KING GEORGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 91, 7 June 1911, Page 4

KING GEORGE.

-Mr W. T. I •'•toad, who doscrihor. himsol i‘ as “odi l:;v. agitator, and rsf; i ns in.;>!. : ’ inis h;vn tolliao; tbo Hritil • *i puhlio why ho hcliovos in Kiu;» (h'nr'jy. 11 is reasons aro oharar-to’;-

irti'j and int-. resting. Firstly, he holievcf: in the King,uocausc tin? King rtis M ajosty in ids out look on life iolieves vn v much as Mr Stead does;

thirdly, because- ho is “straight”; ioni tliiv, because lie is a lirst-dass sailor-man; fiftiily, Mr Stead goes on to say; 1 believe in King Ceorge because be is the only British King believes in him; secondly, because who has visited the Empire over which lie reigns, and almost the only man in the tnreo kingdoms who real-

ises what it means. \V hen ids father died, King George, taking stock deliberately of what 1 was possible and what was not, resolutely decided that, alt hough he could not emulate the achievements of King Edward as a diplomatist, ho could, and with (lad’s gVaco would, make the Empire a palpable reality, that a sense of such unity and its grandeur should become the common heritage of all ids subjects. So ho has insisted upon going to the Delhi Durbar next December, and in the years to come lie intends to revisit as King all the great dominions which welcomed him as Prince. The King is a sane Imperialist. He realises tJio burden, and is not dazzled by the glory of Empire. But lie is keenly alive to its opportunities and its responsibilities. Sixthly, I believe in King George because J think ho will be a thoroughly Constitutional monarch, and will not allow his own political prejudices or his personal likes and dislikes to deflect him from the straight path of Constitutional duty. Jf he is still of the same opinions as he used to lie when ho was Prince of Wales, there can he Jifllo sympathy on party grounds between him and Mr Asquith. But party questions are but skin deep. On the great fundamental question, “How is the King’s Government to bo carried on?” bo and Ids Ministers will always lie at one. This does not imply that the King will lie a mere Jay figure. On the contrary, he will never allow the great monarchial revival which we owe to Queen Victoria to lose any of its force while he is on the throne. Ho will, like 'his grandmother, make a good standup fight for his own opinions. He will use to the uttermost the legitimate influence of Ids position. But lie will never forget that the strength of Ids influence depends upon the loyalty with which he recognises the authority of Parliament. Seventhly and lastly, I believe in King George because I think he is a real human being, as impulsive, passionate, obstinate, prejudiced as I am myself.