatly enjoyed the quip. With the House of lords‘ ques- tion now out of the way the King l! be human if he antici- lleted smoother political waters to follow. But stormy 1011 we; not 0c close without the perpetual shadow gum of Ireland looming larger and Ill-g- er over the political sky. John Red- mond with his Irish Party held the‘ balance of power in the commons, and the price of his support o1 the Government, was Home Rule. when the Parliament Act was mil-ill’ linseed. the Liberal Govern- ment lost no time their intentions oi introducing an Irish Home Rule Bill. Ulster retal- iated even before the “ ‘ and ‘

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itlcn he was now in. insistent and repea the ‘ml-ice, that the euld declare whether had or had not glvmfl‘:

if callrrd upon, and the ier-‘s invariably evasive replies, to get on the Kings nerves. Mr. Asquith privately in- formed Mr. Balfour and Lord lens downs of the exact ,.

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Even the suave but astute Mr- li- f. Balfour. then leader of the 001i-

THE CHARLUFFETOWN GUARDIAN

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Always a great believer in the rsonal truth, His Majmy wwk- iy t0 bring the leaders

to the distracted country. P9

pclitlce-l question. The ‘incident at

his friends and advisers. His Maj-

gardcd as a. new departure, but the , i circumstances justify my action. For months wc have

trend has been surely and Glvil War." and His ‘Mb!-

eaty concluded an impressive speech with a moving appeal (Or a settle- merit. All present in the Oonference Room noted the worn 5nd heg- gaid look of the Royal speaker, and it was not out of want of sympathy orrespect for the Sovereign, that the conference ended in a complete deadlocklnafewdsysThenasln some act of a Greek tragedy. there stalked on to the national stage tin re of a looming World War, like magic the “Irish Play- ers" and their political drama. re- ceded into the background at once. Suddenly and dramatically, the notion was one again, but the Great War was a heavy price to pay for domestic peace. In the light o! the world-shattering events after- wards, no doubt the Irish Home R/ule struggle of 1911-14 appears petty and trivial but at the time it con- vulsed the country, and its rever-

ssrvative Party, shared the sene-"ei hilief that the new Kind might not a equal to the dlmcult posltion- 1n the l-lcusc of Commons

higth in; tin Government of taking advantage of sign who had just come ‘throne. and who. nature of the case, could not have behln upol-fence of publle of his greet we-

in Wwements were made in Belfast to form a Provisional Government PIedTBd to resist by all and every mans, Illstei-‘s inclusion in a Dub- lin r-urlioment. From that date to i014 there raged a political struggle- which easily surpassed the contro- versy over the House of Lords, for delicacy and even danger to the

lord Crrewe announced the fact in

Icrd Crew's used the expression “reluctant consent" whendewribirlg the King's attitude and this was fastened upon by the Conservatives

Orown.

legal lights like Sir Edward Oar- aon and F. E. Smith (later 14ml Birkcnhcad) roused great audiences in Ireland and Briicin to delirious excitement by declaring that ‘Uls- ter would fight and Ulster would be right.” Sir Edward Carson said that he "would break every law that is possible" and "FEE." intimated that he would not shirk the issue of for- cible resistance by Ulster- even “if the whole fabric of the Oimstitu- tion" was to be convulsed as a eon- sequence. Mr. Bonny Law had suc- ceeded Mr. Balfour as leader, and far from checking the exuberance of the Ulster leaders, the mild-looking Scots-Canadian made the public he “could imagine no line of resis- tance w which Ulster will go, which I should not be ready to support." The sudden boiling of the long- simmerlng Irish cauldron with the racial and religious passions that it aroused, caused the King more , and dismay than it did the placid Prime Minister. who was convinced that the Ulster ttitude was all sham and pose. m I

“Ulster never causes me t oss no “mm to ma”, the pmcd duflng o; five minllrtfizgfilh" Mr- Mgmth which he unflinchingly faced two

m ti“ m‘ b T’ M Ouw“ m7’ niece-one of which in its early m‘ stages did a great deal to hasten his

matters infinitely worse than they were before. The Tones in. the

promptly tabled a. Vole of Demure upon the Government.

that the advice given by the Ministers to the King "was a. violation of constitutional lib- ing debate brought

his. made te his

cal stair. of the country l" It of the brains of

arty." The ensll a. ringing declaration f "I hold my office," ly by the favor cf ‘the the confidence of the

airs" it was time thlt amateurs took the helm

Immediately after the his father, King George lost time in thoroughly cumming the

if in this supreme moment o! a great struggle I were to betray

It was characteristic of the King that he conmatula later on these dem

whole political lituatlml. Asquith’; surprise, and iiellmoval at met.

listed on seeing the Wposition and learning their views

But the Premier was very soon neatly impressed wit

Majesty was very uneasy over the w

brilliant combat responsible for the

looking face of the State visits to 'lrc~ tland later in the yea-r.

hole political sit-

wmbulcd with tin and common sense of the K1118- ‘lbry leaders like Mr. Balfour and

tired and grave-

inn naval thoroughness, to meat Bill came before

mentals. when State lfflirl were

‘The whole diiiicult of the political crisis that there wen" sharp difference!

who repeated the remark Kin; afterwards.

"He is an exceptional man, in yways ands uckyone. re- m, . “(Ham plied His Majesty. "I must confess ma‘ m“ I“ fly "m" e W‘ ""11 "W"! “mm”! '1“ esty does not hesitate to acknow-

had never even entered

the turned up on the fateful sar- A few

was a worried and man at this period can- ied. The spectacle of an army of over 00,000 being drilled in Ulster. to resist Home

as these returning dubbed. when they arriv- ccra of the lildeil 0h";

and ted- ' debate in the um m, was full of d“!!! the information given Orewefe

to their leaders Ind statement. I IR“ m

his anxiety for his Ministers. He felt that something more than a "welt and see" roller We MM

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berations were even shaking the stops of the Throne.

“Ireland has put ten years on m! bee." remarked the King wearily w Mr. Asquith once. and at the i191‘- iod it was true. His Majesty has al- ways been a lover of Ireland s/nd the Irish people and he could not and cannot to this clay, understand why a peaceful and honorable set- tlement could not have been arrived at by I914 at latest.

From i910 to 1914. King Georg‘ V could fairly be described as the most harassed monarch in the world-with the excepii '11, perhaps. of the Cnanwhc had not. however, the British King's love of his people or his sensitive and human heart. It was indeed s. stormy opening for a. twenty-five years‘ reign, and the best proof that the King had emerg- ed triumphant and with increased p stiga from it, was the great ad- miration and real respect with which the King was regarded by his Ministerial advisers at the out- break of the War. “The inelrperiern. ed and rather tin-lid King" as someone had described him in 1910. had shown himself a resolute monarch who. however, never ex- ceeded his constitutional powers. . Inherent common sense with q-ick perception and sound intuition was and is the secret of the King's suc- cess and the key to his personality The first four years oi his reign brought all these qufllties to the fore and develops" tbcmamazlng- ly, and in that sense, the King has

father's death. "God has been good to me," the

B00 General Booth and His MB]-

lcdge that during the opening criticalyears of his reign, he de- pended much on prayer for stmngth and guidance. "He will go down in history as "George the Good" commented an

with the King during the war- yeara. and it maywall be true. But if a title was to be bestowed on His Majesty on his conduct and character during the dangerous‘ doirlestic troubles before i014. the most appropriate and deserved one would be "George the Wise." Those now fer-off days should be remem- bered by the nation for ever. for they are convincing evidence cf the and priceless value of a gifted

and prudent. constitutional monarch.

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IIIIIMMII. . DIES HANUFAOTUIING OfiAllY

NEWSY NOTES yllllilil .

lpcvtectlcnaincetheyvaiture forth htcrtbeduskofevcn- lust the tinillikwhen rats and

i?" alnslami the rat increasing so greatly has gone forth to protect certain species of orwls and, an been taken all‘ over the drop county. My own experience with a "bounty on sparrows" points to a dame:

ONLY DIAWIIID (I)

unceasing Another brown seaweed. the lem- hotn parties together and so ""5 in iis various species. we ,, ,,,, 523,2“,*’;{,',",,“,,,=°,,§1=,“,,,i,;§,", I§é’5‘.‘“‘“'......"§.““nnn°”° ‘Elihu? 3i 0 , O, ' meg-gt megflngl mg “woman, has an undefined range soutn of were going en behind the mnurlmmiiiw-Oeeurewneiwresn all unknown to the public. They "whim we 1- iwsiiuris hm were most abortive. but they were 5”“

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Because of its abundance, else and utility, 1914, Ifls Majesty we‘ gravely ccn- "l-Wwi hes lten advanced to the “mm 1o 19am m“ the “my w“ honor of a popular name: this is beginning u, be flyecud by the the true "kelp," sometimes called "K1819, or sea-girdles. It consists of m; gun-ugh 1n March. w“. when a stem from one to ten feet long, 0mg" out 0; ,_ mm o; rm m_ and from one-half to two inches in

diameter; in old plants Surmounting the

in this matter. A few years ago while working on a farm on the Island, and noticing that the house (""“ lish") sparrows were incrcasv lng unduly. I offered a. bounty of 2 cents for each sparrow brought in. This hardly paid for the and shot, but the sporting instinct or the lads cm amused went right after the sparrows. Whe the cadaversalkiegan to come fir,‘ “w my mm e' The" we" c p; sown on land previously inoculated and only about one in five was the real house sparrow! Need- less to say the bounty was with- hopo it is only the Horned Owls that “draw the fire” and that our young sportsmen ‘will learn to tystlnguish the behe-

Blrd lovers all over the Maritimcs are concerned over tin: absence of visitors to their feeding-stations this winter‘. says w. Tufts. Thc few birds that do come seem in no way dependent on the artificial food put as they come with the

irregularity in take advan- of it. m. IJudlow Jenkins, who provision for his

‘and and Denmark.

BLUVER

(Giarlctietown Experimental station.) Prqress has been made in the of alfalfa. clever in Prince

fisldswese harvesiciffor hay or usedi for Pasture in 1934. As a. fodder

' for glowing stock or de-lryf

cattle it has no equal. It is vary rich in a readily digestible form of pro- tein and can be used to greatly lee- scn the cost of a suitable ration for dairy cattle and other live stock. Three essentials in connection with the successful growing of al-

Experimental Station are:

First: Secure hardy Northern grown seed cf varieties such as Grimm,‘ or Ontario Variegated. This seed should be inoculated with a1- falfa‘ nltrolculture bacteria, or

with these bacteria. Second: Alfalfa should be sown on fertile land, that is, in a high state

preferred. The plants do best wher- humus is abundant, provided tlr soil is well drained so that rnin' quickly soakaway and where icc does not form in winter. ThirdzAlfalfa, like other clovers, requires an alkaline soil and most Island soils should have from one to tlwo tons per acre of ground lime- stone or the equivalent in shell mud, applied one year or more before seeding cut to alfalfa.

feather friends, has the same tale to tell; he believes that food is so plentiful in the woods this winter that the birds stay the: It is reported that and beautiful flock of geese at Pol-t Joli, which in other winters at- tracted the attention of both rm- tions," has now been decimated and scattered to the four winds. 11°15 more than a. few hundreds having been seen there this winter. they swear restless and discontent-