New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31
Topic Absorbs Politicians

LONDON, July 80 (By The Associ
ated ress)-The sensational and un-
precedented incident of British SOW
ercign repudiating to Parliament
through the Prime Minister statements
attributed to him in newspaper inter
view, is given the greatest prominence
inp.
The sensational and unprecedented
incident of British sovereign rcpu-
dating to Parliament through the
Primo Minister statements attributed
TO him in newspaper interview is
gwen the greatest prominence in the
entire British press this morning.
Polltlcal circles have been able to
tatk OF little else since Prime Minister
Lloyd George appeared in the House
OF Commons yesterday and read the
stttement authorized by King George.
IN which the King declared that words
attributed to him concerning tho oov-
ernment's Irish policy in q reported
INTERVIEW in the United States by Lord
MNcrthcllffe, owner of The London
Times, were "a complete fabrication. y
British newspapers display the en-
tire affair at great length and under
large headlines this morning.
Inc newspapers controlled by Lord
Northcliffe contain brief editorials
gaining attention to the denials of both
King George and Lord Northcliffe.
The Times, in an early edition, as
sumed that the reporter who took the
alleged interview was "mis!ed by igno-
rance of British constitutional prac-
tees, but dram tized the converse
ton with such technical skill" that
the government was induced to ac.
cept his version "of purely imagin-
airy conversation between King George
and the Premier"
This statement does not appear
in later editions of The Times
neither does The Times or The
Daily Mail, another Northcliffe paper
offer a further explanation of Lord
Northcliffe's share in the incident. but
beth devote considerable space in com
menting upon the Kings correct atti-
tude in relation to his opening of the
Belfast Parliament. The Times says:
At Belfast, the Kings action obvi-
ously was in accordance with constitu-
tional tradition, but at the same time
it should be clearly understood that
his majesty constitutiona!ly was en-
titled to call the attention of his ad-
vsers to his own standpoint"
Mail Praises the King
ne Mall says that 1T is unnecessary
to remind its readers regarding the
latitude of the Northcliffe press to-
ward the throne of England and the
revered sovereign who occupies it,
"The King" it continues, "has done
more than anybody to bring about a
new understanding of the Irish prob
lem, and to advance the cause of Irish
peace, but he has acted, as he always
acts, within the limits of his constitu-
tional position"
The Daily News, suggesting that the
whole affair may prove to have been a
hoax, adds:
"The lesson to be drawn will be SIM
ply the danger of semi-royal progress
in foreign countries of peripatetic
potentates of underlined status They
not only are a jest in themselves but
are an invitation to the practical joker
and joke in these serious times may
be exceedingly serious and exceedingly
COSTLY"
The Chronicle says that Lord North
cliffe appears to have gone to America
with the intention of doing what he
could to make Premier Lloyd George
unpopular there. and thus "queer the
Pitch for the British government in
the coming disarmament negotiations
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