The Washington times., 1919-10-03
DOOM OF TITLES
SEEN IN BRITAIN
Opposition to "WLod and
eSf" Gains Momentum
n Albion

LONDON. Oct 3-sAs Manchester
thinks today. 30 England wiu thIaE
tonorrow, % phrase coined ln
Manchester. the industrial capital of
England The rest of Ensiand can
scarcely be said 20 challenge the
statement
10 is because there @ vast amount
of truth iu thi1 SAYING that Che
measured opinions Of the MauchceleF
Guardian regarding Canada's acueu
in refusing British titles foF her
cttiEens iE important
The Guardian obtained & verbatim
copy of en- the debate On th subject
az the time the Canadian parliament
issued its PRAYER 90 the King to re-
frain hereafter from confsrFfng any
title of honor. or titular distiuclioa.
upon any 81 your 8nhiects lcmIcllel
Or ordinarily residents ln Gauaca,
save such appalIatious e. are 90 pro-
fessional or vocational character. gr
which appertaiu 90 en- Office. After
digesting this debate and discus1ing
it edltorially % the extent 81
column, the Guardian coueluudest
"Ig (the debafe) ve-enforces the com
mon Dominion feeling. not sufdeienlly
uuderstood here. that we were ne-
hind the modern world in our political
and social arangement8 before Che
war and that we are further hehira
% now that the World as a whole has
moved. with q sudden Jolt forward
The Guardian concludes THAI EnE
land 81 certain. before long o. have
debates and divisions on glmIaF
propaganda Oh ITS own parliament
and that England may learn some
thing by studying the Canadian az
ton.
The writer. On analyzing the debate
points out that while opponents q
the resolution claimed not % have n1-
ticed any sentiment against titles
among the constitueuts none ~ thcee
voted against the report, and thae
-ths general tone on both sides. GER
tainlg suggests that members did noe
care TO have an adverse vote 90 eE-
plain % their c0nstiuencieg- AM
other point emphasized was that
everybody showed complete and ar
dent unauimity against hereditary
titles
Important reasons for Canadian OF
position 20 titles. the Guardian saTe.
include:
Canada's unfortunate experiences
with titles. one Of her peers and one
knight being FAR from objects &C u1-
tioual pride.
Her objection 20 distribution cf
such honors without regard for par-
sonal merit and in exchange for party
campaign contributions.
The other. the wider and more
theoretic reason. continued the
Guardian writer. ''is that most Can-
adams evidently believe there ia
even now. serious danger % Fe
hahilitating aristocratic institutions
Gu the British empire By creating
much enlarged body of titie-beariug
I persons. The New Zealanders evinced
q similar suspicion a few years go.
when rash premier acceptod a title
and was defeated by decidedly more
conservative opposition leader wha
could boast himself plain Biif Aag-
sey,
ITO some political philosophers it
may seem that O. in a less direct way
the lavish offer OF peeFages and
other titles is. for the hrst time in
several hundred years, marking out
a small and unObstrusive but real
English aristocracy composed of
those who decline them
But the Canadian antipathV,
shared as lt IS by the otner domlu-
ions, IS clearly genuine. and it has
q disagreeable acCompan in an
unmistakabie feeling 0f a similar an
tipathy. IN some more practieal form,
in England"