The Irish standard., 1909-02-27
KING EDWARD
Boycotted by Tradesrnen Of Royal
Borough Of Windsor.

Borough OF Windsor.
Some of our brave English friends
never weary. of denouncing boycotting
when, by hook or crook, they can in
clude Ireland in the denunciation, says
the Dublin Freeman.
OF course the denunciation is gen.
orally the merest bosh and make-be
1ieve. Your Englishman can boycott
with the best of them when it serves
his purpose. There has just come to
light sensational illustration, the
threatened victim being none other
than his majesty King Edward VII,
and the boycotters, of all people on
earth, the right trusty and well-beloved
tradesmen of the Royal Borough of
I Windsor. The cause of their attack
is quickly told. First of all the king
has no Partially for the historic castle
where such a lot of English history
was made. Queen Victoria loved the
place, and let it see lot of her. King
Edward is conspicuous by his absence
from Windsor, and that, as can easily
be imagined, is bad for Windsor's
trade. He has virtually boycotted
Windsor, and will not have much of
grievance should Windsor pay him out
in his own coin. But the grievance of
the royal burgesses does not end there.
When he does go to Windsor, Wind
sor gets little or nothing out of him,
for his ideas of royal catering are radi-
cally different from those of his moth
er. She made it a rule when in resi-
dence at Windsor to buy as much as
she wanted in Windsor, If Windsor
could supply her wants, and one may
be sure that Windsor, hitherto loyal
as well as regal borough, made pref
ty certain that she would have no
cause for shopping further afleld. King
Edwards tastes are harder to please,
SO for the three weeks in the year
when he favors Windsor with his pres
ence, his orders 60 up all the way t.
London. The royal dinners and lunch
cons are sent down direct from Lon
don caterers-the luncheons being
paid for at the rate of five shillings
plate, and the dinners at thirteen
shillings plate, including wine. But
I this is not all. Even the fodder for
his horses is supplied from London.
What on earth could Windsor do after
such series of slaps in the face!
Obviously, the only thing to be done
was to whisper the horrible word,
S.Boycott." But before that an effort
must be made to bring him to his
royal senses. Accordingly, as it trans.
/ pires, when the King of Sweden Wis.,
tied Windsor recently the tradesmen
OF the borough sent ,deputation to
the king craving for share of the
\ royal custom. King Edward consid-
cred this an audacity, and point blank
refused to receive the protesting del
egates. He would not give them the
custom of the royal tables, nor the
custom of the royal stables, nor would
Il he even give them the soft word that
t,irneth away wrath. So boycott" is
the word; and the king has received
AN intimation, it is said-we have the
Satithority of no less newspaper than
the Liverpool Daily Post for it-that
the tradesmen of Windsor will not
open their shops upon the next oc.
scasion of royal visit to the Castle.
Cur scontemporar calls this boycott"
unexpected spark of independ-
sefice"-a happy, pregnant phrase
which ought to be remembered
J and recalled when next our contem.
siorary has anything to say about tex
Siusive dealing" in Ireland. The sit
allation has Gilbertian smack about
Il is usual upon the occasion of
i mn visits and the like to honor the
6 rests by closing down the shops. but