i f. l I mtoblo nouns ' for morocco that one of tsunam- S regal-Ear mw-u .432 JOINS EP - ._..._ p l HONORING ' KIN AND QUEEN AT .91 VER JuB1LEs' New Epocht at~Home A Cataclysms i-Abiroad Mark KihgflrReign o] George V Gave Him Part in Vital Issues of 1gp» and n.- Contact 12.11.? Foroiln Lands. By THOS. T. CHAMPION, , Canadian Press Staff Writer. ,1 0TH at home and abroad . with cloud.in May, 1919, the political sky was sombre ‘whenjiing ‘Edward VII was . gathered to his at sud George Y reigned in his stead. King Edward-the “Uncle of Europe"—and the German Emperor had in the previous 12 months exchanged visits with every outward show of respect and urbanity. Neverthe- less, the feeling of distrust and suspicion between the two ‘peoples remained acute, even though King George reminded the Kaiser, when the latter attended the unveiling of the Nictoria Memorial in the early months of King Georges reign. of the “strong and loving ties of kinship and friendship” between the thrones and persons of thetwo Sovereigns. Ksissfs Lost Visit. , HAT visit was the last the Ger- man Emperor ever paid to .England. Competent observers ‘have recorded how the Kaiser then ‘persistently attempted, but in vain. "to ingratiate himself with Lord Kitchener. During that visit, foo, thousands of Londoners beheld the Kaiser, in shining armor, place him- self before the Victoria Memorial, and gaze along the tree-lined Mall. ‘Seven years later, on Armistice .Day, 1918, the long avenue down which the Kaiser had swept his fglance was filled with captured ‘German guns, and the Kaiser was ‘in flight. At home tho people, or at any rate the politicians, were still agi- tated over the question of curtailing the power of the House of Lords to veto Bills passed by the Commons. “Reform the Lords" had indeed been a Liberal cry for at least 50 years. The muttering grew to a. rumbling when Conservative peers at a. pri- vate meeting at Lansdowne House resolved, in advance of the measure being introduced into the Lords, to reject the Liberal government's Licensing Bill. The clash between the two Houses became intense ‘when the Lords threw out Lloyd George's drastic budget of 1909. Subsequently the Prime Minister, -l\lr. Asquith. fortified by the result '0f two general elections within 12 months, resolved upon introducing the Parliament Bill to curb the veto of the Lords. if the Lords would not pass the measure then Mr. Asquith would advise the King lg create such a number of new peers as would secure its passage. Problem for the King. The bitter feelings aroused by this controversy, and the delicate Jloiltlflll in which it placed King _Edward, are said to have hastened ‘that monarchs death. King Edward bar‘. found that be" could no more égifluenco the Kaiser to reduce the i ermau naval program than he could induce the House of Lords to ass Lloyd George's budget. Bound up with this problem, of course. was the equally vital question of ‘Home Rule for Ireland. i These were the only major in- gredients in the seething kettle of gpolitical trouble when King George iassumed the mantle of monarchy. The Suffragottes, in their fanatical propaganda over "Votes for Tiomen,” were making life burden- some for cabinet ministers by in- cessant interruption of their lspeeches and the infliction upon them even of physical violence. The "shrieking sisterhood,” too, were lfsmashiu whole strestsful of win- dows, burning churches, firing let- fer boxes. There were threats of a wholesale strike among the railway "workers of Britain. and a. like dis- ‘content in several other great in- dustries. _ ' When Innis Gave lrs. King George had had the privi- flege, which had naturally been de- pnied King Edward, of himself lis- ‘teuing to the earlier debates on the eto both in the Lords and Con:- ,:mons. The controversy continued -bitterly between Lords and Com- hnous, and between Liberals and Emservatives, although it must bo nfessed that t a great mass of actors manifested but an ldlo in- terest in the hubhub raging around Westminster. Meanwliilo King George was svcr at tho coll of those entitled to approach him. It is squal- Iy on record tbstF-with complete courtesy but with firmness-the lug refused audiences to certain f tho highly-born whowlssirsd to sin his ear but hsd no constitu- ionsl claim for tho privilege. lnslly the majority of the peers rougbt themselves to swallow what ust have been, quite naturally, s. ‘bitter pill. King George was thus saved the ecessity of creating sufficient new eers to ensure the passing of tho arliament Bill.- Concerning this ir George Arthur writes: "Tho oversign may have put his lips to n hitter draught when ho agreed- as constitutionally he was Almost and to agree-to exorcise a pro- rossfiva which was urgod on him mo: only by tho government in t olvor, but by the electorate which l ‘sd dolibsrsloly renewed its mau- kilto to that government. Surely justify my actl list compiled in the closing period of Mr. Lloyd George's premiership. Vital Irish Question. The emergence again into prom- inence of the Home Rule question formed an inevitable sequel to the passing of the Parliament Act. Three months before the war broke out a Home Rule Bill awaited procedure was concerned, but the royal assent. The threat of civil war in Ireland. however, induced the prime minister, Mr. Asquith, to delay matters until an amending bill should give the Ulster counties the option of “contracting out." Meanwhile the Ulster Volunteers were drilling, and the position was gravely complicated further by an assurance said to have been given to troops at the great British camp in the Curragh that they would not be called upon to put down Ulster resistance. , It was at this stage that King George took a hold step, seemingly on his own initiative. His Majesty summoned to Buckingham Palace a conference of representatives of the government, the opposition. the Irish Nationalists and the Ulster Unionists. The King's words of welcome provoked some little com- ment. “My intervention at this moment may be regarded as a new departure,” said the King. “But the exceptional circumstances under which you are brought together Ilfor months we have watched th deep misgivings the course of events in Ireland. Tho trend has een surely and steadily an appeal to force, and to- day the cry of civil war is on the lips of the most responsible and sober-minded of my people. My apprehension in contemplating such a dire calamity is intensified by my feelings of attachment to Ireland and of sympathy with her people, who have always welcomed me with warm-hearted affection." ' The action of his Majesty in call- ing the conference was hailed 1n most quarters as but a forthright and ingenuous royol gesture in the search of peace for Ireland. Never- theless, it did not entirely escape criticism, on the ground that the King's intervention tended to pro- voke at least a. suspicion of "palace influence." In any event the con- ference proved abortive, and merely served to emphasize that agreement on Ireland's future form of govern- ment was, at that time of day, out of the question. John Redmond’! bmrsnce. Less than s fortnight later the dogs of war were unleashed. From his ssstJn the British Commons John Redmond, the great Irish Nationalist leader, delivered on the very eve of war the following preg- nant seutences: "1 say to the gov- ernment that they may to-morrow withdraw every one of their troops of High Office. By ‘EH05. T. CHAMPION. kHThas been the writer's privi- legs‘ to behold King George's public activities at first hand under very varied. conditions. I am inclined to think my first glimpse of his Majesty and his gracious partner furnishes, in some ways, the most interesting of these recollections. It was to Sheffield, the greet city of steel and cutlery, that the than Duke and Duchess of York paid s visjt to reopen the prin- cipal hospital in 1895. Sheffield in tboso days wss a grim town. Even its main streets were nar- row and ill-paved. The Duke sud Duchess bad than been married loss than two years. They were still unaccustomed to appearing bcforo largo crowds, and bad dif- ficulty in concealing a certain dif- fidsnca. The outlers and grind- ors, tho colliors and lronworksrs nifsr moro nauseous cup was to bo presented to him 10 years later on a prime minister, who ,n thing for the feelings org; ov- ersign, and less than not lllfd! ‘the prssilgo of tho Upper Rmlso. ‘snllfnittld-lllbmlllioll is smelly tho term-anon df i ees must ask pormllion to d0- c lno tbo honor sftor it bod boon of Sheffield know llttls ‘about royalty st first bond, hut tho town mods s bravo endeavor to hide its soot and certain other unlovoly features underneath s [root show of Vonstisn malts, popor flowers and other codvon- tfouol stroot decoration of that on. ' - Tho Duke sad Duchess on their part sddptod what was than tbo conventional method with Roy- lflnounccd in tho goblin press." Thole latter oboorvo on! If! obvi- QQLQQQ osdott Ibo bills lty f knowlodgiug blic oo- ie-issilnonlsptiisoo nothing, so far as constitutional l Care intensely HE profound estebm in which King George and Queen Mary are held is based upon the con- viction of millions of people that they and their whole family really do care intensely about the welfare of their subjects and pursue it year in and year out by every means in their power, do- clares D. C. Somervell 1n a recent book. He says: “It is no secret that the King is keenly interested in politics, and tho Queen in all that concerns health, housing and thvdomestlc wel- fare of the people. And, in spite of the triumphs of political fem- inism, this is exnctly the divi- sion of interests which the ordin- ary man and woman approves. Some men live in history as the authors of a single outstanding achievement. Others build per- haps a sufsr and steadier reputa- tion upon a thousand unostents- tious actions. It ls high up in the second of these classes that King George will find his place." Wrote? Czar On Eve of War King George Penned an Ofier of Mediation in Crisis. NLY the scantiest records havr yet been made public of King George's personal intervention l1 matters concerned with the conduc of the war, and it is improbable r full account will he given for many years. His Majesty has never had the flair for European politics which was so notable in King Edward, and when King Edward had skil- fully tried and failed it was per- haps hardly llkely that King George would attempt to pursue the same line of amiable overture. It is known, however, that in those fate- ful days just before August 4, 1914, when Great Britain was stand- ing for the moment outside the vor- tax, and when Russia and Austria were already mobilizing, King George with his own hand wrote a Vlast earnest appeal to the ill-fated ;Czar, offering any service which it was possible for a British King to summon, in the way of mediation. King George's only endeavor to follow his father's example in mak- ing visits to foreign capitals oc- curred in April, 1914, when with Queen Mary he went to Paris to return the visit which Prsslden Poincare had paid hare the previous summer. The King's speeches at all the big banquets in the French Capital were studiously non-polit- ical. Whether his Majesty then keallzed even better than his Minis- ters that the clash of arms was s lmatter of weeks only is a. matter {certain to remain hidden for many iyears to come. When the Earl of lDerby became Ambassador at Paris _,soon after the close of the war the King attended the first Reception given at the Paris Embassy. from Ireland. The coast of Ireland will be defended by her armed sons from foreign invasion, and for thl: purpose armed Nationalist Cath- olics in the South will be only tot ‘glad to join arms with the armed Protestant Ulstermen in the North.” To close here this review of the King's personal associsti with lrlsh political matters one may refer to his Majesty's visit to Bel- fast, following the passing of the Home Rule Bill of 1920. D. C Somervell, the well-known public- ist, in referring to the speech of the King asking for peace, for- bearance and conciliation through- ‘out all Ireland-though looking beyond the frontiers of the six ‘counties—wrif.es: “Whether these things were his own suggestion is .a question on which much has been surmised, though the secret has Impressed Wm. Friend!‘ Touch Despite Ceremonies ‘been very properly kept." an open lsndau the royal visitors preserved a most rigid posture of the body. The Duchess inclined her head first to left, then to right with almost mechanical precision. Likewise, the Duke, holding his silk list two inches above his head, bowed to loft and right with the same regularity. No doubt this automatic method of acknowledgment was duo in part to nervousness, although it any members of the Royal Family adopted a less formal attitude tn a progress along the highway. As Prince oi‘ Wain. HE writers‘ next encounter with the King, although of a trifling character, was not with- out interest. The Duke and Duchess of York had become Prince and Princess of Wolos, and they were paying s visit to Lord Derby (father of tho proo- ent peer) at Knowsloy, nosr Liv- erpool. Their Royal Hfghuonoo travelled in n csr attached to tbs ordinary Liverpool express, which was stopped st Huytou. On tho platform to moot them woo Lord Derby and his sgout. The only others present wore s police fn- spector and sergeant and a couple of nswspapermcn. when King Gsorgo and Quoon Mary have svsr boon ollowod to take s holiday frso from tho It»,- toution of tho public bsvo boon when they llsvo socoptod tho hoo- pltsllty of such personal frlmds as tho Earl of Darby and tho Duke of Dsvonlhirs. Tbs folk of lbs countryside surrounding such noble residences so Knowsloy sud l For PubliciGoodlf ' Life Guards who was paraded be- was quite a few years later before ' Probably the only occasional Ffiflglpfi, 1910 “ V socodol to throne on death of Edward VII. u - 11 His Majesty crowned st Westmin- fisdx; sud at Delhi as Emperor of a. 1912. Outbrssk of Balkan War. 1918 The King makes ststo visit to Bor- lin. Receives Premier of France. 1914 Civil war threatened in Ireland. Archduke Ferdinand assassinated. Great War opeusuGol-maus repulsed in First Battle of the Marne. King visits troops in Franco. " 1918 The Kin: reviews Grand 111m and armies in Franco. Injured when horse rears. Canadians in German gas attack at Ypres. 1916 His Majesty presents $500,000 to Treasury after curtailing state func- tions. Easter Rebellion in Dublin. Battle of Jutland. 1917 . The‘ King changes name of Royal House from Hanover to Windsor. Revolution takes Russia out of wax‘ as Unltsd States enters. 1918 Ludeudorfrs last bid for victory. Allies great counter-attack leads to collapse of Germany; Austria, Bul- garia and Turkey sue for peace. Revolution starts in German fleet. The Armistice. 1919 Peace Treaty signed. First trans- atlantic flight by Alcock and Brown, British airmsn._ ' 1920 ' - The League of Nations comes into being. 1921 Irish Free State created. The King visits Northern Ireland. 1922. Egypt accorded independence. Wash- ington naval limitations treaty signed. _ v 1923 Socialists form government, first Highlights of the Reign 192i Conservatives return to power. 025 Canada House opened by the King. Hindsnburg president of Germany. Locsrno treaties signed. 1926 General strike settled without bloodshed. 1 v’ lConferonce dc- ilnos new Dominion status. Ger- many enters league. - 1927 Kellogg-Bruno pact outlaws war. ‘ 1928 The King contracts chill at Armiv tice ceremonies; world-wide anxiety as illness becomes grave. Prince of Wales hurries home from Africa. 1929 Thanksgiving services throughout Empire for recovery of King. Labor wins general election. 1930 Naval treaty signed at London. First Indian,Round Table Confer- ence. Dominlon's new status ratified. 1931 National ministry succeeds Labor, the King returns hurriedly from Scotland. Gold standard ‘ ndoned. Statute of Westminster signed. 1932 Britain raises‘ tariff walL First Empire trade pacts emerge from Ottawa Economic Conference. Nazis under Adolf Hitler sells power in Germany. World Economic Conference in London fails. "Ger- many and Japan quit League of Nations. 1934 India granted new constitution. Prince George and Princess Marina married. Albert of Belgium killed. Dollfuss of Austria assassinated. Alexander of ‘Yugoslavia and Bar- thou of France assassinated. Threat of European war averted. 1935 Germany declares she is reamed and denounces the Versailles treaty. Britain, France and Italy strive for peace at Stress. League condemns Germany. Empire joins in honor- time in nation's history. Monarclfi Thought for Escort Drought Understanding Vill- Runw- sofno client, indeed, King George on ascending the Throne minimized the pomp and pageantry assocla‘ with his station. Per- haps this was due in pert to force of circumstances rather than of choice, but it is a fact that the trooping of the color on the King's birthday, the stats opening of Par- liamen and other ceremonies peculiar to the British Crown have been conducted. with rather loss ornatoness than in the time of his father. King George, for instance, quickly_put a. stop to the practice of finding some of the expense con- nected with the furnishing of the soverelgnb escort out of the psy of the troopers themselves. On many occasions during the present reign when the weather has proved unkind for such a ceremonyvss a royal levee, King George has cancelled the carriage prooemion in. order that tho escort might not be subject to superfluous work. "How long does it take to clean the white sheepskin!" once asked Queen Victoria of a. trooper of the fore her to exhibit some change in equipment. "Thirty hours, Your Majesty," came the reply of the sol- dier, who was startled to be directly addressed by so august a personage. What the troopers who participate in ceremonial guarding of the King think of King George himself is related by Sir George Arthur. “The ‘troops, regarding the King rather he a mllitn chlsffai tbs as the instinct which loads them to avoid congregatiug in large numbers to witness the arrival of Royal guests. Nevertheless, one would have difficulty in finding a resident of any degree who had not contrived, in some wsy, to get a glimpse of the exalted guests of his Lordship or his Grace. When Britain Declared War. SIGNIFICANT feature of tho rslstions existing between Sovereign and people was afforded during tbs Grout War, when im- rnsnse crowds, comprising psoplo of all degrees, instinctively goth- orsd round Buckingham Palace, both in tho opening days of tbo_ war and at its closo. Upon that August night in 1914, following tho declaration of war, Londoners in thousands, for no ostensible reason. m tho four quarters of the mo polls to tbs great space fronting tho Pslsoo. osmilllly. this stout trek was o sub-conscious dos: tlon by tho muses of sympathy and sup- port to bsod of tho stoto in on tourists. Thurs soof oir Mojootios was all o more ing the King on his Jubilee“ I Troops Regard King ' As Their Chieftain head of a political or even s con- stitutlonal state, are keenly, if quits respectfully, critical of his personal appearance. King George is Ito them-without a shadow of disre- pect-the ‘old-gentleman.’ The march past in the quadrangle is as much, perhaps more, an inspection of the King by the troops as the converse. ‘The old-gentleman looked smart to-dsy.’ ‘The old- gentleman wasn't half fed lup.’ Such are the expressions which may be heard in barracks when the trap- pings of ceremony are flung on to the beds." II!!! ROYALTY MOURNED DEATH OF PRINCE JOHN HN’ discussing the domestic life of the King and Queen it is scarcely presumptuous st this time of Jubi- lee to‘ touch upon a less fortunate circumstance of their wedded life. There has never been any element of secrecy in regard to certain dis- pensations of fortune which have befallen them. One wintry Sunday night imme- diately after the close of the war it was announced Ahat their Majes- tiea’ youngest child, Prince John, had died that day at the age of 13. N» attempt was made to cloak the fact that this child had been denied full development, both mental and physical. It was never expected, indeed, that he would grow to mun- hood. In such circumstances their ltiujesties held it fitting that the funeral of the Prince should take place under the quietest possible conditions, and that the ordinary life of the Court should boas little disturbed as possible. While the tens of thousands were swarming before the gates of tho Palace the King and Queen crime out into the quadrangle, attended merely by an oquerry and a lady-lluwsitlng, and strode backward sud forward in full view of the concourse. For half an hour the little royal parade was coptinued. then the King and Queen returned inside and the people dispersed. ' Four years lstor it was my privilege to behold the scene bo- foro the Palace on Armistice Day. I was in ‘s. cor with o couple of Canadian officers, close to tho great memorial to Queen Victoria which fscos tho Pslsco. A hun- dred other cars like our own were lockod fsst in the prsss of tho crowd. A girl muuition worker had olnmborsd high on tho monument and led tbs thou- sands in o stsntorisu chant, "We want King Goorgo.” Tbs dc- mond was ks t up st intervals for st least olf sn hour. At length Kin Gsorso onblarod on tho Palace cony, and with him Quoou Mary, the Duko of 0on- offootlvobocousoftwusosimplo. _ u. ususbt and bslf s dossu more of olr klnsfolk. In a ssnoo, thoro- i King Reads More Jon of the serious state o2 the coun- Than F other Did T was once said by Prime Min- ister W. E. Gladstone of King Edward that he “knew everything except what was written in books.” King George, if report be true, has s. much wider knowledge of tho written page than ever his father tried to possess. This is far from asserting that he is in any way a. bookworm, Ind tbs only imaginative writer of dis- tinotion who has enjoyed King George's intimate friendship has been Rudyard Kipling. In his early years, King George's chief sedentary hobby was the study of postage stamps, and his private collection is one of the finest in the world. Those, however, who have sought to in- gratiats themselves into royal favor merely by the offer of rich and rare specimens of philately have met with disappointment, or at any rate have had to submit to receiving c. fair return in cash or in kind. l-lastened Back . From Scotlan, Ki»; Had new Pars n. For- mation of National Government. ERHAPS the most momentous , political happening of recent ears in which King George played i direct part was the formation of l0 National Government in 1981. he extent of the rols he played in ‘lo creation of a ministry of all wrties is not likely to be authori- ltively revealed until the youngest mong us is grw-hssded. Just before the political crisis cached its climax the King set out niih the Queen for their customary ojourn at Balmoral. It is true that he Labor government was already ti an almost hopeless state of per- lexity and disssnsion. What exactly unopened to cause the King sud- anly to return to London within 30 zours of his arrival at his Scottish eat cannot be stated with author- Ly, nevertheless it is plain his uajesty was seized with a convic- try’s governance. _ His Majesty's sudden journey to London to meet his ministers was a llrect reversal of the conven ional vay of doing things. Lord alle- "iury, Gladstone and other giants of .he Victorian political era had rus- Iul experiences of long dismal jour- ales to Balmoral, there to meet lueen Victoria, and not infre- iuently to find it necessary to bring ‘lll their powers of persuasion to bear upon the imperious and strong-minded monarch. Even in King Edward's day the prime min- lsier had occasionally to follow him to the Continent - to learn his pleasure upon s. matter of high im- wort. King George first altered .his procedure by travelling t.) London from Saudringham in order to meet ministers when matters connected with the Parliament Act had become acute. The King's long journey from Balmoral to the capital, undertaken when his Majesty had only recently become fully convalescent after his grave illness, captured the public imagination completely. It is be- lieved, too, that it was on the King's personal and-insistent appeal that Ramsay MacDonald was persuaded to undertake the task of forming s National government. At any rate it ls certain that with the arrival of his Majesty at Buckingham Pal- ace matters in broad detail were at once straightened out, and the National government, for flood or ill, came into being. LONG LIVE THE KING. Only three rulers today-Kins Victor Emmanuel of Italy, King l-laakon of Norway, King Gustav of Sweden-were on their thrones at on oflcisl observer for tho dolly V VETERAN BRITISH REPORTER‘ ‘ ROMA! TIIRR‘! CHAMPION. author of tho articles on this most of tho history-making omm in tho Empire's‘ metropolis since tho Rings secession. Ifo wrms with tbo authority of an aye-witness. __ _ I -_ -_ newspapers of tho Dominion at _ King George's accession. Royal Memories Over 40 Years Recalled by London 'Writer fore, Londoners saw the war both open and close before Bucking- ham Palace and in the presence of the King and Queen. Two years to the dsy after the Armistice there was tho Burial of the Unknown Warrior in Woot- minster Abbey. I was privileged to have s chair within a few yards both of the open grsvo and of where the Royal Family were seated. There is no need here to dwell upon the solemuity o! tho ceremony. A brighter memory which I-rstoin is of how, at the close of the service, the late Archbishop of Osntorbury (Dr. Randall Davidson) ap- proached tbo King sud Quosn and the Queen of Spain who was next to them. For a fow minutes his Grace remained chatting with their Mojsstiss, much in the stylo of any villsgo rector who greats some family st bis church door after morning sorvloo. Popular With tho People. SOMEHOW tho King and Queen‘, in sll but their highly caro- monisl appearances, loom to con- trivo a touch of homolinoso to their comings and goings. lt boo boon‘ my prlvllogo to bo present at tbo morrisgo of ovory one of tho King sod Queen's children. I bsvo more than onoo witnessed tho King o n Parliament, and bsvo sun m at tbo Cup Plus! pogo, son of tho lsfo Thomas Champion, Toronto newspaper ro- , porfor, bos boon reporting news of tbs United kingdom from It Wlmllloy- Pvfllllll i110 hassl- u» Canadian um for may ylori. Ilonsgor of Tho Canadian out of all tho ronlar arr-Imam Alooistod Pros: in Inadon from 1m to 10ft, sud since tbon of king Goorso bofors bio sub- bondoa linear of Tho Canadian Press, Mr. Champion has boon locts is whoa be sou to WHEN!!- Woll over 00,000 dnoovor sud root‘ him s wcloomo as ho stops out on ,tho ground, immediately boners tho plus starts, to [root tbo Brought Activity To Domestic Life'- Of Bfltish Court’ ,q¢...l.. a...“ amt u...» ‘rim.- uujuasfnmu ma.» A Their Family Amid . Lilo in Shalom Many Dudes. o] War. URING the War their HITE LODGE, RICH- Majesties not only led ’ MOND, where the their subjects in observance present King and Queen took of war-time food regulations up residence after their mar- but imposed a liquor prohlbi- rlage as the Duke and Duch- tion on the Royal residences esscf York, was the scene of that aroused greatunterest theu-earlymarrledhfe. There, throughout the Empire. ln June, 1894, the present Pal-m Warn Drr- Prince of Wales was born. H" 1915 111° K1118 "mm"! m" The present Duke of York "i" u“ d‘“'“"°“" t“ Rm“ and most of their other chil- " " would “go dry." This d l f. t th l. ht “Emma w“ (ouowm m, n“, day _ ren a so lrs saw e _lg by Lord Kitchener, Wsr Minister. m the same comparatively who, for the time being, was living modest re3idence_ st Clarence House, St. James Palace. h“ M Family Carol. Hll MIR"?! "um “l ESPITE the cares of an incrool- Dmmllm! “new b7 M"! mum’ ing family, the Duke and ‘Warm wu°uuc°mem ma‘ u“ Duchess of York very readily sn- “mW-“IW” °t ‘mu h“ I'd w sumedalarge shareof public duties, lmilllm‘ flnwkewm‘ u“! m‘ for the then Prince and Princess ("whim-mu °l “m” m “with” of Wales (afterwards King Edward “cmrhm 13°" 69"" Md d* and Queen Alexandra) were becom- flamd» “w° 5" “smmg Gfimmy’ ing elderly, and it was only natural 5'19""- “d Drink" And ‘u "r u for them to delegate some of their bigh obligations to their sou sad I can see the greatest"of the three ggggigrilx: 123225;“ gzcfiiafi daughter-in-law. There is no doubt adding he would be prepared to set the example "so that no difference shall be made so far as his Majesty is concerned between, the treatment ofthe rich and tho poor in this question." Many members of both Houses of Parliament, ordinarily by no means of prohibitionist lean- ing, regretted that thsse assem- blages did not follow tho Royal ox- ample. It may be added that the gsni story quickly want round Iboudon after the Armistice, that almost the first action of the King after 11 o'clock on the morning of November 11. 191B, was to call for s. whisky and soda-a. double one! Royal War Activities- Tbroughout the war years, of course, Buckingham Palace was bereft pf all grout social ceremon- les. The King and Queen devoted themselves entirely to matters con- ceruod with the war. In this connec- tion, however, it is worth noticing that Queen Mary promptly resented the suggestion that she was husying herself with activities such as could be performed by others less highly placed. A story got into the papers that the Queen was “sswins shirts for soldiers." Her Majesty caused a prompt denial to be published, with the further intimation that she had matters of for wider mo- ment to engage her “ ntion- The stoppage of entertainment at the Palace naturally meant s. large saving to the King's Privy Purse. and in 1918 His Majesty accordingly made s gift of $500,000 to the Brit- ish Treasury. It was regarded as a suffering the concentrated guo of the multitude. With the death of Queen Vio- toria in 1901, their position untur- slly became oven more promin- ent. Succeeding to the title c! ‘l Prince and Princess of Wales, tho Royal couple and their growing family established themselves at Marlborough House, where the pro- vious Prince and Princess had, for a generation at least, been tho o!- sltod leaders of high society. Court Brlglusus Up. HE Court. on the secession of Ed- ward VII, shed the haunting ni. osphoro of gloom which bad sur- period of Victoria's reign following the death of her husband, the Prince Consort. No doubt the more. cheerful order of things ‘was entirely agree- able to the heir apparent and his. wife. Nevertheless, it was quickly observed that what used to bo known in the previous Prince of Wales’ day as the "Marlborouglf House set" ceased to exist when for Buckingham Palace. Tho now. Prince and Princess maintained u‘ far as possible their old standsrdl of inconspicuous domesticity. Tbo; Prince, however, in the first fowl months as heir apparent, oxpori-l enced s lively reminder of the stow of trouble which oven than was profiteers It is worth recalling that Mr. Stanley Baldwin gave to the British Treasury all his fortune, which might have been deemed to have been derived from profits made during the war-by the firm of which he was thou a member. thgnnighz»gzuglgzfgflzxfsflag; csllatlon of tbs Prince's visit. had existed M“, “Gem.” in w,“ However, the Prince of Wales did. d," time “m, 0-3,» (m 17“) “m, go to Berlin. and was received with tonnend, and in its plsco arose the W"? mm‘ °I h°'1°l'- A '1!" 9° Ho“, o: wind!“ an], n “m,” Vienna sud a visit to India woro stion was in fact long overdue, for mm" l" l“b°°il“°'"- YWII- b" m. crown.‘ conmcmm “m, H“, King Edward's personal activity in o", h“ can“ who“ View,“ attempting to smooth tho turbulent nlnandod the Thnmm By m“ political waters of the great Euro- Gaoraevs 0rd,,‘ “m mo” memb," pean’ powers rendered it. hardly of his family who mu hitherto ""8""? 101' his M to shy w! bu,“ Germ“ "ma. and mm n. prominent part in such delicate linquishad the some and in their "5""?!- stead assumed Brltislrtitlss. Own-elm] a, Hal-us‘ Apart from their memorable visit to the Domiuions in the first year of King Edward's reign, tho Priuoo and Princess of Wales won largely occupied with innumerable good works at home. Sir George Arthur, who knows as mucb about the personal characteristics of tho Royal family as any man, writes: "George, Prince of Wales, may have lacked his father's flair for foreign negotiations, chiefly because he was unscquslnted with the foreign princes and statesmen in whorl bonds were tho threads of Euro- pean policy. Except for s wook in Paris. largely dedicated to sight- seeing, his visits to tho continual had been almost entirely of on of- flciol character. . . . Tho smile of courteous greeting was less opt to broaden into tho smile of hoorw welcome. but his shrewd common- sonso and bis scuto sonso of boner mado tho part bo played of signal vsluo to his country." Following the dssth of Kill: lldwsrd in May, 1910, tho Court rigidly kopt tho order of mournfnl- King Goorgo and Quosn Mary vil- ftod no tbsotro sud sttondod no entertainment, Quosu Mom do- ito bsr pronounced dislike of b sck, suffered no person to ooao boforo hor unless so gal-bod. But when thou obsorvsucos to o grout monarch and s beloved fotbor bod boon duly fulfilled, tho Kins and Quoon. despite their own prom-ones for domestic llfo, restored to tbo Court its full color and activity. All tho um during tho few you-o of coupon vo tranquillity bofolo tbo Grout War which wsrs before not: gfsjssailos, was ‘offs-u o ow o u; an ooo 60114, curtain which was unacceptable to King Edward. who countered it with tho suggestion that the Prince of Walls‘ should visit Berlin for the Kaiscrl birthday. This evoked a speech‘ from the Imperial Chancellor which narrowly escaped bringing tho csu- riogos at tho Abbey ore con- cerned, my chief impression about them was of the homely manner in which the chief participants bore themselves. Queen Mary, I may rcspootfuly venture to sug- gest, is not given much to smil- lag in public. but as soon as her Majesty entered tho chsncol of tho vAbboy on tho day that her only daughter was married to Viscount Iascollss, the royal mother plainly showed s. joyous approval of what was happening. So it was when hor sous woro married. In regard to ststo openings of Parliament, tho comment has boon made that tho vory gorg- ousnsss of tho trappings and o rstbor obscquious dotall of some of the ceremonial rondor it all tho more difficult for tho King and Quosn to pus through tbo ordeal with o rsol dllnity. Tho robes of tho noon. the tioros and other jowels of tho pooroosos naturally make a brilliant show in tho Lords‘ Chamber but it oil looks rather tbsstrics . and this offoot is heightened by timings! rais- ing of tbo lights as v o ug and 0 Tho rays! proces- Gusrds and Boofootorl. is s plooo at pagoutrywitbout nus-goo- cn . Matt‘. ft sub- dued st tbo domains of Parliament than when they spoon before tho crowd undor loos florid cou- diuons. it would almost looms n if tho populace woro s frills l]! rounded it, throughout the long, King Edward left that msidonco‘ . cam of those oxoltod person were really in