New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-17

and no Scotch Peer, such has seat in the House
ST Lords. A good many of both are, in fact, NOM
bers of that Assembly, but they get there in one oil
two ways. First, they may be elected. From ocot-
land sixteen so-called representative Peers aro
eected. and from Ireland twenty-eight. But Ia
both the Tories have monopoly OF the power
of election, and no Liberal has chance anu when
q Liberal Government is in power the oaiahco 10
slightly redressed by conferring--and TINS Ia 'ne
second way-a British PeeraSe OF Two upoh eii'"0'
Scotch or Irish mob es. One lrishheh anu '"o
Scotchmen have thus opened 10 them tie gates VI
what our Liberal organ above named denomlha'es
n very questionable paradise. The Earl Of Howth
IL the Ir,shman like all Irshmen, of most ancient
family for though he is only the fourth Earl he is
the thirteth Baron Howth and the family has lived
ON the same estate for six centuries at least or per-
baps seven for it dates its possession of the landaDd
title from the twelfth century, when Sir Armonicus
Tristan won them by the sword, and so became what
Mr.. Healy in his graceful way, calls land thief The
Marquis of Tweeddale. though of less antiquity, is
the tenth holder of the title and descends from
Baron Hay, who goes back to 14SS. II is not TO he
expected that Scotchman or anybody else, should
compete with an Irishman in remoteness of ances-
try. For Scotchman. the Marquis of Tweeddale is
of most honorable medisevalism.
So is Lord Reay, who, though inferior
alike in rank and antiquity of title
to his brother Scot is by far the most nota-
BILE of the six new creations His must be
familiar TO the financial public in America of
the English Commissioners to the International Mon
etary Conference at Paris Mr.. Evarts will tell you
what opinion he and his colleagues there formed of
Lord Reay's abilities and knowledge There was
a Scotch Baron Reay as long ago as 1923, and the
peerage, by some process of intermarriage too
plicated to unravel. is both Dutch and Scotch.
Lord Reay is the eleventh baron. His father and
grandfather were barons of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, and the tenth baron member of
the States General of Holland, vicepresident of the
Council of State and Minister of State The present
Lord Reay born at The Hague in 1889
Che is a barOnet of Nova Scotia also), has
been att che at the Dutch Legation in London, and
If l recollect rightly, had afterward place about
the Court at The Hague. and served in other posi-
tions of honor. He is, at any rate, a man with a
kind of knowledge very rare in England. He was
trained on the Continent, and has the accomplish
ments more common there than here: an intimate
acquaintance with the politics and politicians of
Europe; with diplomacy and diplomatists speaks
at least four languages fiuenty: knows accurately
what he knows, and is a student of social politics.
Though a Scotch Peer and naturalized English
man, he was absolutely shut out from English
public life until now that Mr.. Glad
stone opens to him the door of the House
of Lords. This 1 believe to be a recognition
of Lord Reay's personal merits, and in expectation
of real services he capable of rendering by becom
ing as he does, q member of that Liberal minority
which, if the Upper Chamber is to continue to exist.
is greatly in need of rernforcements Since Lord
Reays accession to his fathers title he has lived in
London, where he has become widely known and
liked. Lord Saisburys recent escapade has put
Liberals so much out of temper with the House of
Lords that they admit reluctantly even its merits,
and offer but cold welcome to its most deserving
recruits. 1t would be mistake, says our churl-
ish friend who speaks for Dissenting Liberalism,
to waste upon the Upper Chamber men who are
capable of doing good work elsewhere. Perhaps it
would be, and perhaps it is also mistake not to
recognize moro civilly the accession to that Cham
Der of an able man who can do good work there and
who is prevented by circumstances from doing it
elsewhere. O. W. S.