The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-26

mother is dead Comfort my mother.
''WILHELM.'
This is the telegram Emperor Will
liam sent the Empress Few minutes
after Queen Victoria's death. it ex-
German and English eoitorIais 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 rumor 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 ceiebra-
tons when he went in haste to Osborn.
EnuS once more the two rulers who
are riveting the attention or the world
may De brought together under CIR
cunStanceS in which human emotions
nave the strongest place. Inat meet
Ing, apart from its sad domestic cause,
must nave an important moral effect
both in Great Britain and Germany
and the rest of the world. The feeling
OF Germany on the subject of Emperor
Williams pro-EnglSn tendencies,
known throughout the world, thanks
TO the antagu1liStic comments OF por-
tions otsits press, finds its counterpart
in England, though it is not SO tuily
developed or freely expressed. NOW
that the Emperor has gone, many peo-
pie are asking: rs the King going to
Hollow Emperor Williams example and
| be an Emperor in the true sense Of
the word %
The recent kingly functions, with all
| the outward signs OF power, nave
made Great Britain realize for the
| first time in many years that 1t is still
country under a monarchy. Indeed,
several papers are urging tie King to
exert pressure on the Ministers to
eradicate the abuses in the army anu
push the war in South Africa Many
persons are seriously pondering on
! whether King Edward is going TO rule
or reign. There is all confidence in his
! tact and common sense. But the sud
den restoration of monarchiai spien-
dor and power and the keen sympathy
| between the German Emperor and
King Edward make many loyal sub
jects anxious about the future. The
first sign of this is the suggestion of
an increase of the Kings income.
Henry Labouchere and many others
| have no hesitation in openly opposing
it. Reference is frequently made to
the small incomes Df che Presidents of
the United States and France There
grant larger supplies; but this action
4 will not serve to reconcile the country
| to it's new condition.
The English people, bluntly says
this weeks Today, would not tolerate
a King who sought to rule as well as
reign"
To those who have only read the
Kings utterances 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 Com
monwealth times have escaped notice.
Before members of the House or Com
mons were called to the House of
Lords on Thursday the clerk of the
House mumbled bill for the better
preventing of certain clandeStine out
lawries. This bill was invarialy read
for hundreds of years before Kings
speech was heard, in order to assert
the right of both houses to transact
business without reference to any au-
thority but its own organization.
The court is watched with keen in
terest. No one desires the King to
forget his old favorites, yet there is a
clearly expressed wish that some of
these be not rewarded with official po-
sitions. The appointment of Sir Fran
els hnolleys (who was secretary to
the King while the latter was Prince
lof Wales) to be secretary TO his Ma
jesty meets with universal approval.
Sir Francis is the son of the King
former tutor. They We're playfellows
i together.
Sandringham is likely to be to the
King and Queen what Osborne was to
Queen Victoria. Barracks will shortly
be erected at this royal residence,
also long connected with the name of
), the Prince of Wales, where household
| troops Will be accommodated Osborne
however. will not be neglected. for the
King intends to make it his headquar-
ters when gratifying his keen taste fol-
! yachting.
: humorous result or the British
German entente" is evident in the
mustaches OF the inhabitants rof the
West End of London. That upward
and outward twist so associated with
Emperor Williams mustache has beer
extensively adopted, especially by
those having pretensions to military
appearances. Interviews with Wes
End BARRIERS reveal the trouble they
, are encountering in transforming life
lorg droops into upward curls.
The present session of Parliamen
promises to be confined chiefly to army
and Irish affairs, though the King:
: income and improvements in the con
dition of the poor may take up son'
e time.
The war in South Africa has beer
] talked threadbare. The determination
of the Government not to alter IN th'