Evening star., 1923-12-27
New Parliament Must Deal
With Clergy Disabilities Bill

is exclusion was based wholly on
he fact Of his membership of the
House of Convocation of Canterbury
and not because he was in holy
orders.
These disabilities are now about to
be removed and there is no doubt
| that ensuing parliaments will be
| enabled to profit by the exhortations
| of the preTent dean Of st. Paurs
| nicknamed "the gloomy DEAN. the
Very Rev. DR.. Inge.
That the Duke of Sutherland, now
in this country, should have been
welcomed, on his arrival in New
York, by a. salute of guns on passing
Governors Island, and should have
been received with military honors
at the various military aviation sta
tion7 which he has visited, is only
| natural, since he is in the United
States on an official mission as under
| secretary of state for the air min
istry. and its spokesman in the
| Lieutenant of Sutherland. and the
| commanding general of the entire
| territorial forces Of that huge county
from which he takes his title, and is
a soldier by profession, having seen
active service with the crack Scotch
cavalry regiment Of the British army
/ namely. the Scots Greys.
He ic very useful and wideawake
peer. who has filled a number of Of
| tary of state for the colonies. and
| King Georges high commissioner at
| Edinburgh. Moreover. he has a keer
| practical knowledge and even Gift
for mechanics, like his grandfather.
the third duke. and has invested a
/ agricultural property in Canada. hav-
| ing an immense ranch at Brooks, in
the province of Alberta
Greatly to their sorrow. the duke
and his very fascinating duchess
| have no children and. inasmuch as
| the next heir Is certain of his peer-
| ages. including the ancient Scottish
| rarldom Of Switzerland. now over TOO
little half American girl. while hir
,oustn. a few words on the subject
may he Of timely interest: The little
~irl who is next IN the i'ne OF
vear-old Elizabeth Miilicent T.eveson-
| Cover. whose father. only brother of
the duke. the late Lord A'ostai-
Teveeon--ower Of the Poval Horse
Guards. dted very suddenly and wv, IN
lnav'ne. alone with hts child. q
widow. Elizabeth. Demo-e~t- elde-
daughtar Of Warren q. Damorest Of
New York. and sister Of the SON o
her American fance IN order to wed
young Count Bella Zichy.
! In the event of little Miss Eliza
beth Millicent Leveson-Gower diving
! in her eirlhood. or. after growing un
and marrying. then diving without
| issue. the earldom Of Sutherland and
/: the entailed estates attached thereto
+, would 90 to the nreSent dukes ST.
+. ter. Iadv Rosemary. now the wife
| end heir Of the Earl Of Dudley. So
! that It Is by no means f-'nossib'e
/! that the ancient earldom Of Suther-
! land would become associated with
the ear'dom Of Dudley. s.,r.
English donors INCLUDING the d"ke-
| dom Of Sutherland. the marduisate
! Of Stafford. ard the ear,dom OF
COVER. they will on the death o.
the rreseT, snc"moent vsaon.Gower sasn n,:
fn-me-lv member Of narl'ament o.
| Sutherland. a ron@-mad bachelor OF
f~ty. and member ~ the bar. son
OF the late lord Aihn-t r4evason.
s:orS w1S sS was :. sss event son or
ma -s'ne out without issua. the dute-
rom If Sutherland end the Other
Fnu'ish honors go to thu nresAn'
and fourth Ta~ OF Filesnna~A. he',
end owner of fha F-eat eeto'a end
! fn-+,,ne .of the last Df,ke of, R-idee-
water The third and last puta ~
| r.-'dgawater lett hts immen-e for
tune. comprising the controlling tn
/ tArest In most OF the canals which
go to maize up Great Rr'tain's ex-
! tensfve inland navigation. to, hts
Inerhew. the first Duke OF Sutherland
. with a revarston to tho fattar's se"-
ond son. Lord Francis Eeerton. who
by rea-on of his great nossessions
lend of the political influence with
which they endowed him, was created
Earl Of Ellesmere,