THE GO-GETTER.
The other day, in Hereford, a man who claimed, through descent from the Tudors, to be the rightful king of England, was fined 104. for holding a meeting Of six hundred people to discuss this subject, which must be one very near his heart. We consider the action of the police to have erred on the side of harshness. As a nation, we are notoriously prone to hide our talent in a napkin. We are over-modest and over-reticent. We brood in silence over qualities and achievements in which we should take a legitimate pride. It is a fault, and it tells against us. Yet here was a man with the courage of his convictions, determined to make the best of what most of the leaders of modem thought have Called., at one time or another, " those attributes' which are the glorious birthright of every Englishman, be he king or -commoner." Just because this man in Hereford happened not to be a commoner, and because the particular attribute which he chose to tell the world about was royalty, he was fined 10s. for causing an obstruction. Life is very difficult. . . . As for the question of whether he is or is not the rightful King of England, the Spectator has always held that every man is the best judge of his own claims to the throne.
Mom.
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