The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-30

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pearance she has become SO wan and
unhappy that it is difficult to recog-
nize ner to-day the healthy, hearty, /
5sunny-faced girl of three years ago..
Indeed, She has lost all the bloom Of
youth, and gives one the impression
of woman at least ten or fifteen
years older. than her actual age.
Three other women occupying
thrones are looking forward to the
birth of children during the course
of the present summer, ard in the
case Of each, as in that of Queen Will
hel1nina, dynastic considerations are
a stake, and hopes are entertained
that the child will prove to be a boy,
and thus assure the direct succession
to the crown. The one is the En-
press of Russia, the other is the Queen
of Italy, while the third is the Crown
Princess of Luxembourg, whose hus-
band is regent of his fathers grand
duchy. Should the crown princess,
who has already six girls, now give
birth to a seventh, the throne would
at any rate remain to her children,
and would, failing male issue, be in
now ten-year-old Princess Marie. But
with the Empress of Russia and the
Queen of Italy it is different, for if
they do not become the mothers OF
sons, the thrones Of their. husbands
viii pass to l>insmen who are not in
sympathy with their IDEAS, political
and administrative.
King Edwards grant OF a baronetcy
to Alfred Farmsworth, the proprietor
and creator OF the London Mail and
other newspapers, serves to call at
tention once more to the sturdy in
dependence which the propretors of
the London Times have for the past
hundred years displayed in refusing
repeated offers of honors OF this kind
from the crown. The late John Wal
ter on two occasions declined peer
ages that were rendered to him. His
father likewise returned negative re-
plies TO letters written to him by two
Dremiers of his day asking him to
accept a seat in the House of Lords,
and it is we'll known that Arthur Wal
ter. the present chief proprietor of
tie 1 lilies, dSS Manifested SlAAl'dl
disinclination to receive a coronet
from the crown
Like his forebears, he realizes
that the acceptance of any honor of
this kind from the crowd places the
recipient under obligations to the
prime minister, by whom the nomina-
ton is made, and that the independ
ence of the newly created peer, bar
onet. or knight becomes impaired
thereby, very serious consideration
when the individual in question hap
pens to be the owner of a great met
ropolitah organ that claims to be the
voice Of the people-the voX populi-
The owner of the London Standard
has followed the example OF the Wal
tiers, but the proprietor of the Daily
Telegraph, of London, accepted first
barony, and then a peeraSe, and is
now Lord Burnhan 1t is the same
with the proprietor of the London
Morning Post, Lord Glenesk- The
proprietor OF the London Globe is a
baronet, and, in fact, baronetcies and
lnighthoods have been scattered quite
literally among metropolitan and pro-
N1Ncidf newspapers ana I}fOpfiet0fS.
Incidentally, l would call attention
to a rather remarkable letter which
has just been published by a. F. Wal
ter in his paper, the London Times.
1t runs as follows:
The control Of the Times has been
in my hands for a good many years
past. 1t is there now, and there it
will remain until events over which
mortals have no control shall place il
in the hands OF my successors. Until
that happens you may rest assured
that no outside influence Of any kind,
or Of any origin, will ever be permit
ted to affect the character of the great
institution which was founded by my
great grandfather 100 years ago, and
which has never for a moment passed
from under the control of his linea1
successors, and which I, in my turn,
have the honor and the responsibility
Of conducting to-day.
This letter was written, as will be
apparent from its tenor, in reply to
correspondent who had inquired
whether there was any truth in ru-
mors current as to impending changes
in the proprietorship of the Times