MONDAY. Mx 18, 1928. THE DAILY BRITISH wHIG 5 ' 7 KING and his REPRESENTATIVES George V. a Democratic Man + Loved by His People. Can- ada's Governor-General May Stay Another Term. A democratic monarchy is the new definition of that which rules the British Empire. It has its Head and its home in Britain and its re- presentatives throughout its- own League of Nations, and the other countries of the world. It's titular chief at the moment Is "George V., by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Em- peror of India" He was born June 3, 1865, and came to the |throne in 1910. King George is the ruler of Can- jade. The British North 'America 'Met, the infon's eharter of Con- Redotation, has this as its fArst|a #lagse in felstion to executive power: "The Executive Government and Authority of snd over Canada is declared to continue and Be in the Queen." y A preceding paragraph' reads, Provisions of this Act refer- fo Her Majesty the Queen ex- also to the Heirs and Succes Sore of Her Majesty, Kings and enough. But as a matter of actual practise Canada fis governed by Canadians without regard to any other authority, except in so far as formal phraseology of certain docu- ments is concerned. If at times the old folks at home wonder why and wherefore Canada or some self-governing section of the does this or that in such or "another way, they know that If doesn't mean that the Dominions are going to cut the painter and drift off by themselves in an un- charted sea. The King worries least of all, because as a real democrat he usderstands democracies by ' whatever name they call them- selves. His Majesty and the powers that are his, are represented in Canada --as in other Dominfons--by the Governor-General. There was a aay when the men who filled suen were about the most auto- erable in authority, and guite often in manner and bearing, of human. That day belongs to the limbo of untrammelled roysl au- thority and unquestioned obedience to the spoken desires of rulers. The King's representatives in modern times are as democratic as the King himself. They Are Good Friends ,The Governor-General and Com- mander-in-chief of Canada, His Ex- cellency General the Right Honor- able Lord Byng of Vimy, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., and the owner of a. lot of other homors, comes well within that category. A great sol- dier he has proved himself to be a real tacticlan and diplomat in an office where he must act on the ad- vice of others, and not on his own initiative. The best tribute to his success, and the affection of Cana- dians for him, comes in the uni- versal approval which has greeted the intimation that his term may be extended for another five years. King George and Lord Byng have a mufusl sympathy and liking for one another. His Majesty would be mightily pleased to affix his signa- ture to a new contract, so to speak, for the Governor-General; he knows that it would only be pos- sible because of a request from Can- ada to the British Government that this be done. They both played well their parts in the Great War. Bysg as a commander winning suc- cess after success and assuming in- knowledged the cheers of a people flushed with the news of victory not forgotten, he has never forgot- ten the men who fought and died in that long agony. It had always been his hope that he might enjoy a reign unmarked by a great war. But in the hour of decision for Britain and the Em- pire he was not wanting. When the great crowds gathered around Buckingham Palace on the night that war was declared, and King George in response to their surging cries of loyalty and the amasing depth of tone in their massed sing- ing of the national anthem, came to the balcony again and again, he was not thinking of great victories and new glories on the Empire's honor roll. He knew that at that very moment train loads of troops were on their way to the sea ports equip- ped to the last button and the last cartridge; those glorious and im- mortal '"'Contemptibles'" whose heroism paved the way for the final triumph of allied arms. The tears ubshecked down the King's eheeks, and none who stood with him thought him less kingly be- cause of them. The King and His People At Windsor, among his own ten- ants and in the town he-loves well, ofie saw again how it is that the affections of the people are centred in their King. In the mufti of a country gentleman, and accompan- fed only by one of his secretaries, he was calling at & number of the shops in the streets around Wind- sor Castle, to éxpress his personal sympathy to people who had lost their sons or other relatives in the war. He stopped to speak to khaki clad men regardless of rank, and he acknowledged with a pleased smile Lady Byng is an author of ability. the greetings of .the silk hatted, broad collared Eton college boys, trooping into the tuck shops to in- dulge in the pasties and sweets for which they are famous. For all that he feels so keenly the sorrows and trials of his people the King is very human in his out- look and his vies. TheMate Wal- ter H. Page, the most beloved of United States Ambassadors to Bri- tain, had many long conversations with him. He tells of one occasion on which His Majesty talked about himself and his position as King, and of him saying, "knowing the difficulties of a limited monarch, I thank heaven I am spared being an absolute one." He described him as a thoughtful, industrious and conscientious man, but an emphatic and vivacious talker, with a fine sense of humor, and onc who en- joyed a good story. The Governor-General Lord Byng has won his way to Canadian hearts in much the same way as the King has endeared bim- self to so many of his subjects, by a democratic simplicity which does not allow itself to become common. Thousands of Canadians served un- der him at eral periods in the war, and learned there how thoughtful he could be for the care, comfort and safety of his men in the days of preparation, and with what precision and energy he could strike in the zero hour. He has become acquainted with almost every part of the Dominion at first hand, he has stored his mind with information about it and its accom- plishments and resources, and he talks of them with all the enthus- fasm of a devoted native born. In- deed, he may be more patriotic than some who are Canadians by birth, and who cannot see the future through the mist of pessimism. For more than thicly years a soldier, it is not strange that his heart is never far away from those of the service, past or present. But he is con- genial and happy in any company that has good work in hand for its municipality or the country at large. The seventh son of the second Earl of Stafford, and born in 18632, he joined the 10th Royal Hussars when he was 21 years of age. that time on he hegan to fit self for the arduous years of the world war. His first taste of active Strvies was in the Soudan campaign 4. Ioe1303, and when Germany de- cided to wreck Europe he was in i Lord Byng of Vimy successful as soldier and administrator. quency. His name will ever be as- sociated with the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian corps, which he was then commanding. His bandling of still larger armies at a later period, added lustre to his laurels. Lord Byng, like some others whose work and services in the Dominion have been for her benefit, has shown singular capabilities in his office. Enter up another credit to the democracy of the British Em- pire which radiates from the throne. Lord Byng has an able and charming consort to help-him, at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, the official fesidence of our Governofs-General, and in many of the social engage ments which fall to his lot else where throughout the coumtry. A writer of some note, the author of several novels, a sincere worker ia every good cause and, like . & lover of Canada, she is entitled to share in the commendation which greets the statement that he may active | stay for another term of office. governing Dominions, the develo, ments of the last century have § holding of the Empire by invisible but unbreakable ties. The evolu- tion of the ers and authority of eral is one part of derstand why the Empire fall to pieces long before it established. - As time goes 80 far back since General § Murray was formally Bel Governor of Canada. He was first British Governor, and then, or what was known of It, em-( braced large sections of what ate now thé United States. The home governnient of those' days, while giving its Governors great powers as to enforeem laid down niost of the laws and gulations for. the colonies dnd pendencies. The natural result was a long period of turmoil and mis- understanding. In Murriy's case, for instance, the Canada he was most concerned with was Québée, of which he had been military Gov. ernor since the Conquest. He had to put up with a good deal from both the government at homie and many British officials in Ameries,, disas, and what they meant to this country, There is a letter of his to a member of the British govers- ment in whith he says: -- "I glory in having been aceused fe the King's Ganaigan n subjects ing the s sul and of doing my utmght to give my -royal master the affections © that brave, hardy people, oP emigration, if it ever shall happen, will be an irreparable loss to this empire, to prevent which I declare to Your Lordship, I would ek fully submit to greater calum and indignities, if greater can be devised than hitherto I have upder- gone." If the Governor-General of aly self governing part of the Ef or of any colony or depin had to send that kind of a letter t¢ the British government of today, there would be a fine row wheféves it became kfiown, It is not likely in these days of a demoeratic Em- pire, ruled nominally by a demo cratic monarchy, came to Canada from the Carolinas | lems of the day. "I cannot believe creasing exportation of Canadian 10 CREATE GO0Dw oe young country WITH THE FARMERS ne Eimer Davis Says This Should Be Done by Manu- facturers' Assoclation. By Keith F. Crews) am MAL fal Post. y in the To have bees « Gupwow~ +0 the same Industry for several generations is something that few families in a like Canada can boast. Elmer Davis, the recently chairman of the Ontario Branch of the Dominion Manufac- turers' Association, is thé ifth of his line to be engaged in tanning. The founder of the first Davis firm was Asbel Davis, a U. B. Loyalist who in 1770. Elmer Davis began his business career about thirty years ago, in the firm of A. Davis and Sons, at King, under his father, the Hon. KE. J. Davis. In 1903, this company pur- chased the Corrington Tannery at Kingston, an old and well establish- ed business. Under the management of Mr. Davis, the business has in- creased more than ten fold until it is now one of the largest industries of its kind in the Dominion, carrying on Wn extensive @xport trade to the United States and Great Britain. The steady and remarkable growth of the firm in these twenty-two years affords a very fair idea of Mr. Davis' business ability. Mr. Ddvis steadfastly refuses to ive his views on the tariff or other eneral political and economic prob = "2 that my personal opinions are of any great value," he said with a depre- catory smile. This might have been expected by those who know Elmer Davis, a man accustomed to doing much and talking little. Requested to give what he considered should be the true aims and objects of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa- tion, Mr. Davis stated: "You have asked me for an ex- pression of jy views as to the fleld of service which lies open for the Canadian Maufacturers' Association, and possible more particularly the Ontario Division. mith National and Constructive. "I feel that the manufacturers' as- sociation has, not infrequently, been seriously misrepresented. It has frequently been represented as a body of manufacturers banded to- gether for entirely selfish purposes, the principal, object being to extort from the ultimate consumers of this Dominion the very last possible dol- lar for the goods produced and sold by its manufacturing members; that this organization has been made use of by {its members to fix uniform prices for the various lines of mer- chandise which they produce, which will com® just a fraction under the preyailing prices for similar goods at points outside of Canada, plus what ever tariff duty may exist on these various lines of merchandise; that the whole aim of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association has been selfishly individual, and destructive in its character rather than broadly fiational and constructive, "A membership of about 20 years in the association has led me to 'an entirely different conception of the manufactured products to the mir- kets of the world. To continue in the future to conduct their business and operite thelr plants, having re- gard to these various responsibill- ties is, I believe, the objective of the members of the Manufacturers' As- sociation, and in doing so, they will, I believe, be rendering a distinct Na- tional service, 'One other line of service, at least, seems to lle open to the association at thé moment, namely, that of en- couraging a greater feeling of good will and of better understanding be- tween all sections and all classes in Canada. Its Dominion wide member- ship give it a special opportunity for this line of endeavor; if this can in- clude a special effort to secure a bet- ter understanding between the manufacturiig and industrial inter- ests of Canada and those engaged in agricultural production and pursuits, which will lead to a higher apprecia- tion of each other, and each other's needs and objections, It will be eminently worth while, ,The time seems to be ripe for the achieving of such a bétter understanding, and thereby, the building up of a greater and better Canada." m-------- The Value of Educstiop. "I really know nothing byt leath- er," declared Mr. Davis with a smile. This is, however, doing himself a great injustice. In Kingston Mr. Davis is well known, not only capable business man, but as a gressive and' public. spirited He has heen president of the King- ston Board of Trade and is a mem- If You are a Canada Life Policyholder You are entitled to when your policy was issued. 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