The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29
British NGrIiament Will Be
Asked to Change Corona
ton Oath for George
appropriation for New King Is
Not Expected to Cause
Any Opposition
By T. P. o'coNNoR
gSpeeiol Gable TO The Call

fhe struggle between the two houses /
Hbs chief discussion in the newspapers |
IS on the proposed alteration of the |
coronation oath. All sane opinion ac- |
cepts the desirability of sparing the |
king the humiliation Of insulting his |
s2,00o.00O Catholic subjects. but there is |
enough rabid Professionalism to show |
that opinion is not unanimous and that |
q ministerial measure can not pass I
without some opposition in parliament /
On the other hand. 4 bill dealing with 4
an appropriation for the new king will |
probably meet with less opposition than |
on the previous occasion. everybody be- |
ing anxious 10 spare him unnecessary
worry at the beginning OF his reign.
liberal PROGRAM UNCHANGED
. when things become normal the lib |
eral program viii probably not show |
any change in the main purpose or tao |
:tics, but there may be a change of
dates.
= lord Rosebery announces that he |
..w4ll. persist with a proposal TO reform
Ihe house of lords and the attempt TO
.:s5(igment instead Of curtailing the pow
. ers of the lords viii force the fight
::onGe more.
). The real point at issue then will be
wsFether the general election should /
:Gonge this autumn or next January.
Tbe Irish, laborites and radicals will
.press- for the earlier date. Much will |
!: aePend on the length Of time occupied
: E5@:t the coronation. the new budget and
fhe* other measures Of the government !
: In ireland the hideous strife begotten
=Bv: William O'Brien caused another riot |
El:the corner Of ireland where he still |
]roslds sway.
FACTIONISTs LOSE FAVOR
>. Last weeks reception to Redmond |
Dillon and Devlin far exceeded any |
thfng seen in Cork since Parnell's re- |
.ception so years ago and proved con- |
clusfVeiy that in Cork city OBrienism /
IS dead Another election will drive 1
him from that city and Healy from /
Louth and confne the factionists TO |
some three or four quiet and negligible
places.
The world Of business has made its
first move toward normal life. The 1
shop keepers and hotel keepers wall at
home and abroad. however, over the de- /
struction Of profits that a big season |
such as the late king planned would
have brought them. The concession to /
society in shortening of the period of I
mourning shows the sensitiveness of |
the new king 20 public opinion, and If /
the worlds of society and politics re- /
main quiescent il is largely because
the leaders in both have left London /
and are taking a vacation interrupted /
by the kings death |
The further postponement Of the re-
assembling Of parliament until June 8
renders any discussion of politics at |
close quarters impossible. The interval
IS occupied by speeches of the minor /
politicians. mainly dealing with the va 1
rious forms Of compromise IN the strug-
Ele between the ministry and the house /
OF lords, but the tories do not offer any /
proposal which the liberals could ac-
Cept.
sTORIES WANT COMPROMISE
In all the tory proposals for re-
form Of the house OF lords they would /
preserve most Of the privileges of the /
lords. even financial control They still
are vehemently avocated by LORD HAS
bury former tory lord chancellor, but |
he is TOO crusted a tory to speak for /
anybody but himself.
A more hopeful suggestion comes
from Sir Alfred Cripps, great tory
lawyer. Cripps practically abandoned
the claim of financial control by the
lords. but suggests that the Legislative
deadlocks between the lords and COM
mons be referred TO conferences. He
sneets the difficulty in the inequality
Of the liberals and the tories IN lords
by proposing such a representation as
would give the liberals some equality.
While such proposals indicate a grow
ing tendency Of the tories TO abandon
tde irreconcilable position, Lansdowne
and BaIfour remain obstinately silent,
and the liberal leaders remain also un-
pledged.
The hollowness Of the truce is re-
vesied by this mornings papers, in
which the liberal and tory writers at
tack each other.
KING KNOWN As TORY
The new king has passed as a tory
largely because he spoke so frequently
or craving the colonies and the mother
country together, and our protectionists
proclaim protection as the only means
Of accomplishing that purpose. He also
lacks a good deal of the popular fiber
which made the last king so typical an
Englishman and, therefore, so popular
with all classes.
The late king had a tremendous con-
stitution. could go through fatigues
that would kill half dozen ordinary
men. He had an innate love of the
grandiose, with the result that wher-
ever he went he always was given a
program too full almost for Theodore
Roosevelt Reviews Of troops, visits to
public places. with addresses and bands
and cavalcades-all that he liked and
went through with positive enjoyment,
unless he was i'll.
And even illness could not keep him
back. I hear that he insisted on dis
patch boxes being brought TO his bed
side even on Friday before he sank into
Inconsistencies and that he signed his
name TO a number Of documents.
The new king has none of this i'm
mense physical energy He looks al
most as delicate as the car of Russia,
whom he resembles a good deal in ap-
pesrance. He also can do none OF those
Gsrgantuan meals which his father
could face. I am told that his diges-
ton IS not very strong and that he has
10 take what is known as the dry meal"
that IS 10 say, the meal which is not
Interrupted al any stage till its end by
lg1id in any form. He Is not a great
1ofer Of many sports, but he is an ex-
cellent shot one Of the best in England.
He also has lived q very domesticated
life. Though not long married, he
already has a large family, and spends
most Of his evenings with his wife.
EDUCATION or MONARCH
I don't believe much in the stories Of
the new kings toryism. He had an /