New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
NEW KINGS CHARACTER
A Forecast of the English Sow
ereign's Policies.
HIS POLITICAL ATTITUDE
Extremists Likely To Be DIS
appointed-Effect on Society
Monarch Labors.

London. May 21-Public interest Is
abruptly shifted from the old to the ne"
reign. King George has displayed en-
ersv and CAPACITY in conducting the inn
posing pageant and in welcoming ms
royal guests and speeding them on the
return to their own capitals. Whle ne
lacks his fathers passion for the nicetles
Of etiquette he can hardly fail to be
keenly interested IN the new business OF
reigning. Monarcns invariably find 1t a
fascinating occupation, especially when
i, has the charm Of novelty. King
George has already learned that it is an
srduous business. involving unremlttlng
patience and labor.
a multiplicity Of minor changes is
requisite when reign opens, one de-
cree in council follows another. hturgles
and collects are altered without ref
erenee 10 historic rites, convocations
are amended, a prayer book is licensed,
new oaths are required, the sovereigns
Of the mint and the postage stamps OF
the realm require fresh dies and plates,
and many important details of public
business are altered. To these are added
the responsibility Of laying the founda-
ton for q new civil lst-alWays the
same arduous undertaking the duty
Of regulating the regency as a safeguard
against the sovereign's premature death.
These matters must be speedily preached
In council, but are not controversial
The date Of the veto resolutions is the
burning question in party politics. 1t
cannot he deferred except by the consent
Of Mr. Balfour and Premier Asquith and
the abrogation of John Redmond's alb
solute veto on legislation which he dis
likes. The militant Unionists are anx-
ious 10 create the impressions that King
Edward was bounded out of life by
Radical craftsmanship, that King George
is an old-fashioned Tory and new
tangled imperial and tariff reformer.
and that loyalty will be the supreme
issue IN the next canvass.
These hotspurs would like TO have it
SO, but they are dragging the sovereign
into the deepest waters OF current poll
tics when they talk in this excited way.
The King has not been an offensive par
tisan while heir to the throne and he
will naturally become impartial and
neutral as a constitutional sovereign.
His inexperience entities him 10 plead
for delay in relation TO the veXatious
question OF guarantees. A truce could
easily be arranged between Premier AS
quith and Mr. Balfour as q favor TO the
sovereign were il not for coronation
year. The Unionists naturally object to
TWO years lease of power for the Radi-
Gals
King Edward had his own circle Of
intimate friends who We're leaders in the
social life during his reign King George
is likely TO accept them. especially as he
has never headed a rival coterie of his
own. The same smart set will continue
to influence society, although its idolized
leader has gone.
King George, after the period Of
mourning is over, is likely TO become a
patron of the turf, as his father was,
and also of yachting, for which he has
a marked taste. When the coronation
is over he will make the rounds of the
great country houses and racecourses,
as his father was accustomed to do and
the richest and most ambitious people
in society will swarm about him wher-
ever he goes. A style has been set for
conducting the business Of reigning and
thing VIII go on as before.