Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-17

THE SUDDEN RESURRECTION OF
M0NARCHICAL~ SPLENDOR, SETS
ENGLISHMEN THINKING.
THE FASHION IN MoUsTAcHEs
HAS UNDERGONE A REMARKABLE
CHANGE SINCE EMPEROR WILL
LIAM'S VISIT.

LIAM'S VISIT.
LONDON, February 16.-"Our grand
mother is dead. Comfort my mother
Wilhelm" This is the telegram En-
peror William sent the Empress a few
minutes after Queen Victoria's death.
Ic explains better than could columns
of German and English editorials the
feelings which exist among the reign
ing families of those countries. This
close tie may shortly bring about an
other deathbed meeting of King Ed
ward and his imperial nephew. Eng
lish court gives Empress Fred
erick but a short lease of life, and
King Edward will no more allow his
new duties to interfere with his desire
TO be at her bedside than did Emperor
William consider the Berlin ~celebra-
tons when he went in haste to Os-
borne. Thus, once more, the two rul-
ers who are riveting the attention of
the world may be brought together I'M
der circumstances in which human
emotions have the strongest play. That
meeting. apart from
It's Sad Domestic Cause,
Is bound to have an important moral
effect both in Great Britain and Ger
many and the rest of the world. The
feeling OF Germany on the subject of
Emperor Williams pro-English tend
encies, known throughout the world,
thanks to the anragonistic comments
OF portions of its press, finds its coun-
terpart in England, though it is not SO
fully developed or freely expressed.
Now that the Emperor has gone, many
people are asking: rs the King going
to follow Emperor Williams example
and he an Emperor in the true sense
of the word?"
Inc recent kingly functions, with all the
outward signs Of power, have made Great
britain realize for the first time in many
years that 1t is still a country under a
monarchy. indeed, several papers are
urging the king to exert pressure on the
ministers TO eradicate the abuses in the
army and push the war in South Africa.
Many persons are seriously bordering on
whether King Edward
Is Going to Rule or Reign.
There is ss.h confidence in his tact and
common Sense. But, the sudden restora-
ton ofymonarchial splendor and power
and TIE keen sympathy between the Ger
man emperor and King Edward make
many loyal subjects anxious about the
futufe. The first sign of this is the sug-
ges7ion of an Increase of the Kings in
cohe. Mr.. Harry Labouchere and many
Others have no hesitancy in openly oppos-
itg it. Reference is frequently made to
fhe small incomes of the Presidents of the
UNITED States and France. There is little
doubt that Parliament will grant larger
supplies; but, this action will not serve
to reconcile the country to its new condi-
ions. The English people" bluntly says
this weeks To-day, would not tolerate a
king who sought to rule as well as reign
To those who nave only read the kings
u~tterances and have not seen the recent
functions the cause for any such remark
Is hidden. The functions
Attending the New Reign
have been so spectacular that the quaint
rights of the people handed down from
commonwealth times escaped notice.
Before the members of the House of
Commons were called to the House of
Lords Thursday, the clerk of the House
mumbled a bill for the better preventing
of certain ~clandestine o~utlawries. This
bill was invariably read for hundreds of
years before a kings speech was heard,
in order to assert the right of both houses
20 transact business without any author
lty but its own organization.
The court is watched with keen interest.
No one desires the king to forget old
favorites. yet there is a clearly expressed
wish that some of these be not rewarded
with official positions. The appointment
of Sir Francis Knollys (who was secre-
tary to the king while the latter was
Prince of Wales) to be secretary of His
Majesty
Meets Universal Approval
ana Is taken as a good omen. Sir Fran
CTS Is the son of the kings former tutor.
They were playfellows together.
S~andringham is likely to be to the king
and queen what Osborne was to Queen
Victoria. Barracks will shortly be erected
at this royal residence, so long connected
with the name of the Prince of Wales,
where household troops will be accommo
dated. Osborne, however, will not be ne
elected, for the king intends to make it
bis headquarters when gratifying his keen
taste for yachting.
A humorous result of the British Ger
Elan entente is evident in the NOUS
taches of the inhabitants of the West
End OF London. That upward and out
ward twist so associated with Emperor
Wlllam's moustache has been extensively
soopted, especially by those having pre-
tensions to military appearance. Inter-