The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-30

his brow.
England's grievance is that the re-
sultans of her social and business exigen-
cies is forcing her into position where
she is not prospecting in material sense.
England has always found her theories
profitable. She made money when she
sought protection; she made money
when she changed to free trade; she
made money when she gave India its So
called civilization as O rule she has al
ways turned a penny as colonizer.
One might say that momentum has
done much for the British nation. In
times Of long-continued peril like the
Napoloenic wars no one leader has held
the power. At the Crimea, politicians
were the towards and the generals the
fools, but the nation brushed ahead
somehow as it usually does; but now
with trade less profitable and colonlzing
dull, the expensive trappings Of royalty
become burden. The queen gets along
OH $725 900 o year, besides $45. 900 for
contingencies, and the use OF several cas-
ties with their perquisites. The prince
and princess of Wales enjoy $3.50, 900 u
year and two palaces and certain COM
Portable immunity from debt. The three
younger sons draw 1926, 900 apiece from
the treasury, the crown princess OF Prus-
STA $4,000, and Princess Helena and
Princess Louise $40, 900 more apiece an
nually. When the bishops give way be.
fore the demand for the deceased
wife's" bill and Beatrice marries, there
will be another parliamentary dover
granted. In year or two the prince Of
Wales children will begin to come OF
age and will receive incomes from the
state. The queens idea has always been
that reigning family should De large
and wealthy, and success has attended
her efforts III both of these directions.
BY coming her widowhood, as il were,
she has managed to escape the expenses
of brilliant court, and her income from
private funds put away for rainy day is
about S1,775, 900, which added to her
annuities, not counting the revenues
from the royal estates, swells the amount
to S2.5OO, 900 per year.
When times were prosperous such fig
ures were rather the pride of the British,
but now the common laborer and
agiiculturist are in distress, capital goes
begging for work; while the number Of
the unwillingly unemployed poor was
never so large as to-day, although the
ranks of this class are being hourly
drawn upon for immigration purposes.
That revolution or perhaps one might
say an evolution OF sentiment is deplye
working among the people is not to be
wondered at. 1t is only comparatively
recently that royal pensions have met
with adverse remark in parliament. 1t
is curious phenomenon in politics that
the very Epglishmen who are the ioudest
in their demands for more freedom, smile
at the idea of anything like republic.
and if English history means anything,
it is certain that while Anglican liberty
continues to 'broaden down from pre-.
cedent to precedent" there is really no
more prospect of the formal abolition of
royalty oyer there than there was a CEN
fury ago. Young Englishmen are seek
ing nest.eggs with us not because they
fear the destitution OF the home poultry
yard, but because they think they can
raise more chickens to the 50 uare inch
in this land.-Spring6eld Republican.