The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
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A popular clergyman in London. i'm
pressed by King Georges hrmness Of
character. has said that his majesty will
go down In history aS George the
Dreadnought' The Kings desire, how
ever. is to follow his fathers example as
q peacemaker. and 1t b significant, there
fore, that the first international role which
King George was called upon to MI is
that Of arbiter in a dispute between tive
foreign nations.
King Edward was to have adjudicated
the noted Alsop claim contention between
the United States and Chile. and King
George has undertaken to accept the re-
sponsibility on behalf Of the governments
of those countries. The trouble began
thirty years ago and concerns a mining
concession in Bolivia First that conces-
sion fell to an American firm. Alsop &
Co.. but matters were complicated by a
South American war. involving a dis
tribution Of territory. The concession. it
was claimed, then fell to Chile, and Al
sop & Co. are now claiming 81 100000 as
indemnity. which amount has been de-
posted in a London bank by the Chilean
government. Both parties will present
note to King George setting forth their
respective claims in detail.
1t seems like a ticklish position for the
King. who cannot pretend to be an expert
oh CldlIIlS. nc VIII SSch
competent advice, perhaps by appointing
a commission of two or three experts
headed by some eminent lawyer. This
commission will submit it's findings to the
King, who then will use his common
sense to decide one way or another.
Curiously enough similar arbitration
fell to the lot of King Edward on the
death of Queen Victoria. This was the
boundary dispute between Chile and Ar
-
them owned certain parts of Patagonia.
Queen Victoria was to have rendered her
finding. but died, and King Edward took
up the task. Just as the two countries
were on the point of war, he gave his
decision, which satisfied both. Thus King
Edward began his reign as he ended
1t. as peacemaker. The coincidence.
according to London club talk, augurs
we'll for the present ruler.
The recent general election in Great
Britain has been remarkable for the
number OF titled politicians who have
turned from Liberalism to Cnionism. The
Liberals lost a man of affairs in Lord
BurghcIere, who announced his determina-
ton to oppose the government after
twenty-five years active service in the
Liberal ranks. Although he is but little
known to the general public. there are
put lC" HNu vi tuc pTcScHI udS WIN
may claim a greater variety of attain
ments. The lord has won reputation
as politician. poet. playwright. anna
teur actor. and business man. He sat
in the House of Commons as a Liberal
member for North Essex ten years ard
was president of the board of agricul-
ture. He has also been an ecclesiastic
commissioner. and now he is a director
in the Peninsular and Oriental Company.
In lNts- oVyfh -h0 civ rtNv-f fnry a .lO
a fine amateur actor. A scholar Of dis
tinction. he has translated Nirgils
Heroics into English verse, a work that
still finds all-round favor.
Lord Burghclere married Lord Carnar-
von's eldest daughter. He has four
charming daughters Of his own, but no
son, and there is at present no heir TO
the title, which is taken from a village
on Lord Carnarvon's estate. He is one
OF the few peers who can date their
creation from the period when Lord
Rosebery was prime minister.
His lordship'S bone of contention with
the government is the PARLIAMENT bill,
which he declares establishes single
chamber" government, as he puts it. the
absolute supremacy of one chamber,
without appeal"
Lord Burghclere was followed by Sir
John Swinburne and Lord Heneage. Sir
John was home ruler a free trader,
and lifelong Liberal, but now. as he
says, he is prepared to make a stand
against the existing ministry" The late
poet. Algernon c. Swinburne, was a
cousin of Sir John. who is a great land
owner in Northumberland. He is an old
navy man. with a good deal of active
service to his credit He was born six
years before the demise of King William
Iot 1Il or L.
presentation to William ", of the re-
kiss with which the sailor King
greeted her, and the outspoken tribute
he paid to her beauty Sir John boasts Of
a very ancient ancestry. being descended
from Sir William dc Swinburne, a knight
Of Henry III.
Lord Heneage also comes of an old and
famous family. for the HeneaScs had
long been in the country when William
the Conqueror came to England. There
were Heneases in the days of King
Edwy; Sir Robert de Heneage hourished
under King Rufus: and Thomas Heneage
was Cardinal Wolsey's private secretary
and later master of the household Of
King Henry VIII. with whom he was
present at the courting and winning
of Anne Boleyn. The present peer is
an old guardsman and has represented
at Westminster when a Hem
ago. His lordship now has flung his
Liberalism to the winds and is ready to
oppose home rule. and to support Bal
four's policy.
Then came Lord Joicey and Sir W. H.
Hornby. Lord Joicey is a wealthy peer,
who derives most of his income from his
colliery property in the north
of England. The son of a Newcastle en-
gineer, he has risen to sit in the House
of Lords by dint of sheer industry and
acumen. For more than
twenty years he sat for Chester-le-Street
as a Liberal, and when the present gov
ernment came into office he was rewarded
with a peerage. In choosing his coat-of-
arms. Lord Joicey justified his nickname
of "Old King Coar' by having enshrined
in the design two pit ponies and two
miners picks. Though made a peer by
this government, he has lately several
times gone against the ministry, first be-
cause of the budget. but mainly because
Of the prominence given some socialistic
legislation.
Sir w. H. Hornby is head of great
firm of lancashire cotton spinners. For
his family has been associat-
ed with Blackburn, and also for genera
tions Hornby has represented that town
in Parliament. John Hornby sat for Black
burn from 1S41 to 1852, William Henry
Hornby (Sir Henry's father) represented
it from 1853 to 1868. and Mr.. E. X. Hornby
was elected in 1869 at the head of the
ticket which had Lord Morley at the bot
tom. Sir Henry was a very popular
Unionist member for twenty-five years,