Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
They Fear the Questions That Will Be Put
to Them on Monday by the Parlia-
mentary Radicals,
TEE COUPLE BARRED FROM LONDON SOCIETY
rBY CABLE ToTHE DIsPArcH.l

lBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.1
LONDON, June 13.-The Prince of Wales
has not allowed any feeling of regret for
the ruin of one of his oldest friends to in
terfere with his personal pleasures. The
Ascot races were inaugurated on Tuesday
In the customary manner by State pro-
cession from Windsor. The Prince was pre-
ceded by ''the whips and yeoman prickers"
in handsome green and scarlet uniforms,
and escorted by Lord Coventry, Master of
the Buckhounds. He was accompanied by
his wife and daughters, gorgeously clad, and
q crowd of royal relatives and many
friends" who, undeterred by the fate of
Sir William Gordon-Cumming, basked in
the sunshine of the royal presence.
1t has been said that the Prince feels
keenly Sir Williams fall from grace, but
he concealed his emotions wonderfully well
during the four days at Ascot, during which
he was on public view four hours or more
daily. He even plucked up heart to do a
little betting, and although luck was
against him, as it usually is on the turf, he
met ill-fortune with a smiling face. On
Wednesday afternoon the Prince and Duke of
ID
gether in the royal enclosure for several
hours, and privileged observers, who noted
the hilarious spirits of the royal relatives,
must to-day be struck by the fact that the
order dismissing Lieutenant Colonel Sir
William Gordon Cumming from the army is
dated Wednesday. 1t must therefore have
been countersigned by the Duke just before
his merry meeting with the Price of Wales
The Princes Real Feelings.
But perhaps it would be uncharitable to
suggest that the merriment was in any way
connected with the act that has set the seal
on the Baronet's disgrace. The Prince of
Wales is known to be an industrious reader
of the newspapers. If, therefore, he should
have anv human feeling in his royal breast,
his demeanor in the privacy of his home
must have contrasted sharply with the Gym
ical selfshness of his manner in public
This week the newspapers have teemed with
biting criticisms of his conduct and col
umns have been filed with resolutions of
censure passed by church conferences and
public bodies.
The thing which seems to have struck the
popular imagination is that which one re-
ligious newspaper bluntly and fairly de-
scribes as the Princes ''brutal callousness -
The feeling is universal that while the fate
of his old friend was trembling in the bal
ance he should have remained in court, or
at least have stayed at home, and that after
ward, when his gambling habits were being
denounced in the newspapers and from pull
pits and platforms, he should have refrained
from attending the races and betting in
public.
The Tories Are Anxious.
A Cabinet council was held this morning
to consider what course shall be taken by
the Government on Monday, when several
awkward questions will be put to the min
listers on the subject of this scandal The
Government desired to burke the matter,
and approached the Liberal leaders with a
proposal to save the unpleasantness to the
Queen which would be caused by dis
cussion of her sons conduct in Parliament
1t soon became evident that even should he
do so, Mr. Gladstone wouldn't be able to
muzzle some of his radical followers, and
the question will have to be answered. The
SpeakerEhas done his best, by removing from
the order book some questions which he de-
clared to be unwarrantably offensive to the
Crown.
He has struck out the Princes name from
every question, and has expressed his in
tention of checking the use of disrespect-
ful language IN the debate which is ex-
pected to take place on Monday upon the
radical motion for adjournment of the
House. Two questions will be put to the
Secretary of State for War Mr. Summers
will ask whether "the Government has
taken OF intends to take any action with
regard to the person or persons who, in the
case of Sir William Gordon-C Cumming VS..
Wilson and others, were alleged to have
broken or to have been parties to breach
of the regulation of Her Majesty's army. -
The Questions for Parliament.
These regulations provide that every
commissioned officer whose character or
conduct as an officer or gentleman has been
publicly impugned, must submit the case
within a reasonable time to his command
ing officer or other competent military su-
thOrity for investigation. Mr.. Cobb
will, at the same time, ask Mr.. Stanhope
whether, as the civil action is now over,
be can state whether it is intended to hold
any court Of inquiry into the conduct Of the
three officers, who in September last at
Tranby Croft signed paper, the object of
which was to allow Lieutenant Colonel Sir
william q. Cumming to remain an officer
in Her Maiesty's army, although they be-
lieveJ him to have cheated at cards"
The officers referred to are Of course the
field marshal, the Prince Of Wales, Major
General Oxcn Williams and Lieutenant
Berkeley Levett. it may be reasonably
assumed that nothing will be done in the
direction suggessed. Doubtless good deal
Of laughter, in which the commander in
chief snd the field marshal INDUCED in at