New-York tribune., 1901-03-20
THE DUKE on HIS TRAVELS.

The Duke of Cornwall and York has set out
upon his journeyngs among the oversee MEM
bcrs of his fathers empire y detailed itinerary
and time table have been prepared for the dis
tinguished traveller. and will doubtless be
pretty closely adhered to. The start was made.
as already announced, from Portsmouth on
Saturday last. Gibraltar will be reached to-
day, Malta on Monday next, and the entrance
to the Suez Canal on the Saturday following.
April will find him at Alden, and April II at
Colombo. where the real colonial visiting"
will begin. Singapore Is next on the list. and
then Melbourne where ten days stay will be
made. Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland, Yelling
ton, Lyttcton and DuEedin follow in order the
last named, where the duke will be on June
1927. marking the turning point Of the trip.
Thence he will return to Hobart. Adelaide and
Frcmantle, at the last named place bidding
adieu 10 Australia on July %, and thence shap-
ing his course for Mauritius. South Africa will
be touched at Durham on August 13. Simon's
Town will be reached on August Il. and the
farewell TO Cape Town Will be said on August
-. A three days stop is scheduled for Ascen-
sion, and on September 10 the duke may be
expected at Halifax Five days later will find
him at Quebec. He will not go TO st. Johns
until October %. and on November he will be
back at Portsmouth.
Between Quebec and st. Johns there are
thlrty-two days to be spent from September 20
to October %. Much of that time will doubt
less be spent in the Dominion. But II is evi
dent that the royal visitor may treat Canada
as we'll as he will have treated Australia and
still have plenty of time left for look into
the United States, and that at the very time of
the year when such n visit is perhaps best
worth making. His father can confidently be
referred to for testimony as TO the cordialty or
welcome he will receive. or course, he will
find this country very different from what the
Prince of Wales found 1t a generation ago. and
on his return home the two will have interest
ing comparisons of experience and observation
to make. Nor will he be less but rather the
more gladly welcomed, because instead of COM
ing his father did an unmarried youth, he
will come in the prime of early manhood and
accompanied by his accomplished wife.
1t will be observed that India is omitted
from the itinerary. 1t is bad land 10 visit in
summer, unless one wishes to emulate "Pagett.
NJ. T." and his personal Investigations of the
Asian Solar Myth" SO there will be no repeti-
ton of the visit to the old capital and cities
of the Moguls which was made by the Prince
Of Wales Moreover. though the duke will go
much further than the distance around the
world he viii not actually circumnavigate the
globe. Perhaps he would If our isthman canal
were finished. Put il will be such tour as
makes the progresses OF ancient kings and en-
perors seem small indeed The duke will at
the end have travelled by sea about thirty
three thousand miles, and will not once have
entered port over which the British flag did
not fly in token of his fathers sovereignty.
That will he an exploit for which the history
of no other empire can provide parallel.