Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-22
ROYALTY ATTACKED.
Labor Leader ExcorlatesRoyaI Family
OppositIon to Increased Civil List.

Opposition to Increased Civil List.
London, July ga severe attack
upon the royal family was made in the
House of Commons this evening by
George Barnes, the labor leader, who
was speaking in opposition to the pas
sage Of the civil list-the money paid
the king and members OF the royal
family by the nation.
Barnes declared he would oppose to
the end the granting OF the increased
civil list unless the king and the Prince
of Wales would agree to surrender into
the public treasury the revenue now re-
ceived by them from the Duchles OF
Lancaster and Cornwall, where they
own immense landed properties which
bring in large revenues. The royal
income is excessive and the expenses Of
the royal household are honeycombed
with abuses, " he said, 'inasmuch rs
it conceals nest of parasites who are
fattening upon the nation under the
shadow Of the throne"
The civil list asked by the king and
the members of the royal family this
wear amounts to So, 106, 600 The
re venue from the Duchy OF Cornwall
amounted in 1908 TO $414, $50, while
S3OS. 700 was received from the Duchy
OF Lancaster that year. Since 1908,
however. there has been a material in
crease in the revenues from these two
duchess so that nearly 81 900, OOOwould
be cut off the income OF the royal
family if the domains in these duchies
we're surrendered.
Ex-Premier BaIfour, leader OF the
conservatives, replying said that the
root OF Barnes's objections seemed to be
that the royal family was over-expen-
siye for the nation.
An unidentified laborite, without
rising from his chair, cried out: mot
over-expensive, over immoral. "
The audacity Of the remark seemed to
daze Balfour for an instant, and he
could only reply that he did not know
that the laborites deemed royalty to be
immoral.
Laborite Jewett explained that the
speaker must have meant that the ex-
penses OF the royal family were inn
moral, not the members.
Sir Charles Dixie, chairman of the
royal commission for housing the
working classes, supported the attitude
of the labOrites to the extent OF declar-
ing that the crown lands OF Cornwall
and Lancaster needed the most rigid
management, under the supervision 81
government authorities.
Gibson Bowles, the military writer
and authority, grew even more s0cla-
listic averrng that the crown lands IN
Lancaster and Cornwall never belonged
to the members OF the royal family
in their private capacity and conse-
quently ought to be surrendered to the
kingdom, that the revenue should 90
into the treasury instead Of the private
purse Of the king and Prince of Whales.
If, however, it was decided to allow the
king and his son to retain these rich
crown lands and their income, Bowles
utCldItu ~ was llldiliitollg ~
allow the ruler to escape the provisions
OF the income tax under which every
other Euglishmen has to pay his share
toward the expenses Of the state.
London, July 22.-After an acrl-
monious debate in which the family
was dubbed immoral" by a laborite,
the House Of Commons this evening
granted the king and the members Of
the royal family a civil list OF 50, LOG, 900
yearly. A motion made by George
Barner, the labor leader, to reduce the
civil list by $500 was voted down,
2O6 to 20. Mr.. Kier-Hardie moved to
omit from the list provision for all the
kings children with the exception Of
the young Prince of Wales, and to pro
vide for Queen Mary only in the event
she survives King George. Hardle 3
motion to exclude the children was
defeated 207 to 20,