. Europe and other continents . Fig. same steamer as in Figure 143, toshow its great size in comparisonwith a high building in New YorkCity and with the WashingtonMonument (555 feet high). Thelength of this steamer is 648 feet,its width 66 and its depth 43 feet. THE BRITISH ISLES 205 doors as long as the steamship in Figure 144. Compare itwith the length of an ordinary freight car. This vessel is ableto accommodate about two thousand persons besides the crew,and an enormous amount of freight in addition. Government. — The government of the United Kingdomis a limited monarchy, the prese
. Europe and other continents . Fig. same steamer as in Figure 143, toshow its great size in comparisonwith a high building in New YorkCity and with the WashingtonMonument (555 feet high). Thelength of this steamer is 648 feet,its width 66 and its depth 43 feet. THE BRITISH ISLES 205 doors as long as the steamship in Figure 144. Compare itwith the length of an ordinary freight car. This vessel is ableto accommodate about two thousand persons besides the crew,and an enormous amount of freight in addition. Government. — The government of the United Kingdomis a limited monarchy, the present ruler being KingEdward VII. We know that in the United States our. Fig. House of Parliament. general laws are made at Washington by a Congress com-posed of a Senate and a House of Representatives. In theUnited Kingdom the law-making body corresponding tothis is called Parliament. It is likewise composed of twobodies, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is made up of men with inheritedtitles who are not elected by the people. In former times theLords were so powerful that the people had little control ofthe government; but for many generations their power hasbeen restricted, and the House of Commons, whose members 206 EUROPE are elected by popular vote, is now by far the more them the people are able to make their own laws, andthe government is therefore one of great freedom. While the sovereign is nominally the executive, like ourPresident, the execution of laws is really in charge of a Cabi-net composed of a Prime Minister and several other Ministers,who are responsible to the House of Commons fo
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