The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
COSTS $50 A DAY TO
GUARD KING GEORGE
Great Care Taken to Prevent
Assassination
THE FAMILY TREES
OF Some of EngInnd's Noble Houses Are
Receiving Careful Watering in
View of the Possibility of
New Peers
BY LADY MARY MANWARING

London, February 4-(special.)-It costs
$50 day to guard King George from
any possible attempt at assination and
since the recent recrudescence of militant
anarchy in London it Is probable that
the additional precaution to preserve his
majesty's life will be considerably in
creased.
Every day, at o'clock in the morning,
two detectives are detailed for the duty
of watching over the safety of the person
of the sovereign for a certain number
of hours. During the time they are on
duty, they must be continually near the
king. When his majesty is indoors, they
remain in the passage close to the apart
ment in which the king may be in. When
he goes out driving or riding, or to keep
any public or private engagement, his
majesty's guardians always follow their
royal charge at short distance.
Elaborate and careful as the precau-
tons taken to safeguard the monarch
are, they are carried out so unobtrusively
and secretly that those In the royal en-
tourage, or even the king himself, sell
dom have the slightest idea of the where
abouts of the detectives.
The 'chief is the only member of the
detective staff at the palace with whom
the king comes into contact, and 1t Is
doubtful If his majesty even knows the
appearance of many of the others.
The Chief is always kept informed,
as far in advance as possible of the
kings movements and lays his plans ac-
cordingly.
The two detectives acting as personal
guardians to the sovereign are instructed
by the chief of the kings movements,
and directly his majesty leaves the palace
they follow the royal carriage. The de-
tectives are always well disguised, and
their plans for keeping guard over the
sovereign are constantly being changed
and altered, and. are. of course, kept
strictly secret. They manage their bust
ness very cleverly, for without attracting
the least attention they always keep
close watch on the sovereign's safety
| from the moment his majesty leaves
Buckingham palace until he returns
The detectives who guard the king at
night go on duty at o'clock In the even
ing, If the king dimes out. one of the
detectives remains on duty in the house
where the king is guest until his majes-
| ty leaves.
| This rule was not observed when the
late king used to dine with Lord Knollys
In ST. James palace, but on such occa-
sions there was always a detective staff
in the apartments set apart for the re-
ception of the sovereign and his suite
All the passages at buckingham palace
are constantly being patrolled by MEM
bers of the detective staff, and the per-
sonal apartments are also visited by the
detectives from time to TIME.
Windsor castle is, however, the most
deliberately guarded royal residence.
When the king is in residence at Wind
sor there are usually from 20 to % de-
tectives on duty Every entrance to the
castle is watched by an armed official
and throughout the long corridors and
passages there are always several de-
tectives on duty.
These elaborate precautions are made
at Windsor castle chiefly because 1t can
be entered more readily than at Buck
ingham palace. There are several secret
entrances to Windsor castle, whereas
there are none to Buckingham palace.
The king in this country goes about
more freely among his subjects than any
other sovereign is able to do. but, never
tIeicSS, Ills uIdJcSty 10 dt oil thACo sciyl
carefully guarded. i
In view of the possibility that the house
of lords may in the near future be de-
luged with 500 new peers SO that the
government programme may be put
through parliament and the cutlery about
the degradation of Britains proud peer
age, 1t is interesting to note the deriva-
ton of some of our noble houses.
The Dukes of st. Adams drew their limo
from the ''Merrie Monarch" and all his
royal forefathers, 1t is true; but our
peerage books would not know them II
saucy and winsome Nell Gwyn had never
peddled oranges in Drury lane and the
first duke was equally kin to sovereignty
and the sums.
His grace of Northumberland is heir
on the distaff side. to all the gories and
splendors Of the Percies. BY male descent
he is no Percy, but a Smithson, whose
forefathers drove the plough and tended
sheep In the north country
The Duke of Leeds we owe to the enter
prise that drew the footsteps of one Ed
ward Osborne to London town from his
paternal cottage in Kent some centuries