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Show COHATUSES ADVEflSEGOMMENT "Sacrilegious Comedy" Is Terra Used in Describing Ancient An-cient Comedy. BY PAUL LAMBETH. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, July 22. Androw Carnegie Is not. the only man In the United Kingdom King-dom who looks upon the coronation ceremonies cere-monies with a feeling of contempt. Here, for Instance. Is noted Iconoclast ICIer Ilardle, M. P., radical labor member, who In making a speech lo the striking mold-crs mold-crs of Dowlals, used some protty plnln language in expressing his opinion of the affair. lie said thoso who had sen the coronation coro-nation had described it as a sacrilegious comedy. The abbey itseif was got up H3 a music hall, and the crowd gathered there spent, part of the time In the loyal occupation of munching sandwiches and drinking Scotch whisky. He had a very old fashioned reverence for a building like Westminster abbcv and he felt his gorge rise and protest against such a venerable building being converted Into a sort of glorillcd music hall or sanctified pot house. There- Is no doubt that tho levity displayed dis-played In the rehearsals at tho abbey and during tho long wait on the day of the coronation has created a food deal of disgust. liven conservative men are seriously seri-ously discussing the advisability of cut--ting out many of tho medieval ceremonies of tho coronation which might have had a moaning In feudal times, but In these days are ridiculous and tend (o excite ridicule and contempt rather than awe. The trouble in making these changes which it Is admitted arc advisable Is in llndlng the necessary authorltv. It is possible King George will tako the matter mat-ter in hand and bring about a reform. Small Ohance for Compromise. Prospects of compromise over the Westminster parliament bill seem exceedingly exceed-ingly dim, though the Tories keep up a din of prophecy and appeal. In ministerial circles absolute incredulity Is expressed when suggestions are made that George V. will decline to go beyond the creation of 150 peers as an "object lesson to the recalcitrant second chamber." Men close to the prime minister scout the notion that the king will balk at 500 if necessary. They predict that he will "touch the high-water mark of constitutionalism constitu-tionalism by deferring fully to the advice of the responsible head of the people's house." Occasionally a warning note is heard in radical quarters. Recently a radical journal, urging the groups of the coalition to draw closer together, now that Lord Lansdowne's amendment to the parliament parlia-ment bill has defined the issue, says that if tho coalition breaks 'down under the strain of the Irish demands the Unionists Union-ists are sure of being returned to power with a big majority. To Smash- tho Bill. Then, according to tho same authority, the Lansdowno scheme for reconstructing the lords would bo brought forward, Jammod through and made the tool to Bmash the parliamentary bill and give the now second chamber the ancient privileges of the lords. It professes to know that "such Is Lansdowne's ulterior purpose " Canada Is anxiously nwaltlng some new 'gold pieces. At present, without being Impecunious, she has no gold coin of her own. What gold Is in circulation in the Dominion is In the form of American pieces. The designs for tho new Canadian Cana-dian five and ten dollar gold pieces are now awaiting llnal approval In London, and by tho autumn, It Is hoped, the new coinage will go forth- In value and size the coins will be exactly the same as the American, and will create reciprocity in monetary exchange. Scottish Immigration Increases. Scottish immigration continues to increase. in-crease. In the month of Mav 8S21 people of Scottish nationality left the United Kingdom for places out of liurope, compared com-pared with 540H In the corresponding month last year. For the flvo months of tho yoar the number are 2S.331, as against 20,401. Of the total, British MS'l, A?er!$a SOt 21.077. Australia 3 1 80. British South Africa 1777. Xcw Zealand Zea-land 6-13. India (including Ceylon) 549, other British colonies and possessions, etc. During the month of May the total number of British subjects who left the United Kingdom for places out of Europe was 37,311, being an Increase of 10,470 on the corresponding month of laat year. Of this number, 28,923 went to British .orth America, 5211 lo Australia. 072 to New Zealand. 1713 to South Africa. 306 to India, nnd 516 to other British possessions. pos-sessions. The number who went to the united States was 13,153. For the five months of this year ending May a grand total of 133.513 British subjects went to PHVi of lhe cnPlre, or an Increase of o0,547 over the same period in 1910. I |