The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-07-30
KINGS REPUTATION
CAUSES SENSATION
British Political Circles Able to Talk
of Little But the Action
Through Premier.

London, July 30.-The sensational
and unprecedented incident of a Brit
ish sovereign repudiating to Parliament
through the prime minister state
ments attributed TO him in a newspap.
er interview is given the greatest prom
inence in the entire British press this
morning.
Political circles have been able to
talk of little else since Prime Minister
Lloyd George appeared in the House of
Commons yesterday and read state
ment, authorized by King George, in
which the king declared that words at
tributed to him concerning the govern
ment's Irish policy in reported inter
view in the United States by Lord
Northcliffe, owner of the London Times,
were "a complete fabrication"
The alleged interview quoted King
George as saying to Premier Lloyd
George just before his majesty left
England to open the Ulster Parlia
meht:
Are you going to shoot all the peo
pie in lreland?"
The premier is said to have replied
mo, your majesty"
well, then you must come TO some
agreement with them" the king was
quoted as saying. "This thing cannot
20 on. / cannot have my people killed
In this manner"
(The foregoing conversation appeared
In an interview published in New York
City July %, attributed to H. Wick
ham Steed. editor of the London Times,
who is travelling in America with Lord
kortheliffe. II was given by Mr.. Steed
the day after his arrival from Eng
land and subsequently appeared in Eng
fish newspapers attributed directly to
Lord Northcliffe. The latter yesterday
tent a eablegram from Washington to
Lord Stamfordham, private secretary
TO King George, denying the reported
interview.
British newspapers display the en-
tire affair at great length and under
large headlines this morning. The pa
pers controlled by Lord NorthclifTe con-
tain brief editorials calling attention to |
the denals of both King George and |
Lord Northcliffe. but devote consider |
=
sttTude in relation to his opening of |
The Belfast Parliament
After ridiculing the attribution of |
such nonsense" to the king the Morn
ing Post says that Lord Northcliffes
denial was needed, "as the words
pscribed TO him were not entirely out
Of character to other authentic utter
hnces from the same lips"
Referring to an article in the Daily
Mail last Thursday describing the ac-
tivity of Lord Northcliffe in America,
The Post continues:
"Northcliffe's mind is clearly over
strained. 1t is case not for the poll
ticians but for the Doctors
The Daily News suggests that the
whole affair may prove to have been a
hoax. II thinks that Lord Northclife
deserves some sympathy, but adds that
he should have chosen some less irrev-
rTent country than America for his tri-
umphsl journey, as the purposes Of ad-
vertisement would have been served
equally well by a voyage 10 the pole
The Chronicle saws that Lord North II
Rifle appears TO have gone TO America
with the intention Of doing what he
rould to make Premier Lloyd George
unpopular there and thus "queer the
pitch" for the British government in
the coming disarmament negotiations
IN Washington
Both Premier Lloyd George and Lord
Northcliffe are censured by The Herald, I
which saws: Il
1T Is a diverting piece Of low com
hdy. with two great demagogues as 4
hack chat comedians The whole I
silly quabble is just a music hall turn ]
put on for two purposes First, TO grat-
lfy the vanity Of these two worthies {
and. secondly, 10 divert the peoples
minds from things that really matter"
Query.