The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
DEATH OF KING
CEMENTS PEACE
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they Will remain until Monday. The
kaiser viii stay at Buckingham Palace
until Monday afternoon or Tuesday,
The other royalties and envoys arc
leaving London. There has been some
comment on the fact that on the cere-
monial at Westminster hall Tuesday.
queen Alexandra was accompanied by
her sister, the Dowager Empress Of
Russia, instead of by Queen Mary.
Alexandra properly took the first
place as the chief lady mourner. but
she should have been accompanied by
Queen Mary, who is entitled 10 precc-
dence over everybody except the king.
But Alexandra, who has an imperious.
wilful way of her own. held out against
5he queen and king, finally getting her
wish that Empress Marie sit beside her.
Queen Subordinated.
The result was that Queen Mary
played second part in her first state
appearance of the new reign.
Political enmity has not been laid in
the grave with Edward. the pacificator,
and that hatchet has not been buried.
Though the events Of the last fortnight
have drawn attention away from the
tactics Of the party leaders, there has
been no abatement of public interest
over the controversy raging.
Competent forecasters predict that
soon partisan excitement Will blaze
forth even more furiously than before
One Of the foremost Liberal organs,
hinting at the rumor which asserts that
King Edward would not have consented
to swamp the lords if Mr. Asquith
had so advised. thinks it nonsense 10
suggest that his death has done any
thing towards settling any of the great
questions before the country. II re
calls John Bright's epigram: "Noth-
ing is ever settled until settled right -
Radicalism is likely to force the
fighting, conservatism TO stand on the
defensive. As soon as the task of ar
ranging the civil list is performed
this being tho initial work of parlia.
mcnt when the crown passes away-his
Irish allies viii urge Mr.. Asquith TO
strike out Of the accession the clause
offensive to all Catholics.
George V. was advised by section
of the Tory press 20 drop the words
on his own account And this ad-
acquiescepce in change obviously de
sirable when parliament takes the mat
ter up.
Fight Is Still On.
But fhe Welsh non-conformists and
not few OF the Scotch-tbe back bone
Of British non-conformists--are warn.
ing Mr. Lloyd.Georgc against consent
ing 10 "any step that might let down
the bars against vaticanism.
Undoubtedly the new king Will find
the British and Irish democracics CO.
operating more closely in his reign than
they co-opcrated during his fathers
| Nor can he count indefinitely upon a
truce IN politics 10 enable him To get
experience of his responsibilities.
| In the course of a fortnight Mr.. AS
auth. il is expected will have reached
final decision as 10 The main lines of
the governments action. and the po'
litical atmosphere will become clearer.
ON the other hand, the Liberals are
so we'll satisfied with what has been ac-
complished through Irish aid IN the
matters of the budget and the veto,
that the talk about ''yieldlng TO Red
mond" is not likely to be heard again
in Liberal circles,
Sir Robertson Nicoll, who has n wide
authority in Liberal and non.contorm'
isl councils. virtually apologies to MI
Asouith for having criticised the prime
minister s dealing with the Nrish and
Labor parties, and. speaking in the light
of the governments s achievements, hG
mits that "thcre is really nothing, OF
which the ministry need feel less
ashamed. -