The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28
ORDER OF THE GARTER
BESTOWED ON DUKES
BY IA MARQUISE DE FoNTESoy
TT HE bestowal of the Order OF the
Garter upon the Dukes Of
4 Argyll and of Fife, on the M :

81 IA MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
a.: oes,owal OF the Order of the
carter upon the Dukes Of
Argyll and of Fife. on the oc
casfon of the coronation OF King
George. serves to show once again how
i'uch more accommodating and friend
~ tho Liberals arc to tho SOVEREIGN
.han the Conservatives. And in sniio
~ ~ Inc ract that Edward VII was
Tor, .'G &c. as, as Is also his successor. with
nage invariably met with much less
SSppositton 10 their wishes from The
THUS @b Than !, from the Conseryatives.
me occasion OF his coronation In 1905
70 nestow tho Order of the Garter i,nor
ms son. in-law, the Duke of Fife and
N ape,.,, ms nrother,in-l law, the Duke Of
Argyll. Lord Salisbury objected on inc
pretext that while the SOVEREIGN had
the power TO hestow the Order Of The
,hnrter upon any English princes of Tho
Liked be c aoh,eign royalties tina, he
upon a British noble, save on tho no,nil
natlon and with the consent Of tho
p prem for the time being; and more
lIish an .1a t whlle the number OF Eng
isn ana foreign royalties. who are ac-
counted as extra knights is unrestrict-
Gu, me number of non-royal Brifisb
members OF the order is fixed by sta
Prime Minister Aequith, howevcr
more aniable than the late Lord sails
bury towards the crown. intimn,od 10
a. a. s'nH George that he saw no obstacle
- tne way OF the appointment OF the
Dukes Of Argyll and of Fife n tne
Crder Of the Garter. as extra lnirhts
II, IN view OF the fact that he regarded
them as belonging BY marriage 10 Tho
royal family, and they have thus h see
come possessed OF dis,inction Ills
week which both Queen Victoria and
ha I'm. hdward endeavored in vain 10
nestow upon them--an order which n
British subject values more highly than
any title In The peerage: an order
when many European sovereigns have
a. 80 Ior without success. Granted
aha n OF Persia. ard only bestowed two
ears ago upon the AIikado. IL was
pefsistentiy refused by Queen Victoria
Inu ~ klng Edward to Sultan Abdnl
llamld or Turkey-not as alleged. be-
cause OF his Moslcm creed but on ac-
count OF his character. The nephcw
s aho heir apparent OF the present pad.
, ,niIn' VINO mas been representing his
Incle at King Georges coronation in
london, seems to have been cruelty dis
appoiiited at his failure to receive the
oc astSf and 10 ha S At arst declined to
/ oroer, only taking 1t after some delay,
| and after getting peremptory COM
n Inands from the Sultan at Constants
he has returned to S,amboul thorough
~ embittered against Great Britain by
what he considers TO be the slight
Pia ecu upon MIN In this affair, and that
when no succeeds to the throne at Con
stantinople. he will display an iil-will
towards Great Britain that will be very
PreJudicfal TO her interests in Turkey
But II would have been obviously i'm
possible to give him the carter without
nes'owing II upon his uncle, the Sui
tan. who shares with the King OF
Bulgaria, the King of Servia, and the
King of Saxony. the questionable dis
tinction OF being the only monarchs of
Europe who do not belong to the Order
or the Carter For King Albert OF
Belgium has already been notified of
King Georges intention to send tI-
fore tho end Of the year a special
embassy to Brussels, to convey to MIN
Eng glands oldest. most illustrious and
most historic order Of knighthood..
Inasmuch as pictures OF the recent
lnVestture of the young Prince of
Wales with the Order OF the Garter at
Windsor Castle have been widely pub
lished in this country. 1t may be worth
while saying few words about the
elderly warriors in odd, old fashioned
uniforms, who figured SO conspicuously
In the proceedings. Clad In scarlet
tail-coats. of the kind that were worn
by English generals seventy years ago.
with garter-blue velvet facings. and
gold epaulettes, ornamental by the red
cross Of st. George on silver ground
a cooked hat. adorned with tall
straight nj nf M