The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-11
MEMORIAL
TO BE CONSECRATFD

hands tho magisterial functions oe
Ireland are really vested. These arc
nominated. promoted and. In case a.
necessity discharged, by the yicoroy
Of ireland.
The once of Lord High Chancellor
vi i.eiaho. who has no woolsack on
which 10 sit. is a very ancient ono ~
frst to hold the ofice being stenbnn
Ridel. who received his appo,ntren.
in 1889.
Formerly there was a LORD r4,gh
chancellor OF Scotland. Blu. two hun
area years ago. on the union of scot
iand with England. his functions wero
merged In those OF the Lord Chancel-
Tor OF Great Britain
sir Redmond Barry is comnara-
lively young man. being but fortv-
fSe years of age, has been married for
the last SIX years. and makes his home
at 10 Fitzwilliam Square IN Dublin.
western education OF scions of the
re!gning families OF tho Orient has
thus far not proved much Of sue
cess. 1t has been a distinct failure IN
british India: IL has been n aource OF
nc end OF trouble In Egypt in the case
oil the present Khedive; and now the
new King OF Siam is doing everything
TO show that in the elaborate training
which he received in England. at tina
military college at sandhurst nj Ok
fo:d. and also during hts service with
the kaiser's Firsu Regiment OF Guards
at Potsdam. he has failed TO ACQUIRE
any knowledge calculated to be of
use 10 his countrymen.
He has been on the throne for near
~ year. and while there are lnnum-
cradle matters demanding reform, he
seams 70 have restricted his attention
altogether
Thus. he has furnished the royal body-
guard with an entirely new uniform.
which is sort OF buriesque Of that
worn by the Scots. Coldstream. Grena-,
oier and Irish Guards OF King Georro
" He has designed q now costume
for the police. All civil servants. MOI
matter what their rank, have BEEN
commanded TO don species of MILL
tary uniform. while the STAFF officers
Of the army have their helmets sur-
mounted by gilt representation OF ~
neurological bird called q "kroot. ;.
Whlch looks like nightmare adapta-
llon OF the eagles surmounting the
helmets OF the Kaiser's Gardes dn
corps at Potsdam, and of the Cara
chevalier Gardes at St. Petersburg
But the most extraordinary OF gart,
at all Is that which he has devised for
ms new personal bodyguard, organic.
80 ''.S 'iiitS VI hlnS GeOrgea COrpe
or Gentlemen at Arms. in which all
me privates are distinguished retired
ofiicers of the rank of colonel. The
King of Slams corps of Gentleman.
alarms Is composed Of princes, no.
bles and officials or the higher ranks
and the terribly fantastic attire. ali
black and yellow. with roomy kn.ok-
erbocker breeches. and huge SLOUGH
hats, has in some way justified its title
of the Wild Tigers" All the noble,
and the higher officials are required
to subscribe 10 the funds of the CORPS.
under the penalty of royal displeasure.
This is about all that King Vn1ira-
vudh has accomplished since his ac-
cession TO the throne; and with want
and distress universally prevalent.
partly through severe commercial
depression, and largely caused by
military CONSUMPTION laws which have
caused vast tracts OF land to go out
of cultivation for want of labor, and
with much lawlessness and official op-
preston. gthe present outlook in Siam
is far from promising,
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company