Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-21

attained degrc OF authority hardly TO
be distinguished from absolute power
an that. OF course, died with her The
king will never be able 10 gain a posi-
tlon similar 10 that enjoyed by his
mother " only because he begins his
reign when no Is over 90, and by no
possibility can occupy the throne as
long as his mother
The temporary staff is no doubt allowed
to run The realm IN minor matters
very much as II pleases, 30 long as II
does not threaten the continuity, the
stability, and whose shareholders have
trusted their interests TO rs care But
She moment danger threatens from any
quarter. then the permanent editor as
sorts himself, and-ln the late reign
seldom did 80 In vain
In the bands Of the permanent edl-
tor lies the nominal right 70 appoint
every bishop OF the church, every CO.
lonial governor, every ambassador. lie
is the fountain Of honor II can only
rain garters and peerages through his
sign manual And this nominal right
of appointment Is often converted into
actual power OF appointment by the
natural desire Of the temporary staff 10
oOilhf iNtli permanent Niil'ii "hN W
the fact that he Is (or may be) far
better Informed than they as 10 the
qualities Of the men and the extent to
which they are persona graia at the
courts 10 which II IL proposed 70 ae-
credit them. For the king not only
reads the printed correspondence Of the
ambassadors, Of which a few shreds
carefully cooked alone are printed in
blue books; he can, and often does.
carry on a direct personal private cor
respondence with these ambassadors.
colonial governors Indian yioeroys' ana
the like.
out side the one, two or three mar
rowly restricted fields Of party conflict,
the permanent editor has more say IN
the settlement OF everything than all
the temporary stan put together In
the army, In he navy, In the colonial
service, In india and In diplomacy, the
permanent editor IL incomparably more
influential II he pleases to exert his in
nuence, than the leaders Of both parties
put together. Az a rule, the strength
even OF the most robust editor being
limited, ne does not interfere with the
regular routine administration of the
realm. Editors-i n-chief seldom con-
Germ themselves about news paragraphs
or the placing OF advertisements, Meth.
or does the king disturb himself about
the small things, the 1.-THE OF mint and
anise and cumin. II Is with the
weightler matters that he deals. The
god does not step out 10 the machine
unless there Ia complication worthy
OF 80 exalted an intervention 10 UNI
rayel But he IL never beyond reach,
and even IN the smaller things he IL
more potent than any Of his temporary
assistants,
Looking then az the realm as a news.
paper II Is obvious that the position OF
permanent editor, even though II is
limited by prohibition OF all direct
contribution 10 the columns Of the pa
per, Ia on the whole immeasurably more
influential on all questions but those
OF direct warfare, than the position Of
the most influential OF his advisers.
II is evident from this explanation OF
the duties OF the sovereign, that every
thing depends upon whether the king
is capable of exerting an influence over
mis- advisers, and Of making his charac-
ter felt upon all those who serve him.
He has the opportunity OF doing q
great deal. but he viii never be able
to do as much as his mother. Her in.
1uence was on the whole, especially In
relations between Britain and the
United States, exercised In favor Of
peace. Sne accepted Il as her duty
10 undo as far as possible the conse-
quences Of the fatal folly OF her grand
father, George III.
King Edward VII has neither the
sagaoity, the resolution, the experience,
nor the patience OF his mother. He II,
however by no means devoid Of intelll-
gence. Since his accession he has shown
a remarkable interest in public AFFAIRS,
and although the habits OF lifetime
are not easily changed, he is displaying
greater readiness TO take pains and
inform himself accurately concerning
the AFFAIRS OF his realm than most peo-
pie suspected He will not be the bal
ancewheel Of the constitution which his
mother became In her later years. but
he will undoubtedly make himself felt,
and he is all the more inclined TO do
so because Of the envy with which he |
regards his nephew the kaiser, whose
energy and activity Is felt |
in every department Of the German
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