Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-16 | Page 1 | Status Ofgerman Baron Argued

iu STATUS OFGERMAN BARON ARGUED Honored Members of British Privy Council to Show Cause Why They Should Retain Positions. London, Nov. 16 11-35 a m. The lord chief Justice, Baron Reading, and Chief Justices Sir Horace Avody and Charles Lush, heard arguments today on the question whether Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassell can retain membership in the privy council. coun-cil. The case was brought by the Anti-German League, which obtained a writ directing Sir Edgar and Sir Ernest to show cause why they should not relinquish their positions In the council because they are of German birth.- Sir Edgar Speyer in a letter to Premier Pre-mier Asqulth last May resigned his privy councilorship and requested his baronetcy be revoked, on account of charges of dlBloyalty made against him in the press. The premier do-fended do-fended Sir Edgar and said the king was not prepared to withdraw the honors which the monarch had bestowed be-stowed upon him. The German origin ori-gin of Sir Edgar and Sir Ernest, both prominent financiers, has been the subject of much antagonism and comment com-ment in England. .