Show KING HAS SUPREME POWER But There Are Reasons Why British Monarch Does Not Exercise His Royal Prerogative If the king did all he might do wIthout without without with- with out e. e exceeding his royal prerogative the nation would be startled He can veto a n bill passed in both houses he ho can n dissolve and summon parliament he can select or dismiss his ministers he be can declare war he can make treaties and create peers he can an appoint appoint ap ap- ap point bishops bud and Judges judges- and all on his own He Be could cede ceda the duchy of Cornwall to a foreign power disband the army and navy and sell the tile and naval Duval stores He could give every government government govern govern- ment official from the highest to the lowest the push could pardon all nIl criminals and could stop the whole machinery of government But there is an unwritten law of common sense fortified b by long usage which mak makes makeSs s i it If unthinkable the thet the thc king Icing should do these things aud arid In the last resort which Is never likely to occur occur the king being a n constitutional monarch reigns by the will of the people could be deposed by act of parliament Montreal Herald i |