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...kingly crown to gain...
...would succeed the Conservatives, and that after a few months Labor would be defeated and the King would call upon the Liberal Party to form a new Government and would not dissolve Parliament. "Dissolution of Parliament," continued Mr. Asquith, "is in this country one of the prerogatives of the Crown. It is not a mere feudal survival, but it is a part, and I think a useful part, of our constitutional system for which there is no counterpart in any other country, such, for instance, as the United States...
...does not mean that the Crown should act arbitrarily and without advice of responsible Ministers, but it does mean that the Crown is not bound to take the advice of particular Ministers to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial...
...ethics of the case, however, differ from the strictly legal construction. The existence of power by no means connotes its use, and for a considerable period now the Crown has relied upon the advice of its ministers, as expressed by the Premier, before dissolving Parliament. No King, under present-day conditions, would attempt to ignore or override the advice of his ministers, unless the act were incontrovertibly taken in the interests of the people, and such a situation is more than unlikely. Nothing in the present hypothetical situation presupposes that King George will depart from the strictly constitutional practice...
...ease and simplicity. Always laughable and sometimes exceedingly comical he has an unassuming dignity and a natural shrewdness that instantly win over the grumbling people of Barataria; in the final scene his popularity protects him from the machinations of the ambitious nobles, who seek to usurp the crown. In his comedy parts he is substantially aided by Robert Rosaire, who has the strenuous role of Dapple, Sancho's beloved donkey. But the entire east is a strong one; the performance is smooth and finished, the scenes are spectacular and interesting...