The Crown

P: In Dublin rebellious Domhnall Ua Buachalla, whom George V was obliged to appoint Governor General of the Irish Free State (TIME, Dec. 5), flouted the authority of the Crown last week, styled himself not Governor General but "Seneschal" and proceeded to sign all documents in Gaelic.

"I intend to carry on all my official duties in Gaelic," said Seneschal Ua Buachalla, "and the former Vice-Regal Lodge [official residence of the Governor General] will probably become a Gaelic College--either that or a hospital."

Irish friends of the Seneschal (literally "Old Servant") pointed out that in medieval times the seneschal or major-domo of a King often achieved more power than his master, became the real ruler.

P: In Edinburgh restless Scotsmen held the first regular caucus of their new Scottish Self-Government party, elected as its leader stodgy James Graham, the excessively aristocratic 6th Duke of Montrose.

No revolutionist, His Grace emphasized that Scottish secession is not his object but solemnly declared: "The question of self-government for Scotland has grown from a purling stream into a roaring cataract!"

If the Duke has his way Scotland will receive a sort of Dominion status with its own Parliament and George V may consent to the gesture of a Scottish coronation at which he would wear, for the first time, the Crown of Scotland, an ancient Stuart treasure once worn by Robert the Bruce and now preserved in Edinburgh Castle.

P: In Melbourne Australia, zealous members of the Bill Posters' Union decided to petition the Crown to appoint Edward of Wales as the next Governor General of Australia. Reason : H. R. H. is a trade unionist in good standing, a life member of the Bill Posters' Union.

P: In London last week George V exercised a normal prerogative of the Crown, appointed his second son, the Duke of York, to be Colonel of the Scots Guards, succeeding the late Field Marshal Lord Methuen.

Colonel of the Welsh Guards is, of course, Edward of Wales, who is also an Hon. General in the Japanese Army.

P: Caucusing in Ottawa last week, founder-members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Party cheered their leader, Canadian M. P. James Shaver Woodsworth of Winnipeg, when he loudly proclaimed: "Our objective is a bloodless Canadian revolution to establish a new social order without capitalistic profits!"

Enthusiastic, Canada's only woman M. P., Agnes MacPhail, promised to do everything she can to lead her Ontario United Farmers' organization into Winnipeg's Woodsworth's "Bloodless Revolution."

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