Evening star., 1901-08-10
EDWARDS NEW TITLE
Prospect Of Opposition to It in the
Lords.
COLONIES ALSO OBJECT TO 4 KING
Shabby Treatment of Men Who
Volunteered for Boer War.
DOGS ON SHAM BATTLEFIELD
,pecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

The discussion over the addition to the
kings title is continued with all the seri-
BUSINESS required Of SO weighty subject
and may lead to a government defeat in
the house of lords though it is a mystery
just why the legislators of the upper house
should devote SO much time to the ques-
ton when the king himself is to be the
final judge. The correspondence between
Mr. Chamberlain and the colonies shows
that the kings dominions have their little
jealousies as to precedence and are not any
too willing to recognize a sovereign lord.
Australia refused to allow Canada to be
mentioned first in the suggested ending Of
the title king Of Canada, Australia and
of the British Dominons Beyond the
Seas" and both Canada and Australia OBJ
jected to his majesty being called king
outside the boundaries of the united king
DOM
All the colonies seem to have been in
favor of the retention of the titles of De
fender of the Faith" and Emperor of
India From the wording of the corona
ton oath the particular faith of which the
king is the defender is the Protestant re-
ligion, though the title. was originally
conceded by Pope Leo X to Henry VIII
for his famous book on the sacraments in
reply to Luther, published in 1921. With
regard to the title of Emperor of India"
1t is rather curious that everybody seems
to have forgotten that the royal title bill of
1876 was only made acceptable to parlia-
ment by a compromise to the effect that
Queen Victoria should only be described as
Empress of India on documents relating
especially to India. This condition, how
ever was so far neglected that the late
queen herself assumed the title on almost
all occasions, and regularly signed herself
Victoria r. T. There is likely to be
good deal OF radical opposition to the pres
ent bill when it gets into the commons
The Irish members will probably protest
against the retention of the title DE
fender of the Faith and possibly some of
the Older radicals, who opposed the bill of
1876, may endeavor to enforce the condi-
ton on, which that bill was passed.
Significance of Colonial Opposition.
There is some significance in the Cana
dian and Australian objection to the title
Of king, as 1t indicates a Difference to
certain amount of republican feeling which
undoubtedly exists among the native-born
Canadians and Australians.
The vigorous protest that was raised
against the assumption by the late queen
Of the title of Empress of India was due to
the fact that at the time there was a strong
republican movement in England. Sir
Charles Dixie entered public life as an
ayowed republican, and when he was first
elected to parliament as member for Chel-
sea there were more than fifty republican
clubs actively engaged in propaganda work
In the united kingdom. They ran a news
paper called the Republican, which was
started In 1875, and had a considerable cir
culatton. 1t lasted until 1884. The i'm
petus to the British republican movement
IN the early seventies was given, no doubt,
by the catastrophe at Sedan, when the re-
public OF France arose on the wreck of the
second empire. Besides Sir Charles Dixie
there were other prominent public men
identified with the movement They in
cluded MIR. AuberOn Herbert a brother of
Lord Carnarvon, and Mr.. Charles Brad
laugh. In 1893 there was a great repub-
lican conference at Birmingham, attended
by delegates from fifty-four English and
Scottish towns. Between 1000 and 5000
persons were present, and amid a scene of
great enthusiasm they passed resolution
of sympathy with the republicans of Spain.
who, under the leadership of Senior Cas-
telar, were agitating for the overthrow of
the monarchy in that country. The i'm
perlallst reaction, however, has now
crushed out the republican movement. and
Whatever opposition there may be to the
present royal titles bill 1t will not be
backed by any powerful republican organf-
zatiOn.
British Soldiers Poorly Paid.
One occasionally hears Englishmen boast
ing that they belong to the richest nation
under heaven. The boast is not a particu-
iaTly pretty one, and 1t is not particularly
wise, because for a rich nation it does some
uncommonly mean things. Among the
meanest must be classed the way in which
IL pays Its soldiers. The war Office has
been heaping up wrath and indignation
against itself for a long time, but it has
not done anything lately to stir the ma
tion's blood like its treatment Of the I'M
perial Yeomanry in the matter of their pay
These men went out to South Africa on the
understanding that they would be away a
year. They were promised in some cases
that their situations would be held vacant
for them year. The war office kept them
In South Africa for about eighteen months
and now some Of the men have come home
to find that their situations are no longer
waiting for them, and that the money
which has been earned at the risk of their
lives, and would come in most useful while
they are looking for work, cannot be
squeezed out OF reluctant state.
Public opinion has been concentrated on
the circumstances more especially by the
action or one man, who took the extreme
course of writing to the king in person.
1t argues, however, the existence of a most
unpleasant state of things when SO drastic
step as that has to be taken in order to
make the war office disgorge. A Sheffield
yeoman asserts his arrears Of pay amount
to more than ECO; and there are many 9TH
ers to whom the war Office owes sums
which, though smaller are still large One
of the worst things about it is that the
men, instead Of getting their arrears in a
lump sum, which they might invest, are
getting IL dOled out to them In dribletS
which the natural tendency Is to fritter
away. The whole affair is assuming the
dimensions of a national scandal, and pub
lie opinion may force parliamentary in
vestigation.
Dogs I'm Military Maneuvers.
The most interesting feature of military
display at the Crystal Palace yesterday
was the work by ambulance and war dogs
Each animal was fully equipped as he
would be II he were taken to less tranquil
scenes A light and suitably constructed
sad4ebag contained the articles required
for binding up wounds of the fallen, the
bag attachments being so easily manip-
ulated that an exhausted soldier might
himself take the materials from his canine
friend and temporarily stop a fiow of blood
until skilled help reached him. Besides
surgical appliances. each dog had hung
from his neck little cask-shaped vessels
containing stimulants. which the wounded
soldier could easily avail himself of when
visited by the four-footed ambulance
worker. These furnishings are in the main
copied from the German system, which
British experts believe TO be the most prac-
ticable.
After a sham battle between two regi-
ments Of volunteers the dogs were let loose