The Marquis of Huntly, who has died within a fortnight of his nineties birthday, was the premier Marq! of Scotland but had long been resident near Peterborough. He led Rife of quiet usefulness, "had held offices in the Court after leaving Trinity College Cambridge and per formed those unobtrusive public services expected of a nobleman who not enamoured of polities or high administration, The Gordon family to which he belonged is reputed to have 197 branches and. its. history covers a considerable amount of the history of Scotland. The frst Marquis of Huntly, Georye Gordon, sixth Earl of Huntly, lived in stormy times and was engaged in rebellions, private feuds and other disputes Proper to the stale of a Scottish There is every reason why King! Carol should be indignant over the faction of certain diplomatic representatives in Rumania attending the funeral of two Rumaniens killed in the Spanish civil war. Two members of the banned Fascist "Iron Guard" organization had been killed while ghting for General Franco, and their bodies had been shipped back to Rumania for burial. Representa lives of states which may be deemed to have a very definite leaning in favour of the aspirations of" the Spanish rebel leader in fact took part irregular Fascist demonstra~ tion which was rendered all the more significant by the official positions of the participants. That was rightly considered by the King and. Par. Tiament to be an unwarrantable interference in the domestic affairs of Rumania, and the applause which rected "the Prime Minister's statement, that such things could not be permitted, is fully indicative of the yentarians' attitude in the'
'On the face of it those which permitted their representatives to take part in such demonstration were condoning that very practice which they so roundly condemn when the gullly party happens' to be Soviet Russia. " But there Is on even more disquietening aspect of the matter, These diplomats by their presence were endorsing that very practice of volunteering for service in Spain which their governments were on the verge of discountenancing, so that not only was their presence at the funeral a matter for Rumanian resentment, but it should also bring down upon them the reprimands of their own governments. If Rumania demands the withdrawal of the offending diplomats she will be asking for no more than right and proper.
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