15 JULY 1911, Page 2

Good taste is no small a matter in princes, and

good taste as well as good feeling mark every word of the speech, and, indeed, of the whole ceremony. Cynics may tell us that kings and princes have their taste provided for them from outside. No doubt they have advisers in ceremonial as in other things, but we venture to say that if good taste and good feeling do not belong to them personally, they can never be imported into their public acts. Bad taste, arrogance, and pomposity will out and cannot be smothered by even a multitude of counsellors. Their absence has a personal significance which it would be unjust to ignore.