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If the Prince of Wales
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The
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While the Prince of Wales re- mains unmarried and thus with- out an hoir, there are nine people in the direct line to the throne. The new Duchess and her hus- band standa fifth.
The Prince of Wales and any heirs he may have are the first barrier. The Duke of York and his heirs are the second.
If the King has no surviving. son, or issue of any son, then his eldest daughter inherits, or if she is dead, the heirs. of his daughter,
Queen Victoria took precerl- ence over her uncles because she was the heir of a Duke of Kent who was the eldest surviving son of the long dead King George III, When Queen Victoria Was born she was seventh in succes-
NOTES OF THE DAY sion to the throne. Her father This week's wedding has.prob- ment, had little or no power, and
ANOTHER GREAT NAME
much variety
has
78
The Very Idea!
was the first and last Duke of ably interposed yet another was never granted the title of Kent until King George's fourth rank the Duke of Kent and the king. son took the title.
son born last month. If the first
Yet it is under queens that Henry Fairfield Osborn,
The ancient Salie Law (formu. Gloucester child were a girl, that many lands, have progressed years of age, one of the world's lated by the Salian Franks of girl would be displaced in line of furthest, Britain most of all. ago), succession by the birth of a Under Elizabeth we first took greatest scientists and tenchers. Germany 1,500 years
our place as the dominant widely read and much travelled in which forbids women to inherit Gloucester boy.
Power in the world, a position theory and in fact, has died in the throne, was adopted by near-
A baby born to this exalted which we have ly all Europe, but not by Eng-
never lost. America. He
contributed
land..
station, fifth gentleman in Eng- Under Anne we were regarded, on a to man's knowledge
Because of this fact the little land, would. in due course be en- through the genius of Marl- of sujects, and his name Princesses of the House of York, dowed with a coat of arms. borough, as the most formidable FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1935.
will rank with the greatest in Princess Elizabeth and Princess The College of Arms would military Power in Christendom. science. We
we grew rich, laymen, naturally. Margaret Rose, rank before their design the arms. The old cus- Under Victoria THE CURRENCY
know little or nothing of his work; uncles the Duke of Gloucester tom that the eldest son takes his powerful, to be regarded as the his treatises are far beyond us. and Kent.
father's arms automatically, greatest country on earth. MUDDLE
His knowledge was tremendous, as barrier to the succession to the with a "label"a little white Following the practically the list of his publications in throne of the Princess Royal, patch at the top of the shield to worldwide commendation of the timates, and most of his life was because any children of the Duke mark that he is the son and not Nanking Government's curved upon a plan undiscovered to and Duchess of Gloucester will the father-does not apply to
royal arms. rency reform decision. reac- its more morial men. And yet he rank before her..
When the Prince of Wales Every royal, coat has to be tion is to be noted in certain could discourge most attractively
China's and amusingly upon the intricacles succeeds to the throne, he will be worked out according to the lawa quarters regarding
of his "gropings, as he once called the first King for 400 years to of heraldry by the College and. ability to carry the scheme them. He spoke once upon his ex be a bachelor. You must go then submitted to the King for through. At present, however, plorations for fossil vertebrates in
back to the boy King Edward VI. approval. America before. a com- MILIZA KORJUS-Invitation to the Waltz (Weber) No. C-2721.it would be wise not to pay tooWestern
much heed to these fears, and, pany of distinguished folk in New (1547-1553) for a The Little Ring (Chopin)
in particular, to keep in mind York and a certain youthful cor-
hopelessly the point that the opinions of respondent some of the prophets may be tangled with a muddle of words merely a case of the wish being which he had never heard before father to the thought. There and certainly had never tried to
spell. Professor Osborn apparent is_widespread opinion in usually perceived his dilemma, for when well-informed-circles-that-the the audience had risen and was Nanking Government would not crowding about him with con- questions, he have taken the steps it has with-gratulations and
through to the fout first considering its capacity pushed his way
to carry through the scheme, correspondent's table and handed nor without advice from reput him a sheet of closely-writen fols. 1-Prince of Wales, 5-DukeofGlouces- open her moneybox and spend
អ with the remark: able quarters. As we have al-written you something in ordinary ready had occasion to point out, English which will be compreheu- Then, the Government has for some sible to ordinary people." time past been managing its smiling, he added: "Like you and 2-Duke currency without a surprising me."
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A royal baby to the Duke and Pa! I Cannot Tell A Lie:
I Chopped That Dollar King. The only other bachelor Duchess of Gloucester will have en-Kings are William Rufus and the the title of "Prince," and will be
By ED. KELLY, HOARDER
"I've
measure of success, and the
steps now taken merely carry COMMUNISM AND
Canton, it is interesting to note,
is following in the steps of the
There is more than one reason
the process a little further. CHRISTIANITY
Nanking Government, although why Communism is not making lo what extent this is an in-headway in British lands. Per-
Prince in the Tower, Edward V. called "His Royal Highness."
You must go back to Elizabeth (1558-1603) for an unmarried F the wheel of destiny brings ruling monarch.
one of the royal children to
The Line to the Throne
aged 41
of York,
39
3-Princess
beth, 9
L
ter, 35 6-Duke of Kent,32 7-Duke of Kent's baby 1 Month Eliza- 8-Princess Royal, 38 9-Lord Lascelles,
12.
dependent gesture is not at the haps the chief one is that it is 4-Princess Mar-
mement apparent. In particn-professedly atheistic, and anti- lar, there is no indication of religious theories are pursued with what the authorities will do militant and missionary attack, Canadian contemporary. with the silver which it man-
Moreover, there is another reason difficult for Com-
say's a
garet Rose, 5
was
*
*
*
as
INTERVIEWED upon his ar
rival in Hongkong yesterday, Robert MacWhirter, the well- known Linkumdoddie baggis ex- pert, complained about the slow- passage from Singapore to the Colony.
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"Mon," he exclaimed, "I was greatly feared the weo yin would her siller coins before I had an opportunity of offering her bright, new banknote for them." Linkumdoddie is the famous haggis breeding centre in Scot- land.
*
NOTES OF THE DAY
Those shiny, new $1 ones.
Short Story
·
*
It depends on how you spell it. The banks get the SILVER
The rest get the LIVERS
*
•
Old Song Revived
You called me silver dollar years
{fរូប,
You thought I wasn't very nier
to know.
But now I've gone away,
And you're sorry to-day,
For you've got no little silver doll.
A
Household Pots
And then there was the Hong- kong speculator who wasn't even annoyed when he found that the silver fish had eaten holes in his new evening suit.
Only one Queen ruling with a the throne this is what would ges to secure: neither is it why it is so made plain that there is to be munism to ruin ground. It at-King has had the same sovereign happen:.
Either of the princesses of the| real co-operation between Nan-tacks capitalism, so culled, in un rights as a King. That king and Canton. In the mean- reasoning language. It speaks of Mary, wife of William of Orange, House of York would rule time, the currency situation in employers as exploiting, the people. Mary was the rightful heir, the Queen absolute, as was the case with Mary Tudor, Elizabeth, Hongkong remains in a most Professor John Macmurray, in his daughter of James II.
William of Orange had also a Anne, and Victoria, confused state. All munner of recent book on Creative Society,"
deals with this aspect of the claim to the throne as the grand- The husband of either would rumours are in circulation re- political creed with especial rela- son of Charles I. who was the occupy a place like that of Philip garding possible Government tion to Great Britain. There, he direct ancestor of the new of Spain, who married Mary uction, but these are, by the cir- says, when the Communist agita-
Duchess. But his greatest Tudor and never was recognised cumstances of the case, merely tor seeks to increase the sentiment guesswork. All that is vouch of class antagonism between the claims were his Protestantism as having any power in Britain; the employer the and his successful invasion of or like that of Prince George of
The Awful Child safed in official quarters at the worker and moment is that the Government natural reaction of the people is England at the invitation of the Denmark, who married Anne Stuart, and was a mere cypher in
"Daddy, will you help me with to say, "We know the people you great Protestant landowners.
my homework to-night? is keeping a close watch on the are talking about, and they are If the Prince of Wales did not British life.
"Why, cortainly, my child. situation. Eventually, it is
(Continued on Page 5.)
wish to succeed, he could either more than probable that action
renounce his rights, for which It was only at the insistence of What is it that's worrying you?” "It's this sum, daddy. If silver taken, but the authorities appar- whether the Government will he would have to obtain permis- Queen Victoria that her beloved is 28. 5d. an ounce, how much sion of the King, or abdicate, Prince Albert was given the ad money would you get for point ently think that the time there-by an export embargo or other after becoming King, in favour ditional dignity of the style eightyeight of an ounce?"
"Point elghtyeight of an ounce? for has not yet arrived. In the wise, protect the
Queens who succeed to the I'm That's not very hard, my In this case the Crown would long run, stabilisation would be This much, at any rate, can be of a junior branch of his House. "Prince Consort." the obvious remedy to apply, said that the present situation devolve upon the House of York. thrones of their fathers have an child. All you have to do is divide but there are so many complicatis most unsatisfactory. Sup: First the Duke of York, then unenviable task in the selection 23, 5d. by a hundred and then of a husband. The strong multiply the answer by 88. Here Ing factors that to peg the dol-posedly on the silver basis, our Princess Elizabeth, would rule: lar at any given level at the currency is now under no sort But if the Duke and Duchess princes of the world hate to take you are--it's 2.0d." moment might later prove to be of real control. In the circum-of York had a son he would take a subsidiary position, as they The Hongkong dollar has .88 of have been unwise, Meantime, stances, business is rendered precedence over his elder sisters, must in a foreign land. Queen an ounce of sliver in it, and every- however, there appears to be a largely impossible. The Gov-just as the Dukes of Gloucester Wilhelmina of the Netherlands one says that you can only get-one- considerable outflow of the ernment must surely be alive to and Kent take precedence over married Duke Henry of Mecklen and six for it."
"Don't you know it's cheating to Colony's dollars, with the con- the gravity of the position. their elder sister, the Princess burg and raised him to the
status of H.R.H. Prince Henry ask your father to do your school. An heir to the Duke and of the Netherlands. But he took work for you! Be quiet, now, and tually placed on a paper cur- the earliest possible moment rency. It remains to be, seen would, be generally welcomed. Duchess of Gloucester would out- little or no share in the govern- let caddy rend his Telegraph.
of some kind will have to be
currency.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. sequence that we are being vir- Appropriate action on its part at Royal.
:
"But that can't be r'ylit, daddy.