Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

Recent 0iSpatcnee from LONDON an
nounce that Prime Minister Asouith and
Mr.. Balfour. leader Of the
Leaders opposition in the house
IF commons. have been
CoA1eT. in conference with refer
ence to the question o. the veto cf the
house o. lords. Thus. when the great and
imposing funeral ceremonies OF Edward
VII have ended. when the wax tapers on
the altar have burned out, the prayers
said and the ceremonial black gloves
withdrawn, the political battle which
ceased for a brief interval around the
royal bier has recommended.
II has been stated that II King Edward
had lived the government. as soon after
the rejection by the house Of lords OF the
proposition limiting the veto. would have
urged upon the king the creation OF
new peers o. liberal tendencies. The
death OF King Edward and the accession
of the new king modified the government
projects for the moment. Mr. Asouith
would not care to place the new king I'm
the difficult position Of accepting or re-
Jecting the counsels Of his ministers IN
regard to the creation OF new peers. The
premier will demand simply 'guaran-
tees i'm case OF a renewal OF liberal
ma jority. Ii is not doubted in the liberal
party that King George will grant these
guarantees. which in me present state or
the British constitution constitute the
only means to carry out the will of the
people ard obliRe the house or lords TO
submit. II the king grant these guaran-
tees the government will recommend the
dissolution of parliament and the cleo
tons will take place in November. A
compromise as a result of the conference
would change the situation entirely
London correspondent fails to see
what compromise could be accepted
which would not raise re-
Nx;,;.<.-;o1 volt in the ranks OF the
partisans The labor
Solidarity. and Irish parties" he
saws, stand watchful and suspicious De-
hind Mr.. Asuuith and the backwoodsmen
in the house of lords and the extreme
protectionists in the house OF commons
menace Mr. Bafour. Mr.. Lloyd George
evidently hopes that even abortive nego-
tiations are better than none.
The death Of King Edward has caused
sincere and heartfelt regrets, not ONLY II,
England but in all the world. whlch mao
come to recognize in him q oipiomat oi
mark and q successful peacemaker. LORD
Rosebery. speaking recently at a meeting
at Glasgow. said:
.King Edwards personal tastes were
eminently simple. They were the tastes
of king Of ENGLAND and KING ,,iaoo Oh
sports of the field. He made every BODY
feel that they had a friend on the throne
That was what 1t was to be human. That
was the human touch that had attracted
humanity In the late king. and that was
What made humanity mourn for him..
The writer may add here his own trip-
ute to King Edwards sense or Justice
and human touch" In Marcn, 1870,
an American oficer Of the Egyptian
mand of an Egyptian expedition TO the
east coast Of Africa, inspired by Gen.
Gordon Pasha. governor general or the
Egyptian equatorial provinces. King Ed
ward. then Prince of Wales ACCOMPANIED
by Sir Bartle Frere. arrived In Cairo
from India and was the guest OF 1smail
Khedive Lord Derby had protested
against Ismail. Gordon and the com,
mander OF the expedition on the ground
Of violation Of Zanzibar territory IN the
besides being grand prince" was also
grand diplomat. and promptly attached
the writer to the star OF the future
king The result was that Prince Ed
ward, who was given all the details OF
the mission. conveyed through Gordon. 8
original letters and despite Lord Derby s
action, caused the foreign ONCE to recog-
nize Egyptian authority on the east
coast as far south as Bravo as matter
Of simple justice.
On another occasion in 1907. when the
writer's place with Spoke and Baker in
the solution of the Nile source problem
was being appropriated by overzealous
and immodest travellers and historians.
appeal was made to the 'immanent
Justice of the king. who was also pa
tron of the Royal Geographical Society of
London, with the result that the appeal
with corroborative documents was refer
red t. the British foreign ONCE and thus
by King Edwards order justice was
done.