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The Government offered and the House of Commons accepted a Royal Commission to consider and advise on the best pro cedure" to assist the Prime Ministar in

aubunitting names to the Crown for the bestowal of honours. That was the upshot of the debate in the Lower House on July 17th, and in the Upper a similar result followed like proposal. It was known be forehand what the Government's intentious wofe, and the keen edge of anticipation was thereby blunted. Indeed, to be frank, the

how far back the inquiry went so far as he was concerned, for while he had been. Prime Minister no honour was conferred whether the recipient was entitled to it on upon anyone without careful inquiry

to the party funds or not, ** public grounds, whether he had contributed

A DUTY TO CONTRIBUTE

Mr. Asquith vigorously denounced the pedantry and folly of those who affect ed to see any harm in contributing ta party funds. No funds, no party or certainly, no effective part organisation. Indeed, it his view, it was not only in nocent for a man to contrinite, but his duty to do so according to his means.

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do not fall in these days before an The walls of Jericho," Mr. Asquithi said,.

and mined, and that is a laborious and costly operation." But there must be no trafficking, and so far as he was cognisant there had been none. He had found it

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much less interesting than had been expect ed. But the difference between a Select Committee of Lords sad Commons na aske for by the 279 signatories to Mr. Locker Lampson's requisition, and a Royal Com- mission was not a difference over which any real fight could be made. The Govern ment's offer, therefore, took most of the idious" than the nomination of the more thanklesa, irksome, and in- sting out of the debate. The Royal Co-recipients for honours, mission, as the Lord Cfancellor explained to the Peers, will consist of about fourteen or sixteen members, almost entirely taken

from both Houses of Parliament:

Mr. Lloyd George spoke very early, only waiting for Mr. Locker-Lampeon and Sir Samuel Hoard, to inove, and secund their resolution, which they did in two very mo derate but admirably firma speeches, urging that character and public service alone should be the grounds for bestowing hon ours. They both disclaimed any desire to rake in the past, but they declared that the scandals of the misuse of the present system had become intolerable, and that is not fair to the Crown or indeed to the worthy recipients that honours should given to the unworthy. Mr. Locker-Lamp: son did not mention any names; Sir Samuel Hoare alluded to two or three. But both assumed as incontestable that there did exist a certain trafic and sale of dignities, and demanded that it should cease.

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Prime Minister's defence. He at any rate

Mr. Clenes was very cornful of the SHANGHAI LINI -BANG appromimately every three day's between Canton and cheerfully believed the worst of the histor- books would be called for by the Royal MANILA ical parties, and hoped that certain clieque Commission, and that Lord Carson and the Duke of Northumberland would he asked HAIPHONG LINK t produce the evidence of tracking in honours, which they recently said was in BORNEO their possession Mr. Clynes also took the opportunity of calling for the abolition of " all hereditary honours. Colonel Page Croft sail that he was prepared to give evidence TENTAIN of six Bagrant cases, and he added that if the honours lists had been submitted to BANGZOK Scotland Yard the country would have known that many of the proposed recipients had failed in their duty as citizens.

names of the Commissioners should be sub- Sir Frederick Banbury asked that the mitted to certain independent members of the House for approval, and then Mr. Ronald McNeill made a considerable stir by attacking the honour conferred on Lord The Prime Minister spoke for an hour, Waring, whc, he said, had made a fortune and while the House was glad to accept his out of Gorerament contracts for aeroplanë offer of a Commission, it manifestly was not equipment at the White City. This draw very greatly impressed by his speech. Of from Lorl Waring himself, who was sitting course, be made the perfectly fair point that in the Distinguished Strangers' Gallery, this was an ohl agitation, and that the the angry denial, "That is a false state- speeches to which the House had just lis- ment.” Undeterred, Mr.. MeNeill then tengil bail been made on divers decasions went on to ask why Sir Archibald Wil- before. Such debates, however, and liamson should have been singled out for! usually ended in an exchange of party re-a peerago, and made certain remarkable criminations, and the House laughed hear allegations against the firm with which he tily at his account of Sir William Harcourt's associtel. cynical dismissal of the subject in 1894| After further discussion, Mr. Marriott "On the average justice is done." Perlaps moved an amendment that a Royal Com the Parliamentary conscience is rather mission, should be substituted for the more sensitive now; at any rate, the House Select Committee asked for in Mr. Locker. seemed a little impatient of the argu-Tampson's resolution. and that this Com- ment that the system not the abuses mission should be empowered to call for of the system-had been conducted on documents and compel the attendance of traditional lines and could not be witnesses. Mr. Chamberlain, who wound radically, changed without breaking up up the debate, stoutly defended the claim the party organisations.. Political or of politicians to public honour, and said ganization would collapse, so Mr. George the man who excited his indignation coptended in one place, if there were no was the man who sat by his elab fire and honours, and then there would be political damned everybody who was doing any chaos; or it that catastrophe were avertel, thing. Provided a recipient of honours WAS there would be gross political corruption. personally and publicly worthy, he regarded Honours, must be bestowed for part ser his contribution to party funds as a con- vices, and he warned the Labour party that sideration that should properly be taken they might find themselves committed to into account. Mr. Chamberlain referred positions, from which they would find it with some warmth to Mr. McNeill's charges difficult to extricate themselves when they against Lord Waring, and read to the got into power, if they set their faces too House a letter from Lord Waring, in which strongly now against the honour system, he denied that he had made, a fortune at in order to make party capital.

the White City while the shareholders in Throughout Mr. Lloyd George assumed Waring and Gillow received no benefit. that the honours system worked most ir-The reverse was the case, and the entire reproachably in the vast majority of in-profit went to the company and the share- stances, and that the "well-advertised holders.

blunders" were very few. There had only The amendment and the resolution, were been public criticism, he said, of four recent talked cut, and the Government's offer of honours, though the lists had been mesta Koyal Commission will therefore take closely scrutinised by his opponents, and effect.-Daily Telegraph."

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abnormally numerous. He assumed, in fact, that if there was no public criticism of acy but the four, that meant that there was nothing to criticise, but the House" didi not seem quite so sure. He warmly denied

New York, July 15th. that any trafficking in honours had been

"America's claim against the British sanctioned. Bargain and sale in such a Government for the cost of transporting connection would be most discreditable. If supplies to England during and after the it ever existed, it must be stopped. He States Shipping Board was settled yester was in vessels belonging to the United fold the House positively that, as Prime day, when the British representative in Minister, he had not known who of those Washington handed Shipping Board offi recommended to him for honours had concials 1 cheque for tributed to the party funds. He had not £3,500,000 drawn on a New York bank. approximately the slightest idea, he said. He did not The settlement was reached after a year wish to know; he ought not to know of negotiations, which were originally Nothing could have exceeded the emphasis conducted for Britain by the late Sir! which he put on this declaration.

Ernest Rarburn and continued by Mesara Coudert Brothers, of New York. The The Prime Minister arged that the Shipping Board. at first claimed frankly political list" of selections for bar. 25,000,000, but the British Government ours was but a small percentage of the contended that a large sum was due as an whole, and although this list was prepared offset, leaving a balance in England's by the Chief Whip and had a party favour of over £1,000,000. The negotin- flavour, many. of those honoured tions were hampered by the chaotic state in this way had claims also on other of the Shipping Board's books; but it grounds, and so long as their contribution was finally agreed that yesterday's pay- to the party funds was not a decisivement represented fair adjustment. consideration" in the bestowal of the hon. The settlement of the controversy and the our he saw no valid reason why the system prompt payment cannot fail to impress should be radically changed. He would the average American mind with the seri gladly welcome assistance in the duty of usness of Great Britain's intention to making such recommendations to the So-balance bar fiscal accounts with the United vereign, but the responsibility would remain States. It is understood that rival claims that of the Prime Minister, who was promised at the outset to provide much over the cost of moving troops, which ultimately responsible to Parliament. No Committee could relieve him, but if they Atlantic, were long since quietly and material for agitators on both sides of the could strengthen bis hands he would be glad to welcome their assistance. The directly settled between the War Depart system of rewarding party service by bon-Yesterday's payment, it is believed, ex the British Government, ours might be illogical, bat it had the plains the recent heavy shipment of gold sanction of the purest and greatest names. bars by the British Government to this

The Government therefore offered a a Royal country. Commission; and it will apparently be with-

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in the discretion of the Commission to go The death of Sir George Knox, of the back into the past, if its members desire, and Allahabad High Court, remores, says the call any evidence as to the existing practice Madras Mail, of July 27th, one who was which they may think proper. Much will quite easily the doyen of those in active depend on the personnel of the Commission employ in the Indian Civil Service, which and the spirit in which they approach their he joined as long ago as 18565.

Consequently task. Mr. Lloyd George merely stipulated ho has been in hamess for 57 years, alte that if there is to be retrospection it must to serve in India-almost twice as long as: an unprecedented time for European officials, include the actions of bis predecessors; Mr an Indian Civil Servant is expected to serve:|| Asquith frankly said that he did not mind to secure a full pension.

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