The Detroit times., 1910-06-28
ACCESSION BRINGS
MANY CHANGES
Interest Centers in Court Attaches
and Kings Income-New Coins
Now Awaited.

LONDON, Juno 2s.-The accession
OF new sovereign entails number
OF changes In the royal household and
In tho appointments OF the court.
The present maids OF honor retain
their positions In the household OF
the queen mother, while the queen
will make her own appointments.
The ds-in-waiting-being political
Asppointments-wiil be transferred TO
the new king. but the equerries and
private secretaries Will be reappoint.
cd or not. as King George may de-
eide. according 10 his own inclination
and the Encouragement possible In re-
gard to those who have been mem
hers of his household as Prince OF
Wales.
Financial provision for Queen Alex
andra has already been made by stat
ute. end, in addition to her private
means and any provision King Ed
ward may have made from his per-
sonal estate, the queen mother now
has an income OF s35o,000 per annum.
King Georges Income.
Tho provision made-under the
name OF the civil list-for King Ed
ward VII. lapsed with his death, and
King George now enters into posses
sion OF the crown revenues. He can.
II he likes. retain them. and II Is Just
ss well to point out that under the
legal powers OF a life tenant he would
be quite within his rights In granting
building leases over the whole OF the
royal parks.
No doubt. however. he will follow
the example Of all his immediate pre-
decessors, and relinquish his own per-
sonal life interest In these revenues
in return for the grant OF civil list
during the rest OF his life. That will
be done by statute within the next
few weeks.
Parliament will have to pass a reg
ency bill to provide for the possibili'
ties OF the decease of King George
during the minority OF the Duke OF
Cornwall
Provision will also need to be made
for the children of the king and
queen. This may be done Immediate
", to take effect in the future as tho
necessity arises. or the matter may
he postponed in view OF the fact that
the Duke OF Cornwall is provided TO-
to a certain extent by the revenues
OF his duchy, and that his brothers
and sisters will not need any special
provision for some years to come.
Design Of New Coinage.
The Design of the coinage will bs
changed II will! be about IL months
before any issue OF the new coins is
made to the general public, as IL Is
one OF the tradltitrrs of the mint that
-, .sxA ~ shall
not be issued till that year Is practi-
cally ever They are generally avail
able about Christmas. But. of course.
no further Edward VII. coins will be
struck, and the new issue VIII be
hurried on.
1t Is a curious little point Of ETH
.uette that OF nll coins passing
through the hands OF the sovereign
ehall be freshly minted money.
The head OF King George on ais
coinage will look 10 the left. for IL Is
the rule that the position shall be AL
ternated every reign, and King Ed
wards coins looked to the right. This
practice has been followed since tie
times of the Stuarts.
The other custom-that after the
conclusion OF victorious war the
sovereign's head shall be encircied
with laurel-has apparently been al
lowed to lapse, for neither Queen Vic.
toria nor King Edward adopted 1t.
The Indian coinage will show the
head crowned. az the uncovered head
is not a sign Of majesty.
On the stamps of King Edward and
Queen Victoria the head faced to the
left, so that apparently the coinage
rule does not hold for the purpose OF
stamps, and in view OF King Georges