So conciliatory has been the attitude of Sir Isaac Isaacs, the Australian-appointed Governor-General, the “Lancashire Daily Post” writes, that some curiosity is being felt about the possibility of his being included in the Birthday Honours list. At the time of his appointment, it says, the question of the usual peerage became difficult. Mr. Soullin himself having proposed him to the King, it was felt that the recommendation for a peerage should also come from him, but Mr. Scullin had previously declared he would be no party to peer-making. So Sir Isaac became the first Governor-General without peerage in history.
Now the relations between Sir Isaac and the King and the Cabinet, always pleasant, have become cordial. He does not share the view, too, that Australians should not accept peerages, and has from the first, I understand, been willing to accord with precedent by reigning as Lord Isaacs. All the portents show that he will become a peer early next month.
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