The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-09
WHAT KING EDWARD is.
Review of the High Qualities Now on
on the Throne of the Crowned
Republic,"

| Review of the High Qualities Now on
on the Throne of the Crowned !
Republic"
| What are the qualifications which
4 the King brings to his arduous task?
] The first quality that the King brings
| to the fulfilling Of his great functions
as a constitutional sovereign is cour-
age, moral and physical. Like all his
race. he is man of stout heart, and
we may be sure that he will not in
public affairs quail or encourage tim-
orous counsels in his ministers.
! Next, he possesses very remarka-
Bile knowledge of public affairs. He
is on all political questions, both at
home and abroad, extremely well in
| formed, and we doubt II there Is any
man alive who understands ordinary
English public. opinion better than he
does. AS Prince Of Wales he had OPP
portunities for studying it's nature
which are withheld from the sovereign,
and we do not doubt that the lessons
learned will stand him in good stead
Beyond the knowledge he has the in
stinctive gift Of tact-the power to do
and say the right thing at the right
moment, and to look forward and pre-
vent the occurrence of unnecessary
friction and annoyance. If the history
Of the last twenty or thirty years could
be fully told, it would be found that
on countless occasions timely warn
ing from the Prince of Wales prevented
the occurrence Of those perplexing
and disagreeable situations and Incl
dents which arise from the neglect of
tactfulness.
Next, the King is an excellent judge
of men. As regards the public men
with whom he has come In contact he
has shown this quality again and again,
and his advice in regard to appoint
ments has often proved most useful.
One reason for this is that he knows
the English world remarkably well, and
he has always made point of keeping
himself informed about the record and
qualifications Of persons who have
either attained eminence or are likely
to attain it. If name were chosen at
random from among the men of mark
in the nation it is safe to say that the
King would be more likely to know
something OF him and his qualifications
than almost any other person who can
be named not specially related to the
man in question:. e., not belonging to
his profession or knowing him person
ally.
Again, the King has ripe memory,
and great faculty for putting men at
their ease. Hence, in all personal ne
gotiations he has proved himself con-
ciliatory force. By universal consent a
better chairman of a committee is not
to be found in the three Kingdoms. He
has shown ability to keen 70 the bust
ness in hand without coercing the mi
nority, wounding the feelings of the
garrulous or preventing the expression
of helpful as opposed to obstructive
criticism.
But these qualities are exactly those
which are most useful to a constitu-
tional King, The Queen has fixed once
and forever the position and functions
of the sovereign in our crowned repub-
lie, and great and important and splen- |
did those functions are. The Queen to |
use metaphor, made herself the Per- |
Under Secretary to the nation. |
She was the power behind the Prime |
Minister which never changed. In our |
view the King will be able to carry on