Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-16
British Public Wonders if Edward
Will Try to Rule.
BE IS ONLY WANTED TO REIGN
If He Attempts AbsoIutism He
May Strike Trouble.
EFFECT OF KAISER'S VISIT
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON. Februry 6. 1901
son with the new reign!' The queen Is
buried Edward the Seventh reigns. signs
of mourning have disappeared. black smut
ters and funeral trappings have been taken
down. theaters have reopened. new signs OF
life show on every hand. ION with the
new reign!
It will be short one. but merry one.
1t is now known. l believe. beyond ques-
ton, that the king has cancer of the throat.
Seeing that his next brother. the Duke OF
| Saxe-Coburg- Gotha Edinburgh died Oh
this dread malady and his sister. the Ell
press Frederick. is also slowly succunolhs
to the same disease. it is not surprising II
the news that has leaked out despite the
secrecy maintained, be true.
It is stated that before he appeared at
the first privy council the kings throat
was sprayed in order that he might get
through his brief speech without failing
remember hearing him make an address
few wears ago and was surprised at the
time at his cultural and ndistinct tones.
So as | intirated last week, we will PROB
ably have a short reign. 1t will be lively
one, l believe. In his messages TO his Vari-
Gus subjects. published yesterday. the KEY
note of the kings utterances Is that ne Will
follow the footsteps of his mother AS
Prince of Wales he was ever scrupuious
not to identify himself with any poIticdi
party, and he always sat on the cross
benches in the house Of lords as leholiis
that IN, belonged to neither side. though IL
was well known that he always had lperat
tendencies What he will do now ana
whether he will make his opinions felt are
the questions that veX mems sous at
present. That changes will come is certain.
No doubt Lord Salisbury, who was seven
ty-one years old on Sunday last VIII Shor'
Nv resign. His successor Is almost SURE ~
he the Duke of Devonshire. who has always
| been a crony of the king. 1t was notice.
able that he has been the most favored OF
| all the peers during the short Two weeks
of the kings new power; AS la H. a. a ,r
| could without giving oTense TO the earn
| marshal the Duke of Norfolk, whose PRIV
| ileses are beyond the power OF monarch
| to usurp. the king has given the preference
| to the Duke of DevOnshire. 1t was ne VINO
| stood behind the kings chair at the prlVy
| council and who has been nearest him our
| ing the trying days OF the fuherai Vi ING
| queen. The Duke OF DeVonShiIe Careei -
| Well enough known in the United States 10
| need little recapitulatlon there.
The Dukes Career.
! 7, will he remembered that he was at
| +achad to Gladstone and left him with Jo-
senh chamberlain to found new party
the liberal unionsts on the Introduction oi
| tho first home rule bill for Ireland. his
| Uaison with the Duchess of Manchester
| who afterward became his wife, Is KNOWN
| too He has however, never MADE any
| particuIar mark in politics or other puplic
fields, and if he had not been born duke
| II is very probable that he would never
have been heard of beyond his own ciTcie.
| If he becomes prime minister he VIII De
| a door successor OF SALISBURY anu O
| stone. ,.o,,.
! The ladies of the late queens housenold
! have been given notice that thelr services
will not be required after SIX honths; Dia~
ing rooms and leveeS are 10 De tleiu a.
| night instead of day. as in Victoria tlme'
and the king has decided to make Buck
! ingham Palace his chief place of residence
, Friendiiness with Germany VIII also ~, De
| cardinal feature of the new reign Inc
| kaiser did not come here and display ms
filial affection and piety for nothing. ne
| hurried to his grandmother peuSiue
| doubtless from right motives ana mas sp1,t
| two weeks of his valuable time mere he
| has won the hearts of the English people
who only a few months ago We're ready
| To go to war with him. Some or the ao-
miration for him that Is newly sh9" itiS
| itself is genuine and some Is inspired ana
manufactured. The court chamberlain VINO
has studiously neglected the press during
| the funeral functions. took pains 10 sehu
around on Monday night to all newspaper
| offices elaborate details of what the Ger
! man emperor'S movements would be on
| Tuesday when he came to London from
| Windsor and left in the afternoon 10 &c
| aboard his Yacht down the Thames. People
along the route the kaiser drove We're asked
| to tv flags and otherwise demonstrate ano
the king was particular TO issue an ofoeI
| for all flags to be raised mast hlsh 4Ahd
loyal Britons cheered and greeted the KAISER
| dutifully from the time he entered London
10 his departure short time ago teeler
was put out by Germany IN the shape OF
rumor that that country had purchased an
Of or
| coal;pp station This created some excite
| ment in this country. whose trade routes
seemed threatened. and Germany quietly
dropped the project We need not De sur
| nr;sed now If in a short time the question
| of the purchase be revived. and gratitude
on the part of the nation sanction the deal
The kaiser has always known now To MAKE
hay while the sun shines, and there has
been great deal Oh SUNSHINE uoi'iS 'iie
past two weeks
Humorous Incident of the Visit.
The most humorous thing in connection
with this German eruption Of good feeling
is that the Duke of York has had an attack
of German measles. a subject that the dec
orous British press could not joke about, of
course 1t Is none the less funny, and may
occur to our cousins later on.
Among other coming changes there are
rumors that a marriage that the late queen
was not inclined to sanction Is likely to be
announced with the approval of the new
sovereign as soon as court etiquette Allows.
The names Of the interesting couple are
only whispered here and not printed. They
are given as the Duchess of Albany. Queen
Victoria's daughter-in-law. and Lord Rose
berry. The queens objection was due to her
disapproval Of second marriages being en-
tered into by royal ladies closely connected
with herself King Edward. on the other
hand, has no morbid scruples on the subject
of second marriages He has indeed. always
voted for the BILL yearly brought forward
permitting marriage with a deceased wife s
sister This is the bill that proves such a
stumbling block every year and that the
best Of friends quarrel over.
Though the opening Of parliament by the
king next week will necessarily be in semi
state owing to the mourning for the late
queen II will nevertheless be an imposing