Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-15 | Page 9 | Curzon Deplores Hawking Titles

CURZON DEPLORES I RA HAWKING TITLES I LONDON April The 14 14 The The haw I hawk hawk- hawk in lag In- of knighthoods and other tilles which has periodically the tho British public Is again agam engaging the attention of oC the nov nov- cov In th the House of ot Lords I Marquis Curzon slid it is I the Intention of the government to Introduce l In order to carry out some om of the recommends recommends- recommendations lion ot of the roal commission on honors lIe Ho declared d clard era gra graso o 0 uneasiness ne ness fleas 15 had hid been excited bv the e ec ex-c ex eps sho h e number number of oC additions to the peerage In lii recent years yearn Much sus- sus suspicion sus suspicion had been created he said by the th tact fact that titles in some oin cases es ere conferred upon persons person whose claims rested res solely upon the basis of largo large Ur o political contribution The foreign secretary deplored the existence of oC o what he termed touts who were engaged In honors honor to the highest bid bid- bidden bid bidder der den ders He Hn referred to this gentry asa all as a a deplorable discreditable and III- III Ig Ignoble noble phenomena in our public lIfe I hope hopa will soon oon be eradicated eradicated At the th last Inquiry Into the th sub sub- a I ot of the indiscriminate awards of titles title it was disclosed dl that as high as a given riven for tor a baronetcy