The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-17
To MEET AT DEATHBED
King and Kaiser Likely to Have
Fresh Sorrow.
WILL EDWARD RULE?
ENGLAND IS WATCHING NEW
MONARCH CLOSELY.

London. Feb. 16.-"Our grandmother
is dead. Comfort my mother-Wii-
helm
This is the telegram Emperor Will
liam sent the empress a few minutes
after Queen Victorias death. It ex-
plains better than could columns of
German and English editorials the feel
ings which exist among the reigning
families of those countries. This close
tie may shortly bring about another
deathbed meeting of King Edward and
mis- imperial nephew. English court
rumOr gives Empress Frederick but
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 con-
slider the Berlin celebrations when he
went in haste to Osborne. Thus, once
more the two rulers who are riVetlng
the attention Of the world may he
brought together under circumstances
in which human emotions have the
strongest place. That meeting, apart
from its sad domestic cause, must have
an important moral effect both IN
Great Britain and Germany and the
rest of the world.
The feeling Of Germany on the sub
iect of Emperor Williams DrO-English
tendencies, known throughout the
world, thanks to the antagOniStic COM
ments of portions of its press, finds it's
counterpart IN England, though it is
not so fuIl.- developed or freely eX-
pressed.
Is King to Be Gar?
Now that the emperor has gone,
many people are asking: Is the king
going to follow Emperor Williams eX-
ample and be an emperor in the true
sense of the word ?''
The recent kingly functions, with all
the outward signs of power, have made
Britain realize for the first time IN
many years that it 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 all confidence in his tact and
common sense. But the sudden res
! tOratiOn of mOnaPchial splendOr and
/ power and the keen sympathy between
I the German emperor and King Edward
make many loyal subjects anxious
about the future.
The first sign of this is the sugges-
/ ton of an increase of the kings in
come. Henry Labouchere and many
! others have no hesitation in openly
( opposing it. Reference is frequently
made to the small incomes of the pres
/ idents of the United States and France.
] There is little doubt that parliament
4 will grant larger supplies; but this &C
/ ton will not serve to reconcile the
country to its new condition.
THE English people" bluntly says
! this weeks Today, would not tolerate
a, king who sought to rule as well as
reign
Queer Rites in Parliament.
To those who have only read the
! king EsItterssaaa md 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 common
/ wealth times escape notice. Before
members Of the house of commons
! were called to the house Of lords Thurs
day the clerk of the house mumbled
+ a bill for the better preventing of GER
4 tain clandestine OutlawrieS. This bill
was invariably read for hundreds of
/ years before a kings speech was heard,
! in order to assert the right of both
J houses to transact business without
/ reference to any authority but its own
/ organization.
/ The court is watched with keen in
! terest. No one desires the king to for
! get old faNOr1teS, yet there Is a clearly
! expressed wish that some of these be
not rewarded with official positions.
/ The appointment of Sir Francis Knoll
/ legs, (who was secretary to the, king
/ while the latter was Prince of Wales)
( to be secretary to his majesty meets
with universal approval. Sir Francis
/ is the son of the kings former tutor.
| They were playfellOws 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
I for yachting.
Forecast for Parliament
! The present session of parliament
+ promises to be confined chiefly to army
and Irish affairs, though the kings in
come and improvements in the condi-
| ton of the poor may take up some
| time.
The war in South Africa has been
J talked threadbare. The determination
of the government not to alter in the
slightest degree its attitude toward