Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-27
FEAR Of. CHURCHILL
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Tories Regard His Allegiance as a
Doubtful Acquisition.
VERY MUCH LIKE his FATHER
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King Edward disposed to Snub
Some Old Friends.
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
LONDON, May 10. 1901.
The tories fear that the brilliant Young
Churchill" whom they welcomed SO warm
ly when he made his first appearance in
the house of commons, will prove to be
thorn in their side and act the part of can
did friend. His friends were plainly dis
turbed and offended at his attack on Mon
day night on the new army bill They re-
member that his father led the then newly
formed fourth party"
The young man took his stand upon the
score of economy as his father before him.
and there was dramatic moment when he
read Lord Randolphs last letter to the
house They had heard it before on mem
Orabe occasion. He voiced the feelings
Of liberals. The speech was boyish and
not well put together, and, of course the
government will carry their measure but
his words disturbed them nevertheless.
The military expenditure Is far too
high" he said. THE working classes will
groan under it. 1t will provoke and irri-
tate our enemies, but It will not make us
secure The immediate expenditure on
the war was put entirely outside this ar
gument. Then came a direct allusion to
Sir Randolph Churchill. and a declaration
of the sons intention to take up the tat
tered flag his father had left behind. At
Mr.. Wyndham there were cuts and retorts.
so the six army corps are invented in
order that generals may have some
thing to do! 1 may be very young but
| never heard anything like this before. I
was always brought up to believe that gen.
erals We're made for the army. not the
army for the generals.
Independent in Manner.
All through young Churchill was well
able to look after himself alternately con-
ciliating and snubbing political friends and
enemies. but giving all the time the
impression that ultimately neither their
support their alienation concerned him.
He was lonely but self-possessed figure
as he stood there reproducing the senti-
ments which caused the dramatic resigna-
ton of his father. His assurance, as when
he said that he thought his own amend
ment rather better than Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannermans. showed the able con-
ceit of the man. His metaphors were bold
and trif1e too ornate here and there, but
they were always original and striking.
His voice, bad as it is is not really a de-
feet. for 1t is a distinguishing possession
that makes him unlike any one else to
listen to. I think that Winston Churchill
must be regarded as coming politician.
He certainly has most Of the persistent
qualities that go to make one.
King Edward on His Dignity.
King Edward is taking the dignity OF
his position very seriously, and has with
in the last few weeks astonished some Of
his old friends by his distant manner. A
well-known aristocrat, with whom, as
Prince Of Wales the new monarch used
to be on very intimate terms. more espe-
cially in regard to racing matters, called
at Marlborough House last week in order
to see the king about some subject in which
thew mutually Interested. He
tonished to hear the king say. Il will In
Struct my master of the house to write
you a reply The young aristocrat uttered
a note of exclamation and Withdrew. 1t Is
no doubt necessary that the king should
mark the alteration in his station, but he
may lose popularity if he accentuates the
change too much.
Od-fashioned people regret some of the
changes made under the new regime. such
as the continued overhauing of the queens
and Prince Alberts private rooms at
Windsor. removing old furniture and sub
shutting new and the dismissal of old ser
wants. Besides the maids Of honor and
other people who were about Victoria,
there is CONSERVATION among the officials
at Windsor Castle as to their future. 1t is
pretty certain that many of them will
have to go. either account Of the lapse
of their offices or the posts being given to
others. In fact, it is said that the number
who will know their fate by the end OF
this month is no less than fifteen.
The cottages in which Queen Victoria
uSeu TO SpefO the business hours OF the
morning when at Windsor or Osborne will
not be required for the same purpose by the
king. In the transaction Of his daily rou-
tine of correspondence, he prefers to be
within reach of the well-arranged archives
that enable him to consult precedence
and in various ways to determine in a
moment the right thing to do. In his case,
also, there is a more direct examination
of the correspondence. and 1t is not
necessary as it was in the of the late
queen to present matters for approval in
a final form. The king has already found
it necessary for his staff Of secretaries to
specialize in various ways, and there is a
proba bility Of a formal appointment Of as
sistants with defined areas of duty.
OF Interest to Taxpayers.
1t is a curious fact, and one that Is
forcing itself on British taxpayers, that
upon the death of soveregns all the ex-
pense of keeping up the private residences
they have chosen according to their sew
eral ideas have to be paid out Of the
taxes. This has long been the condition of
things.
William III acquired Lord Nottingham's
house at Kensington because he thought
Whitehall disagreed with him. and hence
kensington Palace. The Duke Of Bucking-
hamshire'S house at Pimlico was bought as
a dover house for Queen Charlotte, and
hence Buckingham Palace. Henry VIII
took a fancy to Cardinal Wolsey's resi-
dence at Hampton Court, and that prelate
10 save MS head MADE present OF 1t to
the king. AS a result, three royal palaces
never lived in by the sovereign during the
last three reigns-Hampton Court, Ken
sington and St. .Iames'-have been turned
into asylums for wcll-born pensioners, and
are maintained by the nation for that pur-
pose.
Since the day when. the commonwealth
dealt with the crown estates no palaces
have been demolished sold, except
Carlton House and the Pavilion. No one
grudgeS Hampton Court being applied to
it's present purposes, and Kensington Pal
ace Is now regarded with particular ven
Grafton as associated with the early life
Of the late queen: butt the taxpayers and
radicals especially. see no valid reason why
St. James Palace should be maintained as
a third asylum for. The; aristocratic INDECENT
Long ago. in a debate in the house of com
mons. the late Sir Thomas Barring advo-
and St. James Palace especially. Were