On Saturday last, the King's first birthday since his accession,
it was announced that he had bean pleased to confer on the Duke of York the title of Prince of Wales. The bestowal of this dignity, merged in the Crown since the death of Queen Victoria, forms a fitting recognition of the services rendered to the Empire by the Duke and Duchess of York in their recent tour, while it restores to active significance a title long associated with the status of the Heir to the Throne. The Birthday honour list otherwise offers no special occasion for criticism or surprise. Sir Harry Johnston. one of the most accomplished and romantic of our Proconsuls, gets a G.C.M.G., and Mr, Clinton Dawkins's services in India and Egypt, and as chair- man of the War Office Reorganisation Committee, are not ex- travagantly rewarded by a Companionship of the Bath. A baronetcy has been conferred on the outgoing Lord Mayor, and the other recipients of honours are mainly drawn from the ranks of the Civil Service and diplomacy.
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