Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-16

clearly the serious problem with
which he was struggling and which
Is now passed on to King George.
In the esteem OF many, the very
life Of the throne is at stake, ana
although the death Of Edward VII.
will stay the hostilities OF politics
for time, It is not at all probable
that the cause OF those fighting the
House Of Lords will cease to move
forward.
The King has had frequently to
repudiate the use made of his name
In the course of the struggle over
the House OF Lords. says Current Lit
erature. Conservative sheets like
the London Mail have gone the I'M
precedented length Of urging the
sovereign to dismiss certain minis
ters'regafdless OF the majority OF the
Commons.
Owing to the many introductions
OF his name into the debates in Par
lament. King Edward grew so un-
teasy, To- follow the differences of the
London Chronicle, that he felt com
strained to summon the leaders OF
all factions to Buckingham, Palace.
IL was an unprecedented step, admits
the London Times. 1T might not,
indeed, be easy to find a precedent
for the Quasi-publicity of an audi
ence accorded to the leaders OF the
opposition which must have taken
rlace on the advice OF the Prime
Minister" His Majesty's object. says
this commentator, was ito inform
himself fully and at first hand con-
corning the views OF both political
parties; but to the Liberal London
News there seems reason to fear that
the King wanted his prerogative
eliminated from the disputation. Ed
ward VII. resents suggestions that
he inclines to one or the other side.
| There could be no more unwarrant-
able or impertinent intimation," to
give the words Of the London Times.
1 than that the King has constituted
himself an ally OF the radical party.
has adopted their peculiar notions
about the constitution and has warn
ed the House of Lords in the man.
ner of radical politicians" The
scrupulous manner In which the
King has observed the rules defining
his functions under the constitution
might have saved him. the Times
thinks, from this disloyal sugges-
tion." Not less reprehensible, re-
tort the Liberal dailies. are intima-
lions that Edward VII. is not on
cordial terms with Prime Minister
Asquith. Rumors OF a sharp per-
sonal dialogue between them, in
which his Majesty scored the head
lof the cabinet for "indiscretion," al
though widely circulated, are denied
In Liberal dailies as fantastic inven-
tions.
} Nothing could be more ominous as
la mark of England's political degen-
] GRAFTON, says the London News, than
the recent growth of habit OF treat
ing Edward VII. "as kings are treat
cd In countries that have no parlia-
ments or constitutions" The loose
Language which has been used OF
late, II thinks. "about the Kings
duty is the best illustration OF the
crucial nature OF the conflict upon
which the British have entered. II
Is not, II insists. limiting at en-
croachments Of the crown; "but the
studious care with which King Ed
ward has observed and respected the
constitution does not affect the dan
ger or the folly OF the habit of look
ing to the crown rather than to par
lament for direction" The situa-
ton illustrates to the London Times
on the other hand, "the incurable
delusion of the radical mind that the
sovereign exists only to help the rad
ical party out of the difficulties 1t
creates for itself" Radicals are al
ways ready. 1t says, to ascrlbe to
His Majesty their own crude no.
lions of constitutional propriety"
and to suppose that they pay him
the highest compliment when they
assume that he steps down from the
throne to become a partisan like
themselves and to intervene in
purely partisan quarrels Anyhow,
as the Paris Figaro. from its detach-
ed point OF view, infers. the King
OF Great Britain has at this mo-
ment the most dificult personal
problem to face. and, in facing H..
The manifests the tact and the d.
plomacy which make him the SUI
preme gentleman of Europe
Were the King to seize the opporr