CANDID MEMOIR.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 140, 12 June 1912, Page 7

CANDID MEMOIR.

THE LATE KING EDWARD

HIS FEELING' TOWARDS

GERMANY

SIR SIDNEY LEE CRITICISED

The following further extracts from and referenced to Sir Sidney Lee's memoir of the late King Edward were unfortunately mislaid: — In continuing his memoir of the late King Edward, Sir Sydney Lee says that His Majesty was more interested in men than in manners. The inclusion of a Labor member m the Cabinet was not uncongenial, and he was soon on cordial terms with' Mr John Burns, who interested him: The King failed to persuade Ministers to deal with the housing question, beyond which few other domestic problems interested him. Bismarck's attitude towards the Royal Family naturally affected King ™ard s feelings towards Germany The late King's grace of manner helped to create a temper favorable to the French entente; otherwise he iiad no direct responsibility for its initiation or. conclusion. Commenting on the memoir, the •Daily Telegraph denounces Sir Sidney s gaucherie and tactlessness and resents particularly that portion of the memoir dealing with King -c/dward s action m Home politics. The paper also objects to painful unnecessary revelations concerning hying statesmen.