Every time I walk through Piccadilly Circus' and see the
pedestal where Eros used to be, and down Whitehall and see the pedestal where Charles I used to be, I brood on the sinister influences that are depriving London of two of its historic possessions. In the. case of Eros, no doubt the austerity section of the Cabinet, against love anywhere, is particularly against it in Piccadilly. But in the case of the sainted monarch, the motives are obviously political, not ethical. For it is not merely that King Charles I is still absent ; King William III returned long since to lord it over St. James' Square. Who is responsible for this plain, provocative Whiggery? And what is Sir Waldron Smithers in Parliament for if not to get this kind of bureaucratic bias censured? Let Ministers consider
that they may have that to face if the royal martyr is not back by January 21st. It will be no use explaining that his, neck is under repair, or pitching any other hollow tale of that kind.
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