Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-15
DEPUTY KING
 IN PLACE IF
 GEORGE, FIFTH
A matter Now of Curious Spec ulation in the State De- partment at Wash
 ington
M0NARCH'S DEPARTURE
 FOR INDIAN DURBAR
How the Thing Has Been Managed Before When British Royalty Has
 Gone Aboard
(By Victor Elliott

tDg NltNOi ElHONll
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 14:-Attaches of the State department are speculat. ing on the question; Who is going to be king Of England when King George and Queen Mary leave the British shores for their Indian possessions and attend the great Indian Dunbar, and incidentally be proclaimed "Em- peror" and Empress" of lndia?' it is necessary when the King Of England decides to visit foreign ports for any considerable length of time for him to deputize either a commis- sion or some high functionary to be the acting titular head of the King dom Of England during his absence. The last instance Of this kind was in Queen Victoria's reign in lS45 when Her Majesty was about to make a visit to France as the guest of Louis Philippe. In parliament it was stated in the most emphatic terms that such a visit ought not to be carried out without provision first being made for the exercise of the royal authority by the appointment of lord justices.
 It was eventually agreed that as 1 the Queen took with her to France ' one of her secretaries of state, Lord 1 Aberdeen, whereby an act of state could as well be performed abroad as at home. the need for lord justices tol so short g time did not arise. The Earlier Custom
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 cording to English commentaries that 1 have been brought into the discussion ] by the diplomatic experts Of the state l department. the authority of the ab
 sent king was deputed to the grand iusticiary or justiciar-a title and of fee which has been lost sight of Fol lowing this it became the practice fol the soverign to place the royal au thority in a commission and to leave
 the exercise of his functions 10 com
 mittee of personages. It was Will liam III who first gave 10 these com
 missioners the titles of lord justices
 and established the precedent. whicl
 was followed as late as 1921.
 ! According to the best information l at hand, the commission was appoint ] ed in the times when King George
 and King George II visited their con 1 tfnental possessions. Upon severa | occasions, however, Queen Carolin' ! administered the affairs of state alon
 when George II was out of the King dom for any length of time so that l was necessary that some high officia or officials of the government shoul
 represent the King, justices were al
 pointed. In ,uie books Of the prlV
 council of this date is to be found tn following:
 His majesty, in council, was thi | day pleased to declare his intention ] going out of the Kingdom for shoI l time. whereupon the annexed draft ( blank commission for appointin | guardians or justices for the admins , tration of the government during hi 2 1 maiesty's absence was read at th board and approved And his malest
 was further pleased to declare an nominate the following persons sai ' guardians and justices, viz: The Duk 4 of York, the Archbishop of Cante z bury. the Lord Chancellor and otht 1. great officers of state.
 st Nineteen Kings
 Altogether this commission, whiC
 includes the Duke of Wellington, nun .. bered nineteen. a rather cumbero' I 1 number to exercise the functions !. l one man. At this time parliment hs ' no authority in the matter, the who
 business was done by letters pate a i under the great seal, and though
 matter of great foTmality, was neVs ' theless the direct act of the King !, While it is possible that this - will be duplicated by King Geori s when the royal party starts for lndi n the whole matter may be chang H and a new precedent established. IT ?, recent events in England, the gre;
 or mower exercised now by parlime
 than ever before, and the more lhs .a 1 pendent attitude of the people h - cause King George to place the ,t thority of the Kingdom in the nan ,v of one man.
 s The view taken at the state depa a ment however, is to the effect ti !. King George will follow the precede ar set by his predecessors and appol commission to administer the ho fairs of the government. If the co " mission is formed and endowed VI 'Is the sceptre of authority, in all hk'
 hood. the various members Of [
 present Cabinet will be appoint .d- This will place Loyd George, Winsi ss Churchill, Sir Edward Grey. MT. | ,r rell. and John Burns. in the tneor' m, cal position of being capable Of dol In- no wrong.
 I'd. Sacred for a While e. As ministers of the soyernme