Page:The life and times of King Edward VII by Whates, Harry Richard 5.djvu/15

 CONTENTS vii CHAPTER VIII. .OLD AGE PENSIONS. PAGE King Edward and Amelioration Lord Rosebery on Old Age Pensions Removing the Stigma of the Workhouse The Age Limit Mr. Chamberlain's Earlier Scheme The Royal Commission of 1893 Lord Rothschild's Committee The " Aged Deserving Poor " Inquiry The Report and Recommendations A Fatal Defect Working at the Idea An Estimate of the Cost Pensions and the 1906 Election Campaign A Retrospect The Position in 1908 The Bill Becomes Law Old Age Pensions in Operation Poor Law Matters The King's Commission in 1905 Three Years of Deliberation A Massive and Momentous Report The Minority Report and What it Suggested Labour Exchanges Established Further Steps in Social Reform. . . . .143 CHAPTER IX. KING EDWARD AND THE ARMY. The Maintenance of Peace A Stronger Navy : a Reorganised Army What Happened at the Hague The Limitation of Armaments Germany Makes a Stand Sir Henry Campbell-Bannernian's Naval Policy The Second Hague Conference Great Britain's Proposal Mr. Haldane at the War Office A Scheme of Army Reform Some of the Principal Points The Evolution of the " Territorials " Mr. Haldane's Fundamental Idea Death of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Mr. Asquith as Prime Minister The Relation of the Army to the Navy A Comparison with Lord Esher's Report The Haldane Scheme for Training " Citizen Soldiers " King Edward's Part in Forwarding the Proposals The 1909 Conference on Imperial Defence Hand in Hand with the Oversea Dominions The Scheme in Operation. . . . . . 159 CHAPTER X. KING EDWARD AS A SPORTSMAN. The King's Interest in Racing Success of Minoru The Enthusiasm of the Derby Day Crowd Winning the Derby with Persimmon The Achievements of the Sandringham Stud The King's Turf Winnings In the Coverts and the Hunting Field His Interest in Cycling and Golf Yacht-Racing Some Early Racers Winning the Royal Cup The Britannia A Contest with Shamrock I The King on Shamrock II The Accident of 1901 His Narrow Escape The Race for the America Cup King Edward's Dogs The Kennels at Sandringham. . . . . . . . .177 CHAPTER XI. A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS ITS ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS. The Home Rule Bill of 1893, a First Cause" A Settled Habit of Hostility "Mr. Gladstone's Protest Lord Rosebery' s Concurrence Ten Years of Tory Government The Sur- prise of 1906 Undermining the Power of the Upper House The Lords' Rejection of the Education Bill and the Scotch Land Bill The Proposed Conference Five- Year Parliaments Abolition of the Upper House Proposed in the Commons Lord Rosebery's Select Committee The Government " Going Too Fast " Mr. Victor Grayson's Meteoric Career The Scottish Campaign of 1907 Illness and Resignation of Sir Henry /