The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-04

LONDON. Aug. 3-Hls most excel
lent majesty, George the Fifth, by
the grace of God of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and OF the British dominions beyond
the seas. king, defender of the lnith.
emperor of India, Will receive the
British crown from the archbishop OF
Canterbury in Westminster abbey one
day next June. This man, OF whom
tho world knows nothing, actually be-
came king that night last May when
his father died For eighteen years
England and the English knew that
this young man some day would be
called upbn TO reign over the vast
dominions of the British empire. COM
prislng ope-ffth OF the worlds terri
tory and onc-ifth OF the worlds In
habltants. But thel British people
he might be: they never asked HIN
for his opinions as to matters OF gov
ernmental policy, they never ques-
toned his ftness for the high office
he was destined to fill. they knew
only that he was of the royal race
and that he would be king.
est trades in the world Like other
businesses, II has It's ups and downs;
It has been popular and Its tradesmcn
have ruled or ruined at their august
pleasure: 1t has been unpopular and
its tradesmen have paid with their
lives the penalty Of their lingship
Kings have been the inspired and
consecrated agents Of the Deity In
ruling the mortals or this Inferior
world; kings have been the pawns in
games played by great soldiers. dip
lomatists and priests; kings have
been mere figureheads TO represent In
mortal flesh the immortal and intan'
gible spirit of national existence.
But always kings have been kings.
and never has there been King who
would of his own accord abate ono
jot or title Of his royal power. Never
has there been king who did not be-
lieve in his soul that he was made of
better clay than other men.
Something more than century ago
there was a great social conyulsion
in the western world which caused
thrones to totteT and which occa-
stoned a terrific slump in the stock
OF the king business by striking down
the notion that kings ruled by virtue
OF divine right, This great panic was
followed by a long series of ups and
downs in which no knig ever knew
quite what his business was worth
About forty years ago things quieted
down. and ever since then king stock
has been gradually rising Today the
King business is more flourishinS than
at any time within the past hundred
years.
Absurd as it may seem TO those
I'm whose veins runs the blood Of men
who signed the Declaration of indie
peDdeDce, subjects OF kings are quite
ms proud of their estate as are citi-
zens of repJ 6lics. An American will
not fail TO vince when some careless
speaking Englishman refers TO him
as an American subject And vet
the Engiishman is as prideful oil his
relation as a subject OF King George
AS any American. be he Jefferson him
SELF, could be of his citizenship in the
American republic Any person in
England who agItoted the overthrow
OF the monarchy and the establish.
meut Of a republic would be even
moro OF = traitor than an American
VIII NOulO duNbtdlt ludhlllE IL N'l lolu
citizen into King Theodore | There
are no Republicans in Britain just as
there arc no monarchists In America
Every man likes his own system
True. IL may he objected that there
are Republicans in Spain: but then
there are also monarchists in France.
The trouble in those countries Is that
the system has changed so many
times that the people arc not settled
In their preferences
The one thing about which every
Brlbon IS agreed is that it is his FIRST
f, duty, under any and all circumstances
whatsoever. to he loyal and true to
his king. Loyalty to the crown is the
only effective bond of British unity