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George I. came over from Hanover to England with two paramours, and never bothered even to learn the English tongue. Writing of the conditions at the English Court at the time an oldJacobite poet wrote - The very dogs in England's Court, They bark and howl in German. Who has not heard of the Countess of Darlington, who was nick-named the " Elephant," and of her sister paramour who was known as the "giraffe?" Is it not common knowledge that some of the British nobility owe their titles to their descent from the paramours of British kings? No true Australian desires to perpetuate a practice which has had such results in the past, and the Prime Minister, if he desires to do so, has lost all sense of the true Australian spirit. The idea at the bottom of the granting of titles was the perpetuation of class distinctions. It has had the effect of keeping the classes apart in the Old Country, and even to-day, in the midland counties of England, there are still to be found indications of the lack of spirit which was responsible for the old prayer - Bless the squire and his relations, And keep us in our proper stations. In the United States of America, it was never found necessary to bestow titles. The citizens of America gave of their very best to the great republic of the west without looking for such a bauble. There is no titled person in British history who could compare with Abraham Lincoln, and none who could stand beside Washington for service rendered to his country. Is there any one who can claim to have rendered more distinguished service to his country than men like Garfield and Wilson rendered to America? I believe that it is too soon after his death to appreciate properly the service rendered by the late President Wilson. All these men gave of their very best without looking for titles. In the Commonwealth of Australia, what greater names can we revere than those of Charles Cameron Kingston, the great democrat of South Australia; Alfred Deakin, the democrat of Victoria; Chief Justice Higinbotham, of Victoria; Dick Seddon, of New Zealand; and Fisher, of Queensland. Surely, we can say with the poet - Kind hearts are more than coronets,