El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-04

God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland. and of the
British dominions beyond the seas
king, defender of the faith, Emperor of
India, will receive the British crown
from the Archbishop of Canterbury in
Westminster Abbey one day next June.
This man, of whom the world knows
nothing actually became king that
night last May when his father died
For eighteen years England and the En-
gIiSh knew hat this young man some
day would be called to reign over the
vast -dominionS or the British empire,
comprising one-fifth of the worlds ter
ritory and one-fifth of the worlds in
habitants. But the British people never
inquired what manner of man he might
be; they never asked him for his opin-
ions as TO matter of governmental
policy; they never questioned his ut
ness for the high office he was des-
tined TO fill; they knew only that he
was of royal race and that he would
be king.
King Business Old Trade.
The king business is ore of the oldest
trades in the world. Like other bust
nesses it has had its ups and downs; 1t
has been popular and its tradesmen have
ruled or ruined at their august pleas
ure; it has been unpopular and us
tradesmen have paid with their lives
the penalty of their kingship. Kings
have been the inspired and consecrated
agents of the. Deity in ruling the NOR
tails of this inferior world; kings have
been the pawns in games played by great
soldiers, diplOmatiSts and priests; kings
have been mere figureheads to repre-
sent in mortal flesh the immortal ana
intangible spirit OF a national exist
ence But always kings have been kings.
and never has there been a king VINO
would of his own accord abate one Jot
or little of his royal power Never
has there been a king who did not be-
lieve in his soul that he was mace Oh
better clay than other men,
Something more than a century ago
there was a great social CONFUSION III
the western world which caused thrones
to totter, and which occasioned terlIlc
slump in the stock of the king business
by striking down the notion that kings
ruled by virtue of divine right rms
great panic was followed by long
series of ups and downs in which no
king ever knew quite what his business
was worth. About 40 years ago things
nuieted down. and ever since then king
stock has ben gradually rising 10
day the king business is more flourish
ing than at any time within the past
| 100 years.
Proud to be Subjects
Absurd as IL may seem to those in
whose veins runs the blood of men
i who signed the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence subjects of kings are quite
as proud Of their estate as are citizens
| of republics An American will not
| fail to vince when some careless
| speaking Englfshman refers to him as
1 an American subject"- And yet the
/ Englishman is as prideful OF his reia-
ton as a subject of King George as
anv American. be he Jefferson Brick
| himself. could be of MS citizenship IN
| the American republic Any person IN
| England who agitaJei che overthrow OF
1 the monarchy and the establishment
! of a republic would be even more OF
| traitor than an American who would
! advocate making certain citizen INTO
! King Theodore 1. There are no repub-
/ ucans In Britain. just as there are no
monarchists in America. Every man
/ likes his own system. True, it may be
| objected that there are republicans IN
/ Spain: but then there are also monarch
| lists in France. The trouble In those
| countries is that the system has chang
ed so many times that the people are
not settled in their preferences
| Loyalty First Duty.
| The one thing about which every
Briton is agreed is that it is his first
| duty. under any and all circumstances
whatsoever to be loyal and true TO his
king Loyalty to the crown is the only
| effective bond of British unity. Even
| the Irish, as long as they remain IN
Ireland forget the sufferings OF doV
| years of cruel oppression and send mes
! sages of devotion and loyalty to the
| new sovereign. The Hindu revolution
| lists. too often maligned as anarchists,
when King Edward died, gathered IN
state to express in ceremonial solemnfty
| the sorrow Of the 500. 100000 subjects OF
/ the Kaiser-i-Hind. There may be bit
ter politics, and even bloody violence
in protest against the constituted BTU
ish government, but there is nothing
| but dove and loyalty for the Englsn
king.
George a Crack Shot
| And the man who has come to occu-
nv this. the greatest throne in all the
| history of monarchy; the man who has
! come to rule over this, the greatest
empire ever acknowledged by man; the
man who now receives the homage OF
/ this worldwide and magnificent 10y
! atty is a man about whom only three
| things are certainly knOwn-he is one
of the six best shots in England, he
is one of the greatest postage stamp
collectors in the world, and he suffers
with dyspepsia
| There is a general custom among
Kings which decress that the crown
prince opposes always the political
| views of his father. Queen Victoria
| was popularity believed to be a Tory
Edward was a Liberal George, by the
| same token, is presumed to be Tory
| Certain 1t is that most of his friends
have ben staunch Tories and George
never has exhibited any of those dem
ocratic traits which made his father
popular outside of his own realm as
| well as within its borders George, so
far as anything is known of him at
| ALL is an intense Englishman, having
the average Englishmans supreme con-
tempt and hearty dislike for all for
| eigners. His queen, too. is English
| the first English princess to sit on the
! English throne for many years. She
! too dislikes and disIrusts foreigners
| Believes In Navy.
In his career as Prince of Wales
George made one speech which was
something more than a mere conven-
tional utterance. 1t was entitled wake
I'D England 1t was an exposition OF
the doctrines of the Imperialistic party,
| which is to say. the Tory party Ii Is
1 having hAHn