New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-13
THE NEW PRINCE.
HIS GREETING-THE ATTITUDE or
PRESS-AN OLD CUSTOM OR TWO
HOW THE BIRTH BECAME
KNOWN IN LONDON.

some distinguished men at their death Tho n
publican may scof. There always even q,
America, men who are ready TO sit in the sea, A
the scorner. They pour contempt thing, \,
general If they do not happen to be American
| and sometimes If they do. This uninstructsa
| attitude Of mind profits neither them nor IN.
| res: Ct he world. II might be more proitau.
| 10 try to understand the mood Of mind or IN.
| National characteristics which not ours Ana
| are different from ours Eeed We assume th.,
| the people from whom we sprang are deseryin,
| OF derison because they cling 10 some Of the ola
| faiths or feelings which in our Republican
march have left behind us? The word loyal,v
has acquired a new meaning in America In
| England Il has preserved It's old meaning For
the thing still exists and. If it be not quite "a
| universal 1t once WAS. II is none the less fer.
| vent among those TO whom IT represents stability
| social order and the continuity Of great trad.
| tons I do not say that the English notion is bel.
| ter than ours or worse. only say 1t Is different
| and more ancient. and since 1t is still thought
| 10 be nseparable from TIE life OF the nation It %
worth understanding. Far be 1t from me 10 pre-.
sure TO interpret H. the evidence OF IL Is enough
and the evidence on the morrow Of the birth Of
| this White Lodge baby is abundant and some q
| II IL respectable and even interesting.
the world more readily and generally from the
| rewsnaners than any other race does II this bea
| libel upon the American. il is not mine. Perhaps
!, 10 onI,, the illusion OF the editors Of American
newspapers At any rate he will be struck by
| the fact that 10 many English editors the birth
| or this little boy seems event not less I'M
| portant than the savage murder OF the French
| President Some OF them print their editorial
| article on the new prince before that on the
| ASA ssination Most OF them treat the two with
| about the same fulness. and in an equally sert'
ous spirit The more Radical and the more So
| cialstic your editor. the less he has TO say OF
! the Queens great-grandsOn. until. when you
come 10 the most Socialistic Of all. he dlsmsses
! the little boy with a paragraph The staid COO
servatism Of the most serious Of all Conservative
Journals softens and becomes logical in discuss.
ing this subject. II is as If a writer from The
Daily Telegraph" had been lent, for this night
| only 70 THE Standard"
It was not till yesterday morning that the
| ioyous news was disseminated through the land
| which was gladdened alike by most cheering to.
| ings and By the SUNSHINE OF an lueaHy perie"
! day.
The sentence IS worthy Sir Edwin Arnoldhln
self or OF any OF the other young lions older
| lions who lift up their voices each morningalons
| the columns OF the prosperous and popular news
paper which wishes IL had tbs largest circulation
In the world but has not. And there are .other
sentences Just as fine and fervid as this. The
line OF reflection on such event Ia OBVIOUS
enough The dullest Ina gnation Is impressedpy
the fact that at this moment English RoyatyD
represented by four generations OF living persons
the Queen upon the Throne. the Prince Of Wales
who is Heir Apparent. his son the Duke OF York,
next In succession, and now this youngster'who
has Just arrived In so far the successionSo
the British Throne depends upon the existence&
qualified and indsputable living successors-t At -
more firmly established and its permanence more
secure than any other upon the face OF the
earth. II IS side issue. but Will addsthat70
one influential section OF society the new birth
Is doubly welcome because It still further post.
pones the chances that a child OF the Duke Of
Fife might ultimately inherit the kingdom. Not
that the Duke OF Fife is unpopular. stillHess
the royal Princess whom he married. But there
Is a prejudice against the mingling OF the blood
OF sovereign and subjects. II the subject u
10 submit himself to the sovereign he prefers
that his ruler should belong to race apart
Side by side with the death of President Carno4
came the announcement Of the birth OF this new
Heir TO the Throne OF the British Empire;-sweet
and bitter In a breath. said the Prince of Wales
The two events were recorded In adjoining cob
umns in the papers Of Monday. The birth Is
notwithstanding the New Radicasm and al
that has come and gone, an interesting event to
the British people: and particularly so 10 the
English. who are the predominant race among
them and will remain predominant. The inter-
est Is shown In some rather peculiar ways and
some OF the circumstances amid which this inter
esting event occurred were peculiar Reasons Of
ola hv tbaf no rth
should take place in the presence-or construct
lively I'm the presence--Of those whose testimony
to the fact is not only above suspicion but Of
fetal Etiquette demanded. In old times. much moro
than this and mere abroad than in England. but
etiquette has relaxed something OF its rigor and
the room OF the Queen or Princess about TO give
birth 70 new scion Of royalty is no longer
crowded as OF yore with great officers Of State
and great officers Of the royal household II
seems now 10 be deemed sufficient II the Home
Secretary be In the next room. Nobody suspects
the Duke of York OF endeavoring 10 palm on
an infant James Second was suspected, for ex.
ample. though with reason.
Mr. Asquith. however had to be there. and
during the week before the event he led a life OK
some anxiety or at least OF some vigilance.
had been known all over England for at least .
week that the new baby might arrive at any
moment. Decorous the English papers are.
prudish as they are edited for the girl in her
teens so many OF them are they did not re-
frain from printing this Intelligence. with many
particulars concerning White Lodge. In Rich
mond Park. where the Duchess OF York was
living: and concerning the family and other mat
ters The Home Secretary with his wife were
visiting last Sunday at Loseey. house near
Guildford; one Of the most perfectly preserved
and beautiful houses OF the Elizabethan period:
interior and exterior alike retaining many OK
the original features; the oakpanelling. the tap
estries. the pictures. the ceilings the chimney
pieces the galleries and much else. IL belongs
TO the head OF the somewhat decayed Moyneux
family and is let to General Palmer. OF Colo