Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-15
People Have Serious Doubts
Regarding the Duke of
DevOnshire.
NEVER HAS DISPLAYED
ANY POLITICAL ABILITY
Makes Poor Speech and, It Is
Said, Is Dominated by Ouch
ess in Most Things.
POSSESSES a LARGE FORTUNE
OWNS Several Magnificent Homes
and Practically All of Sea-
port Village.

TORONTO, ONT, October 14-r,
"ol VIII watch her new Governor-Gen-
erai' the Duke OF Devonshire, CLOSELY
one accepts him on probation She ha.
'es aouots She suspects Queen Mary
mas put one over" to use a nbr..
which would cause horror In RucLia
nam Palace But Canada IS good
natured. The war has stirred un NOR.
intense loyalty to the empire. She win
give her new ruler" a chance to prov.
ms mettle and IL he Is as tactful as
the Duke OF Connaught, he may null
through without dsagreeable incidents
canada Is feeling her oats these DAYS.
She is grown up. She has furnished
$4,000 troops to the allied cause. and
expects To make 1t a round baif. /,
million before long ,-
mere is a great movement in a.,
The British dominions for a voice
the management OF the> empire after
the war. Confident she could run her
own business alone, anyhow, Canada
is not going to be satisfied with
Governor General sent from across th,
seas just because he is a duke. She
thinks She deserves one of the moot
able statesmen Great Britain can. nro!
ducc. -
The Duke of Devonshire never has
SHOWN pronounced political ability.
Tie is what might be called u typicaI
nooieman. hcavy-eyed. always near-to
boredom. but good-natured and nm
nins his vast estate with hereditary
skill. He makes poor speech. Tbs
ili-natured. but perhaps well-informed.
say he is ruled by his wife. At any
rate he Is willingsto GLOW tho domi-
neering duchess to havc her way In
most things. She Is Queen Mary's most
intimate friend, and has been mistress
OF the robes many years The two
women are like as two pcas: conscrva-
tive. interested in charities and simple
pleasures and frowning on innovations.
extreme modes OF dress. gay life and
sparkling company.
II was at the duchess's house (hut
before her husband inherited the tItle)
'hat queen Mary, her bosom friend
ana others formed tho famous plan to
chcck-ihe American invasion Of London
society which proved IL fasco
DUKE on CONNAUGHr
UPSET RULES OF PRECEDENT
Tho Duke OF ConnauEht won the
hearts OF many democratic Canadians
by upscttinS rules OF precedent and
formal social arrangements and NOV
ihS ABOUT among mixed gatherings in
an unassuming manner. laughing. talk
ing and showing himself willing to
take every one at his face value This
duke might do the same, but his ,rtfc
undoubtedly will be n great stumbling
block in the way OF giving the uncon-
Venttonal air calculated to please the
vast body of Canadian citizenry The
Liberals can be counted OH not to let
canada Forget the dukes famous pas
sage az arms with David Lloyd George.
now Minister Of War. in which tho
hohieman came off II bad second
The duke broke his rule OF dirnidcd
silence three years ago long enough
t" make public speech passionately
opposing the Observation-Disclosures OF. tho
Church OF England in Wales He de-
tlared that the British government was
rohe'ng God in depriving the church
OF it's wealth Now the DcyonsbIre
fortune came through an ancestor who
was gentleman usher to Cardinal
WoiseY and SO obtained abbey lands
when the English inconsistencies were
broken up.
Lloyd George. with his usual power
or invective called this to the dukes
attention. haunting him that "thc very
foundations of his fortunes were laid
"eep III Sacrilcse His fortune was
built out of the desecrated shrines OF
p'llaGed affairs. When we try to re-
cover some part OF this pillagcd prom
crty for the poor they accuse us of
theft; these people. whose hands are
dripping with the fat Of sacrilege.
whose family tree is laden with the
fruits OF the same" From which IL
may be seen there is no law of lese
majestic for dukes in England Also,
IT might be added. Lloyd George is be-
iieved in Canada to-day to be one Of
the greatest men in English history
QUEEN VICTORIA NAMED
MEMBER OF ROYAL FAMILY
Queen Victoria only once sent one
connected with tho royal family to
represent the crown in British colony.
That was the Marquis OF Lorne. later
Duke OF Argyle. who had married her
daughter. the Princess Louise. He was
General OF Canada from 1873
to 1883. King Edwards policy was the
same.
But with the advent Of King George
and Queen Mary there came change
Mary hoped to send a member Of tho
royal family to India. New Zealand and
Ireland as we'll as to Canada. Her FIRST
experiment was sending the Duke OF
Connaught there. There were some
mutterings. but no great outburst.
Connaughts term expired. according to
the usual rule. In May, 1914. Then
Mary put forward her brother. Prince
Francis OF Teck. as his successor. The
storm broke. In tho Canadian press
and the Ottawa Parliament alike 1t
was declared that the Duke and Duchess
('oSUd VIusA0Id 10 ponuIuoo)