The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-25
UGLY FUSS IN
ROYAL FAMILY
RivalAQueens Jealous of Each
Others Power
NEW PALACE FOR KING
Is Proposed by His Subjects as COrO-
nation Gift of People to King
Georgian Architect Is
Needed
NEW PALACE FOR KING

London, July 24--(Special. )-There arr
continuous rumors emanating from
sources very closely connected with the
court of King George, that matters are
not running very smoothly within the
Iroyal Family and that relations between
the widowed Queen Alexander and her
ldaughter-in-law are very much strained
ldue to the Queen Mothers unwillingness
Ito take second place and permit Queen
Mary to take the position at public func-
lions which Is due to her as the consort
of the ruling king.
Like her mother. the late Queen Louise
Iof Denmark. and her sister, Dowager
Empress Maria Feodorawna of Russia,
Queen Alexandra is very fond of power,
and 1t is even said that it was really her
who pulled the wires whenever the al
ways rather dull and indolent King Ed
ward asserted himself in politics-domes-
tic or foreign-and the idea of giving up
this power and even the outward signs
Iof it, is exceedingly distasteful to the
j Queen Mother, who was only allowed to
be the first lady of the land for nine
short years.
The FIRST sign of her unwillingness to
lgive up her exalted position was her or
der to keep the royal British standard
floating over her residence, but this was
automatically overcome by the designing
of a special flag for her In which the
English and Danish coat of arms were
combined, and the Queen Mother had
no alternative but to receive this gift with
apparent gratitude. After this she kept
on postponing the removal of her per-
sonal belongings from the royal palace
of Buckingham as long as there was any
possible chance of doing So while King
George had to stay in the much smaller
Marlborough house, the official residence
of the prince.
While the King was inclined to bear
over with these little signs of vanity in
his mother. Queen Mary is said to have
expressed her opinion In very plain Ian
guage, with the result that Queen Alex
andra may choose to stay much longer
than officially announced at Castle be-
tween Copenhagen and Elsinore.
| The idea of the coronation gift for King
George from the people of his empire is
becoming very popular. since 1t was sug-
gested few days ago that the gift ought
to consist of new London palace to take
the place of Buckingham.
| 1t is estimated that to build. on the
site of Buckingham, a new palace sur
passing in splendor all other royal cas-
ties In the world would cost in the neigh
| DoiI VI ok llillllOn QOlIdTS. Inc only
| trouble is, not to find the money. brit the
architect, as not one of the most dis
| tinguished architects has had any expe-
riehce with royal palaces, but a SUCCESS
ton of a London paper that a prize be
offered forwith for the best plan of a
royal palace Is to be carried out very
shortly, and it is hoped that this will re-
veal some unknown genius.
| Manchuria has been added to the long
! list of countries which help to feed the
people of the British Isles who are I'M
able to feed themselves, principally be-
cause the broad acres of the fertile Brit
ish soil that ought to be under cultivation
are held for the purpose of pheasant
breeding and fox hunting by idle English
noblemen
Shipments of Manchuran pigs are now
continually arriving in London via the
Trans-Sfberian railroad and are finding
ready buyers among the poorer classes,
who cannot afford American or Danish
bacon.
As result of the new export there is
now arising all along the Trans-Siberian
railroad a growing dairy industry to
which pig breeding is a natural corollary,
as the SKINNED milk can be utilized as
good for the pigs.
| land and sold as Russian bacon" Elk
perts are inclined to think that 1t will be
only few years before 1t drives American
bacon out of the English market
| 1t was quite inaccordance with the
general fitness of things that the London
county council, having disposed of the
municipal steamboats, on the Thames,
should dig UP, the site of the new
county hall. relic of what might have
been a municipal service in the days of
| the Roman occupation.
| The boat. which is of oak. is over 50
feet long and 16 feet beam. In 1t were
found shreds of Roman pottery. bones.
iron nails. glass, buttons iron studded
soles of footwear, a coin of Tetricus in
Gaul, a coin of Caransius in Britain and
coin of Allectus in Britain, which tend
to show that the boat must be over 1900
years old. It is In excellent condition
and will shortly be publicly exhibited.