Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
KING GEORGES PAY
Parliament to Take Up Sub
jeCt of His Allowance.
EXPECTED TO BE LIBERAL
Not Thought the Irish or Labor
Members will Offer Sc.
rious Objection.
Foreign CORRESPONDENCE Of Tho Star

IlouS ODJectlon.
Foreign Correspondence Of Tho Star.
LONDON, June g. 1910.
The settlement of the kings allowance,
to be the first business to come before
parliament week after next. will be
matter of great difficulty and delicacy,
and 1t may lead to NOR" trouble than
some people anticipate. The labor party
and radicals will undoubtedly suggest
| that the expenses of the monarchy should
be reduced and the sum allowed by the
| civil list considerably curtailed. Whether,
il the crown is to be maintained with be-
coming dignity and splendor. the amount
granted to the sovereign and his consort
can he much diminished is at least
doubtful. 4 large part of the civil list is
allocated to specific purposes such as
the maintenance of the royal household,
and the king has only effective control
over the sum allotted to the 'privy purse.
l do not believe that the public as a
whole will grudge a liberal provision for
the expenses of the throne The British
people always grumble about taxes, but.
after all, they like and expect to see
the sovereign maintained in dignified,
Enough not in extravagant splendor. The
simple and somewhat shabby monarchy
which would find favor with limited
| number of labor and radical members
would not be popular in the country.
Whatever settlement is made with the
king it is desirable that it should cover
his whole reign. Perhaps the only thing
which ever gave the slightest shade OF
unpopularity to the reign of Queen Vic
toria was the frequent application made
TO parliament as her sons and daughters
married or became of age. This was
remedied when King Edward came to
the throne. and where his mother had
received G3SJ,OOO he obtained 9470.OU0
and in addition had for his children e4S,
coo more. From the duchy of Lancas-
ter he received $4,000, while the Prince
of Wales as Duke of Cornwall received
EST .00O so that King Edward and his i'm
mediate family had in all from a CRATE
full nation the sum of EGGS, COO. besides
their personal incomes from savings. be-
quests and investments. This, of course,
does not count 100000 voted by parlia-
ment to the late kings brother. the Duke
OF Connausht and to his sisters.
Providing for His Children.
The civil list will be prepared. not with
view only to the immediate necessities
of the crown, but with reference to the
fact that the king has young family,
who in due course will become of age.
and must have establishments of their
>wn.- The Duke of Cornwall, who in a
'ew months will be made Prince of
Wales. possesses the revenues of the
huchy Of Cornwall, and as there will be
between two and three years of a mi
nority. and as the annual income of the
duchy is EST 600, his future may be re-
garded as almost sufficiently provided for.
The younger princes will have no income
except what is provided by the state, and
it is expected that this matter will be Set
tied now instead of by successive appH-
cations to parliament
Almost the first act of the house Of
commons after it assemblies will be to
question of the civil list. On this commit
tee the Irish and the labor members will
be representative latter probably either
by Mr.. Barnes or Mr.. Philip Snowden-
but. so far as the nationalists are con-
cerned, not much trouble need be ex-
pected. They are more concerned about
the bill with reference to the royal
declaration, and if that measure be sat-
isfactory to them they will support the
government through thick and thin in all
matters affecting the royal family.
Modification Is Desired.
1t is now assumed on all hands that an
endeavor will be made by ministers speed
lily after parliament reassembles to make
such modification in the declaration to
be taken by every British monarch after
accession as. while safeguarding the
Protestant succession, will remove all
reasonable cause for Roman Catholic
complaint. That such a course would
have been consonant with the wishes of
the late king is we'll understood, and re-
greet is being expressed that the matter
was allowed to stand over by both sides
while in power during the last reign until
a fresh demise of the crown, with the
consequence of a somewhat awkward
controversy at a specially painful mo-
ment.
A singularIy favorable opportunity, for
example. was afforded just over two
years ago when the extreme Protestant
section vehemently reprehended the at
tendance of King Edward, accompanied
by Queen Alexandra, at the requiem mass
for the late King and Prince Royal of
Portugal at the Roman Catholic Church
Of ST. James. in Spanish place.
The Protestant Alliance promptly con-
demned the action "a revolution OF
sion oaths. and it was declared to be
the first occasion. of a British sovereign
in his state capacity attending mass in
his capital since the days of James II.
1t was pointed out at the moment that
good might come from the raising of the
matter. as advantage might be taken
when there was no Immediate prospect of
a demise of the crown to settle once and
for all the VeXed question of the acces-
sion declaration, which few persons in
these days consider should continue to
be administered to each succeeding Brit
ish sovereign in it's present form, and
which is crudely offensive to the feelings
of every Roman Catholic in these realms.
But the opportunity was lost, and the
trouble may prove decidedly greater now.