Show NOT A MERE figurehead I 1 ictoria S salil sald ald to talo no a actlis ant ami hii bon aart in public abir A 1 corner ot of the veil which screens tile the amr r III life of I 1 royalty royally from ill 1 the I common ga frazo C was ri raised ased the other othe r day by mr M P 1 at a aeeti rs of t ladles in support of the bomell s suffrage movement says the westminster ter at a zette clr ir lien toul sail said his lii i idea had always been that the queen was a merely ornamental sort of pero personage nage who abo signed such documents as were submitted by her ministers and was restrained from doing any harm ily constitutional safeguards lie had however recently made tile the acquaintance of two lords in waiting who have lave been in attendance on her on majesty aji ay for many years and tile the information lie had bad obtained from thi this 0 curci our 1 ree ci had completely altered liis his views n to the in illi luence ence exercised by the queen in matters of domestic dome itic and fr cin policy I 1 he IL had learned that she i proficient in ill eleven european cangini lan gini and nil n that she has during the IA I 1 A four our or five years completely clindus dauee in which she converses with great correctness and fluency with any of her indian subjects who are presented at court her majesty frequently writes to every important IOve sovereign reign in europe and her influence on the side of peace is said aid to have been E cry beneficial her knowledge of borci foreign agn affairs being most intimate and accurate at several critical stages in the relations between european nations the queens personal influence has bas been successfully cess ully fully exerted to prevent war it is even all alleged egeLl in court circles circle that her majesty would have ocon acen able to prevent the franco prussian war if emperor emic louis napoleon coll had not precipitated hostilities t on the line before any opportunity was afforded tor for mediation |