The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

London, March 3.-(Special)- )-The- re-
 markable political changes that are talk l ing place in England and have been talk l ing place during the past two years, are almost revolutionary in extent, the full | meaning of which is just dawning on the country at large
 The accession of King George V to the throne was the overshadowing event of
 the period, but other changes are grad ually working out that will mean much to the political future of the country. It Is rumored that, in the event of the government deciding to go forward with the policy of making 500 new peers to enable the cabinet to coerce the up- per chamber, a policy which they are now advocating with much vigor the older families of our nobility have de- cided upon the unusual course of drop ping their titles and adopting plain MT"
 in front of their names, except, of course.
 where they are members of the variops orders of knighthood, when they will in future be known by the titles they
 hold under each order.
 By this course they would hope to bring the new peers into disfavor, holding them
 up to ridicule. All Europe appears to
 be looking toward London now.
 It has been definitely settled that the
 German Crown Prince and Crown Prin- cess are to represent the court of Ber-
 lin at the coronation. They will probably
 be accompanied to England by Prince
 and Princess Henry of Prussia, who were the official representatives of the court
 of Berlin at King Edwards coronation.
 Prince and Princess Henry will be pres ent at the ceremonial in West minste- abbey as relatives. and not officially so they will be placed along with other members of the royal family and not with the representatives of foreign courts. The Emperor of Russia is to be rep resented by his brother, the Grand Duke Michel Alexandrovitch, who will very cousin, the Grand Duke Dimitri Paulo- witch. The Emperor Francis Joseph will be represented by the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Archduke Francis Jo- seph. The Crown Prince of Sweden will come from Stockholm, the Duke of Aosta from Italy, the Crown Prince of Denmark and probably Prince Waldemar from Co.,
 penhagen. the Duke of Sparta and Prince George of Greece from Athens, the Prince Consort of The Netherlands from The Hague, and the Crown Prince of Rou-
 mania from Bucharest. The courts of Madrid, Dresden, Brussels and Stuttgart will all be represented by royalties and
 ambassadors extraordinary are coming from France and Norway and from the
 
 London is making preparations for the coronation. Westminster Abbey
 has been closed to the public that it
 may be put in readiness for the coron-
 ation. The official programme of the
 ceremonies has been arranged.
 Tuesday, June 20, state banquet at Buckingham palace will be held.
 Wednesday, June 21. dinner will be given by the Duke of Connaught at St. James palace. Thursday. June 22,
 coronation. Friday. June 2s, royal pro
 gress through London. Saturday, June 24. naval review at Spithead. Sunday,
 June 25. the King and Queen remain
 in the royal yacht at Spithead Mon day, June 26, the King and Queen re- turn to London. Gala performance at
 the opera. Tuesday, June 27 garden
 party at Buckingham palace; gala theatre performance. The King and
 Queen afterwards attend supper and June 2S departure of royal guests; visits of the King and Queen to the Royal Agricultural show at Norwich. Thursday, June 29, royal visit to the Guildhall, and in all probability drive in state through the East End. Friday. June 30, the prime minister and Mrs. Asquith will entertain the King and Queen at dinner. Saturday, July 1, the King and Queen go to Windsor.
 Queen Mary takes much interest in the relief work being done among the poor of London. Recently she sum- moned Prebendary Garlic, founder of the Church Army, to Buckingham pal ace to- receive from him a report of the army's work and the condition of the destitute and homeless poor in Lon