The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
LONDON TO HONOR LITERARY HERO
 LONG NEGLECTED
Italy To Join In Public Ceremonies For
 Lord Byron

ceremonies Tor
 Lord Byron
 LONDON, March 15.-(By the Asso- ciated Press. s.)-England will seek to atone for century's neglect of one of the misunderstood. and underestimate ed men of the Georgian period by na- tional observance of the Tooth anni- versary of the death of Lord Byron, which occurs on April 19.
 The celebrations, undertaken by the Byron society and the Poets club, will take the form of a public dinner at which literary lights of the present day will pay tribute to the genius and woxk of this poet, commemorative services in various churches, and publication of a new edition of his complete works.
 The observance will not be, confined to the land of his birth, but will also extend to Italy, where he spent most of his self-inflicted exile, and Greece, where he sacrificed his life ill the cause of Greek independence.
 In the latter country committee of the faculty of the University of Ath- ems has been appointed by the, govern. ment to arrange for a public ceremony and publication of new translations of his works. The headmaster of Harrow and the wise chancellor of Cambridge both of which institutions Byron at tended, have been made honorary mem bers of the Athens university faculty. The site of the house at Missolought Greece, in which Byron lived will be purchased and transformed into a park and a column erected there to his mem ory.
 In Italy services will be held in the leading universities, and a tablet un- yelled in his honor at Bologna. -
 Another Crown In Danger
 Another king of the Old World ap- pears in danger of losing his crown and country. Reports were revived in London this week that the Shah of Persia would soon share the fate of the Turkish Caliph, King George of Greece and the others in the long list of potentates who have fallen before the wave of democracy.
 Color and circumstantiality are i'm parted to these reports by dispatches from Teheran, the Perisan capital, in- dicating that the government has sent hurriedly for Prince Salar Ed Dowleh, the Shah's uncle, who has been living in Switzerland since 1919. It is as- sumed here that the request for, his re- turn is connected with the dynastic question.
 The Shah with two others of his uncles now is enjoying the gaieties and diversions of Paris. For a long time the people and press of Persia have been sharply critical of his easy habit of spending most of his time in rec reation and indolence abroad while af- fairs at home, they complain, are neg lected.
 The Shah has already denied that there is any real movement in Persia looking toward his deposition but Brit ish observers familiar with the restless character of the Persian people, opine that possibly the population may take matters in its own hands and attempt, like the dissatisfied Greeks, to substi- tute a democratic regime for the mon- archy.
 May End Pensions
 England'S labor government plans to put an end to the few remaining per. petual pensions which for generations have been granted to the descendants of heroes of famous battles, on land and sea. One of these which has yield ed eight successive Lord Rodneys f2, ,OO( annually Al years probably will bt c0mmuted for a lump sum of f42, GOO and the present young Lord Rod ney, who lives on his 640-acre ranch near Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, will have to worry along on that for the rest of his days.
 Rodney is one of the few remaining beneficiaries of this pension system His illustrious fprbear, Admiral Rod ney, defeated the combined French and Spanish fleet of the West Indies in 17S2, thereby winning Martinique and other islands for King Geor,a HI, for which parliament showed it's bountiful appreciation by granting a pension which has been worth f2S2, 900 to the Rodney family.
 Another hereditory pension which makes a big dent in the British ex- chequer is that paid to Earl Nelson, grandson of a nephew of a brother of the victor of the battle of Trafalgar, who draws f5,000 annually for the duty his rather distant relative did for England on that famous day.
 England has always done rather well by her military heroes. The Duke of Wellington got nearly f700,000 for his victories; the Duke of Marlborough re- ceived nearly f5,OOO annually after the battle of Blenheim and Lord Roberts was given f1O0,O0O for winning the South African war; while even in such modern times as the great war, Field Marshal Haig and Earl Beatty drew 100000 each for leading Britain's land and sea forces against Germany.
 The Tommy Atkinses who followed along by the hundreds of thousands got f5 for each year or any part of a year served overseas, but those who served nr fhn hama Ranr,A .a.nI,nsrnI -nAh;..