The Crown

P: WThen the King's name was dragged into Washington's Senatorial munitions expose, the only London paper to carry a full story and mention George V without pussyfooting was the Conservative Morning Post, a newsorgan extremely close to Buckingham Palace.

Most other British papers referred to "a higher personage" or to "The Crown." Stoutly the Morning Post headlined UNITED STATES INQUIRY CANARD, suppressed no detail, contemptuously observed, "We publish this incredible story as illustrating the sort of evidence which was thought good enough for a Senatorial enquiry."

No less loyal to His Majesty, the Laborite Daily Herald, while urging Parliament to start a similar inquiry in Britain, declared: "The use of such names [as the King's] in the intrigues of rival armament firms to sell weapons is further evidence of the complete lack of scruple which characterizes the methods of these 'merchants of death.' "

P: By request of Queen Mary, who was with King George at Balmoral Castle in Scotland last week, Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, third wife of the U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, acted as godmother-by-proxy for Her Majesty at the baptism in London of the infant son and heir of the Marquess of Hamilton.

P: Off to Paris flew Their Majesties' third son and tallest, the Duke of Gloucester, to entrain for Marseilles where he boarded H. M. S. Sussex last week and steamed away to manufacture goodwill in Australia. Originally Their Majesties' fourth son, Prince George, had been scheduled to go but the King-Emperor decided that for Prince George the Commonwealth of Australia would be "too great a strain" (TIME, Sept. 10).

If all goes well the Duke of Gloucester may eventually become Governor General of Australia. To spur his popularity among Australians it was announced last week that H. R. H. will serve for a time in the Australian Navy aboard H. M. S. Australia. As an officer aboard this ship, he will return to England next spring and for several months she will form part of the British fleet.

P: Japanese novelty makers on learning of Prince George's engagement to Princess Marina (TIME, Sept. 10) promptly began stamping out at Osaka last week "George and Marina badges" to be peddled in London at the time of the wedding, date not yet announced. Said the leading Japanese bunting jobber of Kobe, "We shipped to Australia several weeks ago a very large proportion of the flags and bunting they will use to greet the Duke of Gloucester" (see above).

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