Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-03
A POOR INHERITANCE
Chamberlain's Succession as
Unionist's Head.
FOLLOWS DEVONSHIRE
LORD CURzoN BACK IN LONDON
TRIUMPHANT.
King Edwards Proposed Visit to Kiel
Good Weather Pleases London
ers-Autograph Sale.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON. May Is. 1904.
The authoritative announcement made by
the Daily Telegraph Of the impending resig-
nation of the Duke OF Devonshire of the
presidency of the Liberal Unionist Associa-
ton confirms the report current when the
duke returned from his holiday fortnight
ago. The dukes resignation will be fol-
lowed by those of several other prominent
liberal unionists, among them Lord James
of Hereford. who opposed to Mr.. Cham
berlain and though the latter will almost
certainly succeed the duke his inheritance
will only be the remnant of party. and
the Liberal Unionist Association will hence
forth be regarded only as the ante-chamber
TO the Tariff Reform League.
A meeting of the Women's Free Trade
Union was held at Devonshire House. and
the chief speaker was Mr. Asquith, while
Lord Hugh Cecils auxiliary presence went
to show that the rift in the party Is not
confined TO the liberal unionists
The twelve months which have elapsed
since Mr. Chamberlain unfolded his protec-
Zionist program have provided many re-
cruitS to the Liberal League from among
the dissenting unionists The Liberal
League offers very convenient halfway
mousse TO those unionistS who are progress
ing toward liberalism again. for 1t would be
hard TO distinguish between the tenets of
the league and those of the progressive frea
trade uniOnfsts who have been cumpeIIed
10 slacken their own party ties, so that II
is pretty certain that the breakup of the
,unionist party will result In the Liberal
League becoming the congenial tabernacle
OF the Duke of Devonshre and his friends
When this is accomplished the value of
the WORK done by Lord Rosebery and the
Justification for the Liberal League as a
separate organization will be apparent
enough.
Kings Visit to Kaiser
After repeated po5tponements the kings
visit to the kaiser is at last announced to
come off at Kiel, the German Cowes during
the regatta week a month hence. At the
beginning of this year his majesty intimated
his intention to visit the emperor on his way
&c Copenhagen, but this plan was ultimate
ly abandoned owing to the exigencies of the
.kaiser3 Mediterranean tour. The two mon
archs, of course. have met repeatedly, both
ir this country and in Germany, since King
Edwards accession, but all these meetings
We're of en- informal kind, and the kings
forthcoming trip to Kiel may be regarded as
his first sovereign visit to his imperial
nephew.
d.. Students of court etiquette will find a spe-
clal significance in the postponement of the
kings visit for 80 long, for his majesty
was bound to show no greater hurry in
paying his first sovereign visit to the
kaiser than the latter was in first coming
& In state to this country. 1t was owing to
= the strained rela tons between the two
courts resulting from the painful family
quarrels arising from the circumstances of
the Emperor Frederick'S death, that VII
liam ii did not pay his first duty call to
!! Queen Victoria until the year after his ac-
= cession.- And 1t was three years after his
accession that he. with the empress pad
his state visit TO England.
The fact that KEEL and not Berlin has
been selected as the place of meeting
places the kings visit in a different cate
e CORY from those he paid to Rome and Paris.
{. Compliments to Lord Curzon.
Welcomed at Charing Cross by the prime
minister and many other distinguished peo-
pie received at Buckingham Palace by the
king and queen and cheered In the streets
by an admiring crowd, the Viceroy of In
dia has returned to the capital of the en-
pire under the most agreeable and flatter
ing conditions. So far he will yield to
social pressure Lord Curzon will be the
lion of the London season. AS soon as he
and Lady Curzon arrived in England they
found formidable heap of invitations
awaiting them. and 1t is certain that il the
viceroy's visit is to be the holiday which it
was intended to be he will not be able to
accept 1.-THE Of these offers of hospitality
from eminent hosts and fashionable hos
tesses.
Lord Curzon seems to be In the pink of
condition. He retains the alert manner and
youthful appearance which distinguished
him in his house of commons days, and
many of the people who the vceregal
carriage swing out of Charing Cross station
into the crowded streets could scarcely be-
lieve that the fresh-colored, boyish face
that smiled upon them was that of the man
who for over five years has governed an
empire. 1t was a very cordial greeting that
passed between the viceroy and his old
friend, the prime minister.
Hello Arthur said Lord Curzon
Hello. George" responded the prime
minister.
On Good Terms With TtsalP