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KING
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PRIME MINISTER
KING GEORGE the Sixth
Is the head of a great Democracy.
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Is the King & Democrat or a Dictator?
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that the King is merely # figurehend: others mutter that the Throno can still away and dazzle even the ol durata Commons. Both views are right, and both are, wrong, for the Royal Prerogative has done good servico through the agos simply because no one has ever been able to define it.
...nothing would happen—in law, anyway. This article on the Royal Prerogative tells little known facts about what the King has a right to do; for example, he could sell the whole British Flect to Hitler and pocket the money,.....
Even morn of a check upon] be playel, lost his identity la the King's power for good or discovered, and bis privacy evil is the fact that bis Proro-marred. stative in to-day exereined with the advice and ansont of his It In unthinkable Ministers, that His Majesty should Issue This is the superb paradox of vital.commands without having the Constitution-that the King | first consulted Mr. Chamberlain, of England may lawfully exer-who, In torn, would certainly Biso powers to which Hitler or have to consult his Cabinot; and Mussolini dare not aspire even the Cabinet is answerable to the unlawfully,
country and the Commons,
The King may this afternoon disband the entire fighting forces of Great Britain, If he choonen. He may sell every ship and gun to the highest bidder. He alone may recruit for those forces; it is a Statu. tory offence for anyone else to
do ko.
King George miny not volu. Even the humblest Tabourer on the Royal estates has his name Inscribed on the polling list, but the Monarol's name does not He is expected to re- appear. | main aloof from politics.
The power of to nad death now rests with the Horno Secre- Lary, Parliament has decreed that he alone shall remit death sentences. The wording of TEVERTHELESS, the Royal pardons still remains: N King has the powers actests plusel to
grant him for her) Our free
conferred upon him by the laws of England, and no man may pardon." lawfully hinder him from enjoy. ing them, for the Constitution at works on the nasumption that all power emanates from
Prerogative.
In time of war, George the Sixth may lawfully enter any-the -one's properly, and stay there until the war ends. He may even requisition that properly.
VEN in peace time the E Royal Pero me he little short of sensational, For instance, the King is empowered
to turn every and any l'arish into a University; the Duchy of Lancaster he may sell outright, lock, stock and barrel.
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The power of the King. In fact, in limited by custom to the expression of the Government's wishes. The power of the King In theory la undefined and vast, and doubly vast by its indefinite-
FIGAN,
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FALTER BAGEHOT, Weetorian, drew up
a list of the startling things which Victoria might do through the Royal Prerogative. When she saw the list, Victoria ex- claimed: "Ob. the wicked man to write stich
story. My people would not belleve him.” so surprised was she by the might which the law lavished upon her.
But it is unlikely that King George will attempt to take his Prerogative out of cold storage. it is a tricky thing to loy with. An Hardy once remarked, it owes its succesa in practice to its Inconsistencies in principle.
J. H. B. Peel
PUZZLE CORNER
Cryptogram
An easy one to-day, as we delve back into history. The asterisks (*) denote proper names, and the first coded word res, and th
The King may sue any of us, but none of us may sue him. His motor cara are not bound to observe Police regulations, nel- ther need they bear number plates, Royal telegrams take precedence over all others, and
*CAESAR TUVRUW XWY. Royal letters do not have to be stamped. They are franked inZV ZBV DUFYAR XYWGR,
the post.
"HIVIS, HSGS, HISTS," XESTE King George may not rent a FVUI, "S TUFV. S RUX. S house, for by doing so he would | TYIJAVWVG." demean himself into tho. posi- tion of a meme tenant, and that, according to feudal custom, would be incompatible with his status as overlord of all his sub- jects.
· He is answerable to no man for what he does, and, in that sense, the King can indeed de no wrong. Historian Maitland affirmed that If the King were to shoot the Prime Minister and the entire Cabinet, in the middle of Piccadilly, and for no good reason, he could not lawfully be arrested or tried or punished for his crime. There is no court which may sit in judgment on grandfather and grandmother the King.
By the same standards, the property of any subject who dies intestate, and without heirs, eschents to the King.
On his official incomes the King does not pay tax. His
did so, but merely because the tax was in those days considered intolerable, and the sovereign felt it would be setting a good example if the official incomes
King George would be well within his rights if he refused to sign any B submitted to him by the Government. Ad-were taxed, mittedly this particular branch of the Prerogative has not been exorcised since the reign of Queen Anne, but Royal Powers do not grow obsolete in law- "Time never runs against the his Ring the furists have it~
However, there are several snags to all this. To begin with, Parliament in the later Middle Ages insisted that certain orders Issued through the Royal Pre- rogative be sealed, according to circumstances, by one of the two Seals of England-the Great and the Privy.
But these Seals have always remained in the custody of im- partial and (presumably) !- corruptiblo officers of the State. James the Second thought that by getting hold of the Great Seal, and throwing it into the Thames, he could suspend the Government of England; theore- tically he was right.
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Ball customary dues on personal belongings and estates. He also pays for his seats when he visits a theatre, and nearly always goes as private gentleman. Upon such occasions it is unlawful for any- one to advertise that the King will attend such and such a theatre.
The King may demand that the National Anthem shall not
A Lay Sermon
SOME would deride this wo-
man's faith on the ground
Iti that it was "unreasoning." was manifestly absurd, they would say, for her to suppose there was healing power in the very garments Christ wore.
Reason,
If I may, but however, ought
touch Hia
to convince us garment.
that unreason- MATTHEW, ix.
ing 'faith is perfectly reasonable. Cod
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works in response to faith
but we do not know how, and: if only on that account we cannot delimit His power. This thought should help us to pray more boldly, more de- finitely. Too often the limits! of our understanding are the limits of our faith, and con- sclously or unconsciously wo frame our prayers so as to leave God, as it were, a way out of granting them..
Let us remember how little all our knowledge must seem when set beside the Absolute. Man at his highest can never do more than touch the hemi of God's greatness, nor can all his taking thought increase his stature in this respect. But the faith which accepts unquestioningly is the faith which wins through to reward. And there are indescribable moments when, as it touches the Master's robe, it feels it- self clasped by His hand.
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Fun With Synonyms Ten more words to be paired off with their proper aynonyms
to-day:
bigby
Barged
unlimited hardened
Irank
boundles
Lorn
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Wid
UNAWADU
torrid
Fent
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active
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Use 'Em Again
This puzzle is worked out like the others; that is, the letters
Saves Drug Baby From Blindness
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THE new drug "M and B 693,' which has prevented thousands of deaths in pneumonia cases, has saved the sight of a child only 14 days old.
shown may be used as many times as necessary to spell out the words defined. The number after the definition gives the number of letters in the word Example, MISP (a river, 11)= Mississippi. DINER MAT (something
between, 12)= CLASH PET (a kind of
race, 12):
Latter Juggling Two different seven-letter words may be formed from the Hoven letters given below. Unc all seven letters in each word:
EEN PRST
Four 6's
Try placing four 6's in such a way that they will equal 61⁄2,
(Answers Appear on Page 3)
Women Ringers To End Bells' Silence
THE bells of St. John's Church, Waterloo Road, silent for many years through scarcity of ringers, will soon peal again.
Women residents in the parish have determined to learn how to ring them.
A group of them approached the London County Council in June to ask that a course companology be given at the Friar Street Women's Institute, Waterloo Road.
The Council has granted their re- quest, and the course will open next monti.
"We expect between 18 and 20 students to register," said Mrs. Chil- cait, head of the Institute.
Soon after the birth, in a country house near London, doctors found that the baby had an eye infection, no! uncommon with new-born in- Mrs. Pearse, of Addington Street, fants, which usually causes perman-wife of a cleaner, und Mrs. Regan, of ent injury to the sight.
Reupell Street, wife of a Covent Gar- feels Every known treatment was given den porter, said that each and failed. The baby was in danger strong enough to tackle the biggest of being half-blind for life.
of the eight boils.
Then one doctor suggested that the new drug, "M and B 093," introduced only a year ago, should be used.
A leading eye specialist was con- sulted and agreed that this was the only chance.
"Since the bells were specially rung for the Jubilee and Coronation," said Mrs. Pearse, "we have considered means of having them rung regularly. because they sounded so nlee,
"We plan to work on a rola, and "This cure la of great importance, ring not only for Sunday services, especially in so young a child," but for weddings and all feast days. medical expert, who has closely fol-It is our aim to ring in Christmas lowed the case, sald.
Fond the New Year."
TALES
TALES ABOUT MINISTERS
A MINISTER, was accosted in
hesitated a moment, then said clear- railway carriage by a reveller ly, "I havena had a rise o' pay for who said, "Ye think ye ken every three years. How does that sound, thing, mecnister, but I can tell yemeenister?" iwa things ye dinna ken"
A newly married couple were "Very likely," said the minister getting a little advice from the minis- frostily. "What are they?"
ter and he reminded the bride of the "Weel, I'm your cook's husband, imperiance of love, honour, and and I'm wearing one of your shirts." obedience, and urged her to follow A minister was making a parochlai her husband wherever he should visit and determined to make friends with the four-years-old son of the house. Pinching the little chap's fat knees playfully, he asked. "And who has got nice chubby lega?"
"Mummy,"
"was the startling reply, A new pulpit having been erected In the church, the minister and the beadle were testing the scoustics,
"Stand you well af, the back, Sandy, and see how this sounds," said the minister, repeating a text from the pulpit. ..
"Fine, meenister, fine," said Sandy enthusiastically.
"Now, you go into the pulpit and il stand at the back," said the raintsler. "Zust Bay anything you
lko.**
o.
"But I canna, dae that," protested the bride. "My man's a postman."
"Father," said a minisers Bộ "my teacher says that 'congregato' and "collect" mean the same thing. Do they?"
there
"Perhaps, my son, perhaps they do," said the minister. "But is a vast difference between' a 'con- gregation' and a 'collection.' '
An absent-minded minister had begun giving out the notlees when he found he had misfald his notebook..
"I publish the banns of marriage," he faltered, "between-between-
"Between the cushion and the Bible," said the beadle in a loud
Margaret Hillman
Sandy, with great reluctance, at whisper. Inst went up, into the pulpit,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1939.
The "Telegraph”
Are You Sure? Brains Test
Answers are on Page Three
1. In which your of the last de cade did they sing:
(a) Louise (b) Love in
Bloom
fet Did you cher tee 4 tream talking
(d) Melody
from the sky
Edward the Confessor Elizabeth
Victoria
George VI Charles It Henry VIII
a. Cudbear is ni-
(c) Blue Hapaki (1) Little Old
Lady
Village in Oxfordshire Small mammát (ring in trees Part of a monk's dress Purple due made from lichens Bad-tempered old man
In:
2. Are these pronounced the Batne why:-
(a) Few, Cue and Queue (b) Catus (College; Cambridur),
Keys, Quays
13. What is the native language of most people In
(a) Montreal (b) Alo de
Junctro
(c) Paraguay (d) Jugo-
Slavia
4. The Spatis are:-
Carnations
falands in the
Pacific
Beati used to
fish for aponges
5. Where are or (a) loyal load (b) Golden
food
(c) Appian
Way
Inaccia
French African
cavalry Implemenia_to apear whales
2. How high (in inches) is i cubilt
10. For what words da the symbola "D" (pence) and (pound) stand?
11. Which of these are in (a). Britain, (b) France, (c) both:
Ashby-de-la-Zouch; 51. Omer; Dunkeld; St. Michael's Mount; Dun- kirk, Chester-le-Street.
(a) Madame
Curle
(b) Bernhardt
(c) Duse
(d) Mrs. Siddons.
(e) Madame Pompadour
(f) Nelson's
"Lady Hamilton
15. The Hall of Fame is or was
Berlín Athens Rome
Antioch Babylon
New York
16. Animal, vegetable, mineral— Which is a shrike.
any
17. The biggest prize in British horse race is awarded for: —.
The Derby
iscot Gold Cup Eclipse Stakes
St. Leger
Grand National Cesarewlich
18. In which order from the top
do these salis occur on the main-
12. Which of these have chevrons mast:- on their sleeves:—
Sergeants.
Quartermaster
mental).
servants (regi-
Serpeent-majors (regimental). Sergeant-majors (company)." Quartermaster sergeants (com-
were the:-
(d) Street
Called Straigh! | pany).
(r) Great North
Whiic Way
13. Pilgrims, to Mahomet's tomb must travel to:--
nload
(1) Great
0.
How many rays has a Starfish?
7. The present Coronation Crown was mnde for:-
of:
Mecca
Medina
Jedila Damascus
14. What was the Christian name
LONELY WIFE-even
Topsails
Mainroyal Toppallants
19. In the last 100 years the num- ber of Speakers of the House of Commons has been:-
Eight
Eleven
Fifteen
Thirty-one Twenty
20. A pipistrel is u→ Mediorvai minatrel Small sweet apple Old song
Musical Instrument Common brown bat Short Tudor cloak
even on
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
You'll be home for lunch, won't you, Bob?
Oh, sorry, but I forgot to tell you I'm going out with some of the boys this afternoon
He's always out, Scottie. Even when he's home he hardly talks, I know I've been run-down and. dull-looking, but don't deserve to be treated,
like this!
MARY DECIDED TO TEACH BOB A
LESSON --
Dear Bob,
9. know your don't want me any mote, so I'm going home where 4 ams wanted.
See that Salli
gets his food aff
right. Mary
MARY GOT HOME BEFORE BOB AND BURNED THE NOTE, THEN SHE WENT TO SEE HER DOCTOR-
50 - HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT
AND ***
A WONDERFUL CHANGE CAME OVER MARY
AT HER MOTHER'S HOME
You're a very foolish girl! You've let yourself, get tired out and nervy.
You look about fifty. How can you expect Bob to be interested.
Now you go back kome and sxe p......--
doctor!
... and, Doctor, I even wake tined
· SIX WEEKS LATER
From what you tell me, Mrs. Norton, your trouble is Night Starvation. You see,
even at night you go on using up
energy in heartbeats, breathing and
other automatic achons. In your case,
this has also led to an excess of acid waste producte in the blood.
All this causes you to wake tined,, feel and look run-down and 'nervy! Recent tests have proved that Horlicks is what
People need for that....
Darling, I'm proud of you.
You're so bright and gay, so full of life!
Do you feel worn out, depressed and nervy?
Take
K2
THINKBI
BOB LOVES ME ASAIN, THANK GOODNES?
FOR HORLICKS,
Do you even ́wake tired?
Guard Against
HORLICKS
NIGHT STARVATION
Then you will sleep soundly wake refreshed—and have extra 'energy all day