Evening star., 1936-01-21

sonal plea for her son. It was char
acteristic of the English monarch that
he refused to forgive the erring
prince.
1885 Had Bright Dawning.
But on the whole the jubilee year
of 1885 had a bright dawning. The
whole empire of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and of the dominions
beyond the seas" prepared to join in
acclaiming the man. who. Tor 20
years had upheld the traditions OF
the ancient throne, keeping it stead
fast through war, social change and
economic catastrophe and increasing
the respect and confidence which all
classes reposed in him.
The government set aside $250,0o
for the rites and ceremonies. Every
dominion, colony. shire and village
under the Union Jack arranged pro-
grams, Yorkshire gaining special rec
ognition by constructing 'the biggest
pie in history
On May 6 the King. saluting and
smiling, drove with his Queen through
a London packed with cheering Brit
ons. The six Windsor grays drew their
state landau from Buckingham palace
to st. Pauls Cathedral, where the
monarchs and brilliant assemblage
representing church and state knelt
in prayer and thanksgiving. Trum-
pets and troops. flags and banners.
Venetian columns and triumphal
arches depicted the power and solid
ity of the far-fung empire. Indian
princes, dominion premiers and CO.
lonial governors paid homage by their
presence.
Eamon de Valera Absent.
Absent, however, were ranking rep
resentatives Of the Irish Free State.
minded Eamon de Valera
declined to lend the approval OF his
government to such imperial rejoicing.
An inharmonious note was struck,
too, at Ludgate Circus, in London. AS
the royal procession passed that point,
jubilee celebrants suddenly noticed
that q banner which was to have
read, Long May They Reign" bore
instead the legends. workers Unite"
and 1.-THE Glorious Reign-Unemploy-
ment, Hunger and War" Members of
the crowd tore the offending banner
to bits and police charged the build
ing from which it was displayed, but
no culprits were caught.
Royal pageants crowded upon one
another through succeeding months.
There were grand reviews" of fleet,
army and air forces. gala theatricals
and opera performances, richer
purses for turf classics. civic and off,
cial parades and receptions. Through
most of them the King played his
part.
On June l, two days before his 10th
birthday, he suffered chill, but June
3 saw him in the saddle for more than
an hour at the traditional trooping OF
the colorS by the horse guards. He
was at the Derby on EPSON Downs on
June S, but week later was attacked
by bronchial catarrh. A two-weeks'
rest, which prevented him from ap-
pearing at the fourth royal court of
the year, made him fit again. He
weathered the rest of the jubilee events
without setback and went to Scotland
for the Autumn shooting as keen for
that sport as ever.
Grave Governmental Issues.
The jubilee year was not all pomp
and circumstance. There were grave
governmental questions to take up
some Of the Kings energy, including
the revamping of the cabinet in June,
when Stanley Baldwin succeeded Ram
say Macdonald as prime minister, and
the troublesome situation created by
Italy's war against Ethiopia.
King George was in consultation
with his ministers on several crucial
occasions in connection with the Afri-
can conflict. Peace proposals SUBJ
mitted by Great Britain and France
through the League Of Nations, were
thfeshed out with him before being
made public, and it was reported that
when Leopold, King of the Belgians,
visited London for some nasal surgery,
he also was the bearer to King George
Of confidential information from his
father-in-law, King Victor Emmanuel
Of Italy.
King George gave a gesture Of ap-
proval to the movement for restoration
Of the Greek throne by inviting his
nanAsaka to 4 Scottish hunting party