Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-05
NO OFFICIAL STATUS
Tariff Committee Appointed
by Chamberlain,
POWERS ARE LIMITED
INTEREST IN APPROACHING MAR
RIAGE OF DUKE OF NORFOLK.
Surprise That Late Lord Stanley's
Faith Was Recommendations
London Letter.
POWERS ARE LIMITED
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| those who oppose any change from the
| present free trade system.
| The commission, however, cannot be COM
| pared to the tariff committee in Washing
| ton which drew up the Mckinley tariff,
| as 1t has no official character. 1t has no
| powers beyond those of persuasion. 1t cam
| not compel the attendance of any witness.
| or give the slightest effect to any Of It's
conclusions beyond promulgating them.
| 1t may explore many Of the by-paths Of
| industry and commerce (most of the main
| roads Of trade are sufficiently we'll trod-
den already, and may thus assist in add
ing something to and completing the
great mass of evidence which has been
already accumulated.
The main objection that is raised against
the new fiscal commission whichh MI
Chamberlain and his organization are set
ting up is that all its members are neces-
sarily prejudiced in favor of Mr.. Cham
berlain's policy, and that while a good
many industries and interests are repre-
sented upon it, good many more have
no representation at all.
AS to the first point there is no getting
rid of it. 1t is obvious that only those
who share Mr.. Chamberlain's wishes and
desires would serve upon such body, or
would be asked to join.
AS to the second. it Is only fair to re-
member that the whole arrangements are
NOT YET COIUplele, anu tiil tIO SoIlAASoAoiA
itself is not yet fully constituted, SO that
there is still plenty of opportunity to widen
it's foundations and to bring in every inter-
est which Is concerned.
But while the commission Will always De
open to the criticism that 1t is one-sided
and partisan it may, nevertheless, do ser
vice in the collection of information which
may prove of considerable value before the
controversy is thrashed out and any maj
result arrived at
Mr.. Chamberlain has undoubtedly made a
great and remarkable catch in securing
the support and services of Mr.. Charles
Booth, whose experience. among the poor
and working population of England Is or
the most thorough description; but for the
rest he seems mainly, II not entirety, 10
nave attracted only those whose sympa-
thies and whose interests lie with his own
policy.
In the approaching marriage of the Duke
of Norfolk to the Hon. Gwendolen Consta-
ble-Maxwell not muchh less public interest
is taken than is usually shown In the nup-
tails of a member of the royal house.
Many circumstances combine to invest the
alliance with uncommon interest.
The duke has always been plctures4ue'
not to say romantic, figure in popular I'M
agination, and his wife will be the nrst
non-royal lady in the land, a position now
held by the Duchess of Somerset, whose
husbands dukedom is second only 10 the
Duke of Norfolk's In point Of precedence.
There are prelates and peers, however,
who rank in front of the Duke OF NoriolA
by virtue Of their office. For instance the
archbishop of Canterbury precedes the pre-
mier duke, so does the lord chancellor, the
archbishop of York, the lord chancellor OF
Ireland the lord president of the council
and the lord privy seal. =,
But these six great officers, who rank, IN
the order named. before all dukes and the
earl marshal take their precedence solely
by virtue of their office. The holder of an
Office however high his rank, does not con-
fer that rank upon his wife and children.
The first subject of the king not of the
royal blood is the archbishop of Canterbury,
but his graces high office confers no rank
on his wife On the other hand, the Ouch
ess of Devonshires position as the ninth
duchess in the land has not been one whit
affected by her husbands resignation OF
the lord presidency of the council.
This Is just the difference between an
office and dignity. There is one interest
ing historical fact bearing upon the APP
preaching union of the Duke of Norfolk
with Lord Herries' elder daughter.
The union will be a union of the Plan
tagenets. Both the duke and Lord Herres
are included in the select list of peers Of
ancient lineage who are entitled to quarter
the royal arms of Planta genets on their
escutcheons
Lord Herries derives his right through
the descent from John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancaster, third son of Edward III, and the
Duke of Norfolk derives his right through
his descent from Thomas Of Brotherton,
Earl of Norfolk. second son Of Edward l.
The duke has been fourteen years a wild
over and it is no secret that his marriage
at earlier period would have given great
satisfaction to the heads of the Roman
Catholic Church in this country. The duke
is the natural leader Of the English Catho-
lies, and has been munifcent contributor
to the different religious and charitable
schemes OF his church.
He is ffty-six years Of age, and 1t will
ha a1l tl4t
postmaster general and that he resigned
that position IN order to serve in South
Africa. He has the reputation of being a
good man of business, though he is by no
means very brilliant speaker
Surprise at Late Lord SANKEY'S Faith.
The performance Of the last funeral rites
of Islam over the remains of the late Lord
Stanley of Alderley gives a final emphasis
to the surprise with which many Of his
friends, though otherwise of considerable
intimacy, learned for the first time few
days ago that he had been for long period
q devout and devoted adherent of the Mo-
hammedan faith.
1t is a curious circumstance that whilst
such exemplariy devout Roman Catholics
as, for instance, the Duke of Norfolk labor
under the disability of not being legally
competent to present livings in the Church
| Of England, of which they are tituIarly the
| patrons, q professed Mussulman can not
only be AN ardent supporter of the Es-
| tablished Church. and the rebuilder or re-
| storer of churches but can also exercise
| his right of presentation to the various
| benches, in the case of Lord Stanley four
| In number, in his gift as rectories, vicar
ages or perpetual curacieS
| Another point of interest attaching to this
| peers death is that tendency to family
| cleavage which is incidental to the exercise
| of individual opinion In spiritual matters
| generally. Lord Stanley Of Alderley had
| for his younger surviving brother not only
| the very broad Church Of England ad-
| herent, Hon. Lyulph Stanley, who now
| succeeds him fourth baron but also the
Right Rev. the Hon. Algernon Charles
| Stanley, successfully domestic prelate of
| Pope Leo XIII, prebendary apostolic,
| bishop auxiliary for Westminster. and more
recently bishop of Emmaus; and amongst
| his sisters, on the one hard, the late WIS.,
| countess Amberley and. on the other, the
| Hon. Maud Stanley, of rather high church
| tendencies. and of renowned practical
| benevolence, who, however theologically di-
| vided in life from her Mussulman brother,
| still performed the Offices of an afYectionate
sister at his dying and his death.
Kings Visit to Sir Edward Lawson.
The king has Just been staying the week
end with Lord Durham, the proprietor Of
the Daily Telegraph, and more familiar to