New-York tribune., 1900-05-30
THE QUEENS INFLUENCE.
vICTORIA'S KNOWLEDGE OF MEN AND
HER POWER OF SwAYING THEM
SHE ADVOCATED SOUTH AZ
RICAN FEDERATION
IN 1850.

William T. Stead. IN the June Cosmopolitan
The Queen reigns but does NOT rule Consttsn-
sovereignty 70 minimum For two hundred years
no British monarch has vertured % refuse 20 ae-
law as the n1sa1es+ ~ bs- -,hiac+s sbs csnn5- r.
On the advice OF the Home Secretary she can ex-
Home Secretary must approve even this lingering
remnant OF royal power Is more OF shadow than
a substance Everything Is done IN her name out
the whole authority nominaly vested tr the Crown
5eay M aF oy T@ IN once @ &
TO day upon the support Of majority OF the House
These constitutional truisrns lead many people
she IS pberefnas 5f a nc e aSront They could not
make greater mistake. The Queen mas no power
igence owing to tha opporfunty which her position
even coercing her Ministers 20 adopt her view OF
& question Owing 70 her unique eXperIenee nsT
anairs Of state, Queen Victoria IS prooaoIy more
either be- Prime WntstAr or her Colonial Secretary
She has become the balance wheel OF the Constitution
personal qualities and the use has made OF her
she is snccsea5 bT- the Prirc = Of Wales g-safsr
change will be made in the working of the Iulperia.
power from the Unionists 70 the Home Rulers Even
If the prince had ten zines ais natural capaciry-
which is small although II is unfortunately some
what obscured by lack OF fxity OF resolution he
would not inherit his mothers position when hs
~, NJ oc ttT I t5, 1 - a,,- ,r7s5 Lsva -.
Queen Victoria the living nerve centre OF the Brit
ent monarch. They form permanent part OF tho
appanage Of the British Crown
EDITING IMPORTANT DISPATCHES
Her Majesty. far from being mere Law agurs
mother of a large family has taken a rEr closer.
of her Empire than any OF her Ministers. Unrn her
eyesight began TO fai she never aIoWea an IIgoT
Ambassador until she had read IL and, II need pa
Americans have good reason 70 remember Tits
had M iUSI sd m
language OF the dispatch about the Trent affair the
have been plunged into But that was by no
means the only occasion on which ner SUPERVISOR m
avert war In 1863 Lord Russell and Lord Palmer
rSRg on @GpG IN defenee of benar # the queen had
not compelled them 70 take back tner warihs dis, Is
saw the only right course TO adopt, both for
eyesght had remained good as II few
years ago she wQqq Pr9]sa9y ] pave Se ws gas
precipitared by dispatch in which Mr. Chamber
quently declared intended make concessions
sucisnt 0 20 SECURE peace Inc queen s OF 2o 7so er
No one could take a serious view OF the
one be more careful TO ascertain az frst hand the
is vehement special pleader, tenacious IN arst-
capable OF a freedom OF expression which some
times Jars upon sensitive nerves OF the
her well tFrinsa a. Nfrisrar ~ or % roesSeneer boV +
| is all one 70 her She speaks her mind straight
out. and II their burn IT is well they should
be told the truth sometimes From which Il may
: be inferred that on occasion Queen Victoria IS
capable OF en1ulating the frank speech OF good
! ever, than 20 imagine that Her Maiesty's plain
speaking has not behind il solid backing OF de-
! tailed information and intense conviction
| THE QUEENS FORESIGHT,
! The present dePlorable war in South Africa the
eleventh hour but by the sa agacioGs provision with
which. in 1854 she had enerseticaIy supported Sir
South Africa In that year the Volksraad OF the
Orange Free State had passed resolution in favor
communicating this resolution 10 the Cape Parta-
Sir George Grey then Governor OF the Cape
Eeconnenaed tnaI the opportunity should oe seized
: Dutch and English colonies in South Africa For
thIs state5I1anIlAe proposaI ne was casniered oy
the Iory Government OF the day against rne We
hement and passionate rernOnstrances OF the Queen
The moment the Tory Government fell. she se
i ton But II late Sir George Grey. speak
/ ing many years afterward the part which the
/ queen played IN that memorable crisis paid the
following public tribute the far sighted. states
| manlike sagacity the Queen He said:
Africa had arranged fedora ton OF the different
States there all having agreed into IT except
! one; but the plan regarded with dsfavOr both
by the Ministry and the Opposition OF the day in
( England, and the consequence was that was
/ summariy dismissed. One person in the Empire
held that 7 was right in the action taken and that
person was the queen Upon her representation
Prince Consort held that il was necessary 70 pre-
| adventurous and expArience had shown 1that IRE
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people that question than did the Ministers OF
/ the day The Queen held rightly that the energies
| instinct moved. so long as no wrong was done 10
| other people
way the federation OF South Africa would have
| long ago created stable and pacific Angio-Dutch
| by her Ministers. Federation was rendered I'm
possible with results which we are witnessing to-