The sun., 1901-02-24
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Z. t..p~r. tho on. drtstuir 1'inn ~ R"' NJ"
.s ..I' - ~ tho sugtrsn"n'' going. 'hH
s..f, rn.sors ~ arrogance which were
tr .rT obvious rhstao'sri-'irs ~ M"
r-iu.s ~ wsIea nto tho qualities most ar
~. ,.,I H., toudorefs I'm his public ap-
t.,,sn.as1 1s rilios sovereign 'hnrs have bsen
-. -rs'iors that hn Ia other Than genial
M. = ~ ANT man ~ the world
,s' 'hc pteaence ~ kins and ME court
,hol' tho napitsl ~ ths British Empire hrngs
an atmosphere ~ vet undoubtedly srnns"
Il. vsrv - rtar- w which their movemsna
arc accorded Suggest more the times q
rorv -Diarv or rh1oksrtv's Four Georges
than any ss1uel IN 'hs rrirn ~ Queen Nlo-
tor.h
Ih's we.k he vsnt In person N Parliament
to read The King. speerh q poliucf doc-
ursnt drafted Tor him nv the Cabinet ~ tho
p,r'v In power for ne time h~'ng lie road
1, vi'h sase and assurance. In the rather
noticeahlv cultural sccrn's that rcmain IN
marx his German extraction. notwith standing
v.srs of speech making at loyal social gather
Lss ~ Engl.hnen n he had share In
choosing the subject matter NJ tho speech
which he had not vou may depend upon II
hs would have folio we'd tho lin" of least re-
s.'ance and have got the Duke Of Dsvonshir-
~ set down something safe and statesman.
liz, ~, imperial nephew of Germany. TO
whom all Engishmen take their hats OF now.
started his reign with an International com
mission on labor and was humored nv other
Powers which sent learned professors Of
economies as delegates TO B.rlin 1'sunder-
stood that the most important outcome OF
thi. gathering 10 that william himself con
oeies now 'hatths millennium IA not one Of the
many things that he can command into his
irnm.diate imperial pressnos King Edward
10 Of neither the age nor tho temperament TO
tess time by the forelock. but neither. II IL
certain. will he stand In the way OF events
anywhere
II is toIersbiy certain that events will NOT
deal hardly with his person or his ofice In the
ner, few years, whatever may befsll his
country There we're times when pro-
lon..d ordeal OF reverssa. expenditure. and
disappointment would have provoked popu-
lar resentment against monarchy. from an
instinct of venting wrath the nearest
canspicuous obiect that served no apparent
use BIT the British democracv has out
rorn that stage Mer" ico1o"lasm 10 no
onrAr a pooul " bait with d~mesosu~
The stump orators who not many years ago
rolled N their objurgatons against all things
thai are TO herds OF enthusiastic grounding
arc now nearly extinct from lack of APPROX
Ing bearer. In HYDE Park where onoe the
police and the crowds used 10 como 70 blows
over the right OF free speech on sundaya
the revolutionl-ts now saw the air In vain.
ant know the police only TO demand their
protec, ion against occasional clods OF tuf.
the tributes Of unconv inced wayfarsra IT
IL not otherwise among the thinking secSlons
OF society. The bitterly hostile theories and
of mt
thrones century ago have no part In the
present political philosophy Of Great Britain
What Edward Card stated In his recent
article in THE sun. summarizing the history
OF philosophy In tho nineteenth century.
seems to apply with remarkable eIactness
to the attitude OF En9lishmen TO thor form OF
government. He said that the two leading
tendencies OF the century In philosophy
we're q the idea Of organic unity and ~ the
idea Of development. The fret OF these Is
arpreciated by hve-sixths Of the elector ate.
and explains the confirmation In power OF
fagrantly muddle- headed Government II Is
the idea Of organic unity that has 30 forced
enthusiasm for the colonies and the Empire.
In. unity would not be furthered by asking
tho colonies to take sides In the party politics
o; Great Britain: but It Ia furthered by one
Imperial ON mbem. the crown; and thus 1t Is
from more and not fewer voices that tho
patriotic Englishman expects 20 hear God
Save the King" as years pass on.
In This sense and to this extent Mr. Arthur
Balfours utteranoe about the Increasing
power Of the Crown stands good. II Is oorn-
Ing 70 mean the symbol FOR the collective ma
tona interests Of the various branches of
the Empire. and no other symbol Ia yet ap-
parent that brings with 1t tho same force OF
continent. Tho idea OF development may
be FASTENED or retarded as the lessons are
learned from the rest Of the world; but II Is
not in the present visible perspective that
King Edward Wis head need sleep nneaNly
from wearing crown. All his coutuers may
tell him with perfect candor that the principle
Of monarchy has never been more generally
popular than in his kingdom to-day
The personal authority in constitutional
government has no place whatever In party
politics or legislation. That is an absolute
Ind di4putable certainty. But there are -tii
spheres in which the sovcreign's influence. II
cysrri4ed Is a very important factor In tho
I!e ~ the country. They are the CIVIL List
tie army and the church.
The personal expenditure Of the occupant
~ 'Ne throne, tho members Of the royal fafn-
fy ana rha o,lo-rs and ladies OF the royal
household l. secured by Parliament voting
wha' - called the Civil List. II has no relation
{ '.e votes for national military purposes
o-.g the Crown was a large owner OF private
lsGInI propartv. cnieay through the for-
:a.rsre Of tho estates ~ rebellious subjects
rug 'he .e.zurc q church lands during the
ret-. s.frii"s 81 the Tuiors and Stuars
I.nr" i sowing drawn from the gr"'t
tr.,- ". Elizabeth. Anne and Victoria, that
'"H.u women reign. men rule, whom men
,....,. women rule u is some indorse-
'.'' ul tim, that during the rciCn OF tae
l,.'.'- 'to personal possessions oi the
I-."' hardly rrospored h"t'er tnAn In ~"
r-.. ...- dtv- ui Charles II and James II.
!. ,t,." 20 re n question Of committing this
r....r... rv'ol ''r ar"u"d 70 hc disspaied
,...... ,.in O. I.rI Iuroi.c money, 'Hs
.Ir. n,Dp"I'y concerned being admin
Ys.l.I ry q ,,n~"rrmruf department
'..r." III WIS IL" first sovereign 70 sur
t....l Uia .!'e in''-t,' o. IA" ,rosn lands
..'a ...'ion. rI ro'.rn for which hc received
r.. ,.yil lf-' of I-.r1lp Subsequently