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In the House of Lords on November th the Earl of Selborne moved:

The Earl of Selborne, interposing, said, he had not suggested that the Committee should express any opinion as to whether An honour should be conferred or not. They would simply state what the record of the individual was.

That an humble address be presented to his Majesty submitting that, whilst the Prime Minister is constitutionally res ponsible to the Crown for recommenda-criticism.

tions for the bestowel of honours, it is nanifestly impossible for him to give his personal attention is an examination of the merits of all the cams which are ↑hrought to his notice; and humbly praying his Majesty to appoint a special com mittee of the Privy Council to report to his Majesty an all recommendations in respret of such classes of honourg as his Majesty may be pleased to refer to it, and to direct that the report of this Com- mittee on each case should be sent to the Prime Minister, and, when an honour which has been so reported upon has been conferred by his Majesty, that 11 should he laid before Parliament at the same time as the grant of the humour is un- nouneed.

His lordship saist on previous GECASIONS he, and those who were acting with him,

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The Earl of Crawford said the proposal that the report of the Committee should be published simultaneously with the

of Lhe honour in announcement Garetle was open to the very gravest

The people who had been re-TJILATJAP ceiving the Order of the British Empite were humble people, whe had been and were doing great work for the country. NIAB it had been his duty on more than one eccasion to make recommendations to that Order, and he could not say how bitterly TJIPANAS... he resented the remarks of persons of high standing and full of honours about the humble people who were receiving well earned recognition for work of anenleul-1 ale value. (llear, hear.)

Judged upon its technical merits, the In many ways it was a points of view. proposal was open to objection from many censure on the Prime Minister, and the House of Cemens was the proper place There 1a bring forward these charges. must be one righteous man in the House This ques of Commons, and perhaps even a Privy Councillor could be found. tion had been discussed in their lordships House three or four times, and Earl Cur zon, who was still detnined abroad, bad plready given a pledge that the greatest view of the Late would the rotorised in increased number of honours conferred during the war, and that the most caref scruting and examination would take vince "Grent care had been exercised.

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Majesty. Party already agreed that all tours would be at the hands of

The Marquis of Lansdowne said he was inserved a supplement to the trazette, and that a malement of the public service prepared to believe that there were chars advised in the exercise of the Royal pre in vespeel of which ench hour and been which the rown had not been well recommended to his Majesty should be rogative, and if Lord Selborne could published. He asserted that the danger really show a way of preventing the pos uf bie muc of honours for the purposes of sibility of making mistakes in the future, Follow hin party rands still existed, and he was in he would be inclined to

position to give facts privately, either Where mistakes had been sunde, by all to the Lord Privy bear up to the Leader means let them ascertain who was respon. or the house, to show that the danger,sible for them, but the affect of Lord Sel though possibly peotched, had not been borne's motion would not be to fix respon distinctly than at present, killed. (11ear, hear.) fic railed attensibility more tion to the matter because he wanted to Be could not believe that the had been preserve the granting of honours to those anything like corruption who deserved them by genuine public with the issue of war honors. It seemed to him that the plan of the noble Eart service. (ticar, hear.)

produce the permitted to be bought and sold in the would not work well or

desired result. The Commitee was d market, or given with such prolusion and quire into the honourable or dishonour carelessness that the undeserved

received

When thelit, the inevitable consequence would be able record of the person upon whom it

reject them. was proposed to conter an hou that the deserving would The Lundua Gazette of June 4th, last con- they came to the dishonourable side of the question the Committer would have a very sasted of over sixty closely-printed pages, and that was only one honours list. Therious task to perform, and practically point he wished to make was that the they would be turned into a set of pri vate inquiry offieg The responsibfity Prime Ministers responsility became a

removed from the Iaren tie could prove that great care would certainly he lessness, impropriety, and constitutional shoulders of the sun who ought to hear it. stucknees had occurred in dealing with The Marquis of Balisbury said the these honours. He had been morined of speeches to which their lordships had just one case in which the recipient received listened showed how difficult was the path no communication either before or after of the reformer. They ought to take the In another case, where necessary steps to prevent the possibility it was gazeLLEU. a notification was sent, inc proposed of the charge being made that honours had been sold for money, directly or in- recipient on making inquiries found that directly, or that they had been grunted his alajesty's pleasure had not been taken without proper ere. With regard to the and therefore be declined it. Then B.B.E. honours, he desired to no way to could show that 80

unworthy cast any nepersion upon those who had people had received honours. by un been granted these honours for services Moray be incant persons signalised in rendered during the war,

very

He and those

the public courts for hignty dishonourable who thought with hit were only doing cuncdet, and the person who was a cul their best to see that these humours were mon, Jow, vulgar aavesturer of the very

worst type. Lastly, he could show duniaintained at

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a

high standard-(hear,

And in that surely they were not

in some cases, the real dispenser of thy pel-

rogative hng been not the sovereign nor

to the sort of shameful in

of the noble Karl, (Hear hear.)

the Frine Minister, but a private secre What was there to be afraid off Was the

tary.

Chiess the utmost care was taken,

and a real procedure was

deading with this matter og videa for noite Earl satisfied that these honours

should be conferred practically upon the Was the Wadvice of private secretaries

situation? If quite sure to full into the patronage House satisfied with such

The aust resort, to

shatever degree, to bend a vinedy.

the private secretary, If honours were, it not, then surely they ought to try and conferred by private secretaries the time On the question ring put, a division, hud cone when honours should become a was challenged, but was not persisted in, ree of the past. (steur, herr.) It was and the motion was negatived.

quite certain that the door would one day

le open to corruption if the whole system,

was left uneared for. In saying that he

made no suggestion of corruption against WHO FIRED THE LAST SHOT?

any existing private secretary. So far as

be knew there had been no taint of corrup

tion in this matter.

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In a few days, perhaps, we shall hear The Earl of Crawford said he did not who fired the last shot in the great war, propose to contest the facts stated by Lord writes a correspondent in a home paper, Selburne. He had bimself come across and the time may come when a controversy mistakes during the last seven or eight will arise on the point, although in these sears, which had produced very singular days of wireless and easy communication results, and quite recently he came across all parts of the fighting line should know a case in which confusion arose over two to the minute the time of the cemention persons of the same name, living in the of hostilities. same block of buildings.

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gravamen It was different in the old days when of the charge had always been that great fighting sometimes continued for weeks,

of great wealth personages

received if not months, after peace had been de Honours at the hands of his Majesty and clared. One great battle at least was at the instance of politicians, in return fought after a war had come to an end, for a monetary consideration. It was This was Toulouse, the concluding engage- quite clear that if the highest honours ment of the Peninsular War, in which were to be reserved for the Prime Minister Wellington defented the French. Hardly the danger of which Lord Selborne was had the engagement censed when a travel afsaid would not be in any way eliminat worn courier galloped up to say that ed. It was also suggested that the long Napoleon bud abdiented and the war was list of honoure appearing in the London already over.

In the Crimean war a fierer engagement Gazette was a recognition that civilian honours were given at the expense of the was fought near Kars before the com- soldiers.

That was an entire misappre manders knew that fighting should cease. hension. The O.B.E. was instituted in the Spanish-American war Manila order to give recognition to persons who was taken the day after the armistice was were not fighting men or wonich, but who, arranged, as cable communication had none the less, had contributed much to been cut and neither side was aware of wards war Bervice. The number of the fact. decorations given under the O.B.E. was The armistice put a dramatic end to quite insignificant in contrast with the two engagements of that war. An Ameri

In fact, number given to soldiers,

for can squadron was bombarding Manzanillo, every decoration given to a civilian when a white flag was hoisted on shore twenty or fifty had been given to the It was thought that the Spaniards had soldiers. Then, Recording to the motion, capitulated, and an officer was sent to u kind of binck list would be set up of arrange matters, but, to his surprise, he those to be purged by the Committee, was shown a telegram announcing that That was a most objectionable thing hostilities had censed. A similar incident Further, the composition of the Commit happened at Chibarien, where a craiser In the tee would be very limited. Politicians, was covering n landing party.

and Overseas middle of the firing the Baniards hoisted

*vors, Dominion

and others would bo oxalulled, white fing, and a bont put off to the

and finally the Lord Chancellor would Americans to announce the enantion of: danbliess take steps to prevent judges fighting. from serving thereon.

It would not be In our war with Amerien a contury ago

at all easy to find expable and leisured engagements took place at a months

en to take charge of a task which might after pence was signed, aa, although thorni

to be very onerous indeed. If he were rumours of peace, the American com

In the Prime Minister differed froth the Commander did not believe them. mittee, was he to be bound by the devision American Civil War lee hind surrendered of the Committee 7 In many cases the and the whole nation was rejoicing before: Prime Minister would rertainly be in some detachments in Texas heard tho position to know infinitely more about news, and the Inst engagement, or rather candidate for an honour than the pro- skirmish, occurred on May 18th, 1918, | posed Committee

nearly a month later,

avery

Amerip.

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