New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16

-. known since first I came to Lon
49,. but perhaps the exact number does
natter. I believe l am right in say
.. that the majority were the work Of
'n.-al Prime Ministers. The King or
n.o.n OF course creates. but since the
S-,,,a Minister advises it is he who is
Nv responsible, and his advice is
s,lv OF a party complexion. whether
s. conservative or Liberal The ex-
.,,on or the partial exception, occurs
great ceremonial like the Corona
..or which is. for some purposes, a truce
,co6 as between the two great parties
cha state. That is what occurs in
"a. present Coronation week. OF the
~ Peers OF the United Kingdom. six
-. liberals. five Conservatives. and one,
uho is the Kings Private Secretary.
..s, be considered neutral OF the nine
.d,sncements in grade. five are Liberals.
....s are Conservatives. and one, Lord
v,ollvg. Political Secretary to the King.
Is of no party.
vben MIR. Gladstone. in 1881. made six
.,,, oeers at once it was thought large
~. In those days a Peerage was per-
sons deemed a more distinguished COM
DIir,ent than now. Yet If there has been
.,y change in public opinion il is due to
!. confusion Of thoughts between social
nos,,ion and political authority. 1t is the
-.o,,tioal authority Of the Peers which is
,ov attacked: but should the political
authority Of the Peers be destroyed. their
social position and prestige would remain
rbst they have been for all these GEN.
,nries past. Rank still appeals to the
British imagination, and will continue to
,rpcaL. and Pecrages will still be COW
s,ed The Radical who RACES against
tho House Of Lords is none the less
eager TO be a Lord And the number Of
Radicals who. after they have been made
Peers. cease 10 he Radicals and become
conservatives is painfully large. said
me wife Of a recently created Peer when
the question arose how he was likely to
vote on what the Conservatives have
,oojshly allowed 10 be called the Veto"
Bill:
"Oh. but the year has not elapsed
What do YOU mean by the year.
WHY YOU know. Tommy is expected
70 vote Liberal for not less than d year
after he was made a Peer
DID Mr.. Balfour and Lord Lansdowne.
when they suffered the legislative power
# the upper chamber TO be- described as
veto" forget that Marie Antoinette
VAS called Nine. Veto by the Jaco-
bins An ominous precedent But this
is an aside.
All sorts OF memories are awakened as
YOU look down the long list Of distinc-
tons which appeared this week-six col
umns Of them in The Times" The very
first reminds you that a German King
sits upon the English Throne II is the
Grand Duke OF Mecklenburg- Strelitz
who heads the three new Knights Of the
Garter. a distinction which is. or was.
whether FOR Lord Melbourne's reason or
some other, the most coveted Of all by
the Peers themselves and even by Roy
slties. Then comes tie Duke Of Argyll
not he whose name vas long honored in
America as a friend TO America in the
dsys when we had Few, but his son, the
MARQUIS of Lorne who married the
Princess Louise. sister 10 the late King.
Never 70 be forgotten is that strange
scene in the Alber. Hall three days after
the wedding. wheI the Queen opened the
great building ramed after her dead
husband, with every circumstance Of
ceremony 70 do honor 10 the memory OF
that very un-English Prince; un-Eng-
Nsh. vet BY the English held in honor
then and now causeway had been
aid over the arena from the entrance
10 the stage. and along this footpath
passed the Queen and her court. Next
after the Green came the Prince and
Princess Of Wales; then the other sons
ard daughters ~ the Queen. Among
them was ne three days old bride, Prin-
cess Louis. ever a popular figure. But
where wa the bridegroom? Not with
bic bride nor az first anywhere 10 be
seen A last. and among the last or
Tits gitering procession, appeared LORD
Icrne " himself. almost as II he were
servat attending upon his mistress
ard he Eoyal Household. II was a po-
rtion orisined. no doubt, by an I'M
kndiY law Of etiquette and prec-
stencs sut II was none the less a posi-
= - a stnY
Az there above, in a box next the
aas one OF group Of great ministers
state, sat Lord Lorne's father, the
S<s OF Argyll; perhaps the greatest OF
T. mobiles OF Scotland and one Of the
rolcest men in the Kingdom. II was
tx OF wrath that looked down upon
'a spectacle. I thought OF the COM
'"st Punch" had put in the mouth OF
ecotchnan 20 whom the news OF the
ansement Of the Queens daughter 70
re Duke OF Argylls son had been i'm
ated:
"a and It's proud woman the
~sen maun' be-"
'ot the pride Of the father was In
sysnee that morning in the Albert
ain
=" Duke Of Fife comes next TO the
y" OF Argyll on the Garter roll. He, TOO,
~'ned Kings daughter, the Princess
'al eldest daughter 10 the late King
stsrd. whose friend and associate he
- oeen While the King was still Prince
wales. and only some eight years the
OF his father-in-law. Known
'''ly as "Macduff." he had succeeded
'1th earl in 1879, and upon his mar