New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
All with Radical Leanings
Relieved from Attendance
Servants as Spies?
EQUERRIES AS HOSTS
TO OFFICERS IN ARMY
Carriers Of Royal Dispatches Re-
placed by Men Of Known Loyalty
Tory Aristocrats Favored.

IN, Cahlo 60 The Trihuu",
London. April t--What can only be de-
scribcd NJ - panic that broke out I'm the
ROYAL household ON the disclosure las,
week that tho King had intcrfcrcd In the
political situation and had given direct
orders To tho army is quite evidently IN
croaslng There were Indications yestcr-
day that the situation VIII probably IN
tcrfcre with the royal visit to Paris. FOR
three hours on Friday afternoon TOUT
telephone lines between London ana PARIS
were held M for the Kings usc-an I'M
preccdentcd occurrence.
All the members Of the royal house
hold who arc known 10 have radical
leanlncs or sympathics have been 70
Hcvcd from temporary attendance on the
KING. and every member whose PERSONA
sy,opathies are strongly royallst has becn
summoned tn the palace. All letters an"
DISPATCHES from tho kinG In connection
with the crisis have been sent by spccia'
messengers whose Loyalty can De rene"
on. instead OF through the post OF ,"e
official Kings messengers In the service
of the Home once. This is done III caro-
any of the Kings letters are INTERFERE"
with. and II is n precauton that UP W
the present, at all events. ~ quite uh-
necessary
The chief eauerries AT Buckingham fa'-
ace are giving dinners every nlght 10
which only army and navy ofhcers are
asked AT these entertainments the post
ascertain as far as possible the teeh"e
I'm the two services regarding the hlns
action. A noteworthy feature OF THESE
dinner parties is the number OF ofncefs
who arc sons OF wealthy manufacturers
and others whose leanings. II might pe
expected would he radical Ihe opJec'
of these invitations apparently Is 10 gam
the LOYALTY OF these men TO the hlhs III
tho event OF future DEVELOPMENTS.
The King himself too. Is undoubtedIS
recsivinc n number OF visitors prlvateH
at buckingham Palace who are not MS
r,,iestv's ministers, and the rather SIN
ister rumor prevailed a couple or Gays
ago in the royal household that some Vi
the servants In the palace were acu"e
as spies and reporting the names OF those
visitors to the Cabinet Council. feste'-
dav three servants were suddenly sent 10
Windsor.
= All the natural sympathies OF the KING
ara NJ course. arlstocratlc. and the real
danger OF the present situation lies III
the fact that. surrounded as MS maJestS
is AT present by men Of entirely arls'o-
cratic sympathes. men quite out "a
touch with the prevalent democratic feeI-
ing of the country at large, ne may nhu
himself entangled in some sort OF secret
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ment OF the Tory party.
Lord Stamfordham, the Nestor or the
British Court. and personal friend Of
the late King. does not regard these pro-
ceedings with favor. nor does he CONSIDER
them wise. They are, as matter OF
fact the actions OF weak men ia irlSht'
end there is no strong man TO stop theih'
The events of the last few days have
undoubtedly frightened the whole royai
household badly, and some OF the most
important members OF the King 5 en-
tcurage are losing their heads. KING
George. to do him justice. takes the situa-
ton more calmly than any one, but he
is being led by unofficial advisers into
doing things and giving orders calculated
10 produce the impression that the royal
family is in an extraordinary nervous
state.
The idea is spreading in the royal en-
tourage that If the present angry feellhs
toward his majesty develops Buckingham
Palace may be mobbed, or, worse still,
steps may be taken to curtail and re-
strain the Kings movements. the King
is undoubtedly largely guided by the
Queen. and the Queen. in turn. by Sir
Frederick Ponsonby. one of the most
agreeable and entertaining personalities
I'm the royal household. but man wholly
untitled to be the guiding spirit in de-
velopments so critical as those which
have taken place i'm the last week. Sir
Frederick. as a matter OF fact would be
the first TO admit this. He is guided by
anybody who takes the trouble TO make
a suggestion TO him, and says yes to
every one about everything.