8 APRIL 1911, Page 3

We are glad to learn that the St. James's Park

Scheme for the Memorial to King Edward has been abandoned. The Executive Committee of the Fund met at:the Mansion House on Tuesday and unanimously resolved, in view of the impossibility of carrying out the present scheme, to advise the General Committee to abandon the proposal and empower the Executive Committee to suggest another site. We note that the London County Council simultaneously adopted a resolution, without a dissentient vote, declaring that the Council would view with great regret any scheme which would materially diminish the garden space or alter the rural appear. ance of St. James's Park.