Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-24
Asked King and Kaiser to Preserve
Peace,
EDWARD AND SALISBURY.
Their Relations said 10 be Very
Much strained Marquis Not at
Decentralization Speech.

New York, Jan. PA dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from London
says:
In her last lucid rally before dealt
the queen summoned the Prince OF
Wales and the kaiser to her bedside
and besought them, as they loved her
TO avoid war and maintain peace.
The prince and kaiser knelt and
swore TO do all In their power 10 reign
in peace never TO allow England and
Germany to clash and 70 endeavor TO
induce all other nations 70 do likewise
KINGS ACCESSION SPEECH.
London. Jan. 24.-Followlng is the fun
text Of King Edward Wis speech Of
accession 20 the throne.
Your Royal Highness, Lords ana
Gentlemen
This is the most painful occasion on
which / shall ever be called upon TO
address you. My first and melancholy
duty Is TO announce 10 you the death
OF my beloved mother. the queen. and
! know how deeply you and the whole
nation, and. ] think ! may say. the
whole world sympathize with me In
the irreparable loss We have all sus-
tanned.
81 need hardly say that my constant
endeayor will be always to walk In her
footsteps.
In undertaking the heavy load which
now deyolves upon me / am fully de-
termined 10 be a constitutional SOW
ereign In the strlctest sense Of the
word. and so long as there is a breath
IN my body. 20 work for the good ana
amelioration Of my people.
81 have resolved 20 be known by the
name Of Edward. which has been borne
by six OF my ancestors. In doing so |
do not undervalue the name Of Albert,
which I inherit from my ever.to-be-la-
mented. the great and wise father. who
by universal consent, is. ! think. de-
scrveily known bv the name Of Albert
the Good, and I desire that his name
should stand alone.
ON conclusion. 7 trust 20 parliament
and 10 the nation 20 support me In the
arduous duties which now devolve up-
on me by inheritance. and 20 which I
am determined 70 devote my whole
strength during the remainder OF my
life"
KING AND LORD SALISBURY.
New York, Jan. PA dispatch to the
World from London says:
Prime Minister Salisbury's absence
from Osborne house during the queens
last moments has not been publicly
explained and causes widespread spe.
culation, especially In court and po-
litical circles.
According to information that has
reached your correspondent through a
sure channel. Lord Salisbury remained
away owing 10 the strained personal
relations between him and the present
king.
The Times. In an editorial on the
new king partly affords a clue TO the
mystery where IL says
I'VE shall not pretend that there Is
nothing in his lengthy career which
those who respect and admire him
could not wish otherwise"
These warning words are said 20 re-
fer not 20 the MOrdaunt case OF thirty
years ago. nor even TO the Tranby
Croft scandal. but 20 a more recent
episode concerning which the Marquis
Of Salisbury, on behalf OF the queen,
read the Prince Of Wales severe lee
ture. which accounts for their now re-
ported unfriendly relations.
The serious aspect Of this matter is
that under such a condition OF things
Lord Sallsbury's tenure OF the premier
ship cannot endure long and then the
unionist government viii go to pieces
PATRONAGE OF THE NEW KING
New York, Jan. PA dispatch TO
the World from London SAYS
The new king although called 10 one
OF the highest earthly places has little
real power. He win choose his own
personal attendants. but no public Of
feers At Queen Nictorias accession
the entire public service was controlled
by the spoila system. An the offices
at home, In the diplomatic and con-
sular service and In Great Britaln's
colonies were within the gift Of the ruiz
ing political power IN London. In 1884
the new civil service reform act changed
all this. Now only the responsible
chiefs OF departments and their few
confidential assistants are removable
at the pleasure OF the King and his
ministers.
Neither new king nor n new prime
minister can disturb the tenure OF the
great army Of British Office holders.
numbering probably, Including india
and the colonies, at least 100000 men.