The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-23
CORONATION CAUSES
ADVERSE COMMENT
'Sacrilegious Comedy" Is Term
Used in Describing An
cient Comedy.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

Special Cable 10 The Tribune,
LONDON. July 22.-Andrcw Carnegie
Is not the only man In the United King
dom who looks upon the coronation cere-
monies With a feeling Of contempt Here.
for instance. Is noted iconoclast Kier
Ilardle. NJ, p, radical labor member, who
in making a speech 10 the striking mold
ers of Dowlais. used some pretty plain
language In expressing his opinion of the
affair.
He said those who had seen the coro-
nation had described ii as a sacrlegious
comedy The abbey itseir was got up as
a music hail. and the crowd gathered
there spent part of the time in the loyal
occupation OF munchlng sandwiches and
drinking Scotch whisky.
He had very old fashioned reverence
for. a building like Westminster abbey
and he felt his gorge rise and protest
against such a venerable building being
converted into sort OF glorlied music
hall or sanctifed pot house,
There is no doubt that the levity dis
played In the rehearsalS al the abbey and
during the long walt on the day OF the
coronation has created good deal Of
disgust, Even conservative mon are seri-
ously discussing the advisability OF cut
ting out many OF the medieval ceremonies
OF the coronation which might have had
a meaning In feudal times, but In these
days are ridiculous and tend to excite
ridicule and contempt rather than awe
The trouble in making these changes
which II Is admitted are advisable Is in
finding the necessary authority II is
possible King George will take the mat
ter in hand and bring about a reform.
Small Chance for Compromise
Prospects OF compromise over the
Westminster parliament bill seem exceed
inSly dim, though the Tories keep up a
circles absolute incredulity is expressed
when suggestions are made that George
" wl,l decline to go beyond the creation
p 1o sesoa9 es a9 S6os to the
Men close TO the prime minister scout
the notion that the king will balk at 500
II necessary. They predict that he Will
touch the highwater mark OF constitu-
tionalism by deferring fully 10 the advice
OF the responsible head OF the peoples
house"
in radical quarters. Recently a radical
journal. urging the groups OF the coalition
10 draw closer together, now that Lord
Lansdowne's amendment TO the parlla-
ment bill has defined the Issue, says that
If the coalition breaks down under the
strain OF the Irish demands the Union
lists are sure OF being returned TO power
with a big majority,
To Smash the Bill.
Then. according to the same authority,
the lords would be brought forward.
jammed through and made the tool TO
smash the parliamentary bill and give
the new second chamber the ancient
privileges OF the lords. 1t processes TO
know that such Is Lansdowne's ulter!or
purpose.
Canada is anxiously awaiting some new
gold pieces Al present. without being
impecunlous. she has no gold coin of her
own, What gold Is In circulation In the
pieces. The designs for the new Cana
dian five and ten dollar gold pieces are
now awaiting final approval In London,
and by the autumn. IL is hoped. the new
coinage Will go forth, In value and size
the coins Will be exactly the same as the
American. and viii create reciprocity In
monetary exchange.
Scottish immigration Increases.
Scottish immigration continues to in
crease. In the month OF May 1921 people
Of Scottish nationality left the United
pared with $500 in the corresponding
month last year For the Ave months OF
the year the number are 2S.33i. as
against 20,404. OF the total British
North America got. PLOT. Australia
land s43. India Uncluding Ceylonl $40.
other British colonies and possessions,
etc. During the month OF May the total
number OF British subjects who left the
United Kingdom for places out OF Europe
was S1,3fl. being. an increase of 10. as
or this number, 2S923 went to British
North America, 52ll 10 Australia e72 10
New Zealand. 1913 TO South Africa 30S
TO india and SIG 10 other British pos
sessions The number who went to the
months OF this year ending May q grand
total OF 1898 British subjects went TO
parts OF the empire or an increase of
Se'oi1 over the same period In 1870