The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

he spoke in an especially kind way about
his father. whom the Prince had met Just
before he sailed for India, and who mad
asked him to give him his love In case he
met him. The boy was both pleased ana
grateful for the remembrance
I dined with him once again In camp.
and when | babe him goodbye | thanked
him heartily for all his courtesy and kind
ness. He replied that IL had been a pleas
ure to him to help make the stay of our
party agreeable: that when a mere iad
he had visited the United States and bsen
shown much attention and good will and
had never forgotten it. Most certainly the
seed sown by our compatriots had borne
good fruit. as far as our party was con-
cerned As have said before the Prince
of Wales became study to me. Now.
am not a bit of an Ansiophobist-to the
contrary I think-but / can see certain
points OF contact between the English and
ourselves. The oft repeated statement
that as a matter OF fact We do not under
stand each other Is both true and untrue
The leaders of English. society do not wish
to understand those who claim to be the
society leaders among ourselves There IS
no particular reason why they should care
to do So and in their opinion we are not
worth studying from society point. and
in a way they arc quite right: we certainly
are not The average insular Engiishman
the aristocrat the weli-educated COM
moner, as well as the masses-is
in a sense hide bound, while We. high and
low, rich and poor. are very thin skinned.
The Englishman, in his own mind. OUT
ranks the rest OF the world. and conse-
uuentIy is above criticism. He does not
! particularly care what other people may
think or say about him, and when you
coolly question his assertion that they are
better ruled at home. and rule their colo
MES better than anyone else, he puts you
down in his mind as slightly non compos
mentis. and that ends the discussion as far
/, as he is concerned. To give the English
man credit for what he really Is. how
ever cannot do us any harm. He Ia one
of the worlds best cotonists. As general
thing their merchants and manufacturers
are energetic, capable, and honest, and
their soldiers and sailors always brave. In
Asia they rule well and fairly among the
Asiatics, so long as the natives are willing
to accept the place to which they are as
signed by their English governors. Of
course, ell English colonists, as soon as
they gain a foothold anywhere. seize
the land lying next them, reach out for
that which lies Immediately beyond, and
then assert their right to any undiscov-
cred country that may be beyond the Dor
ders of their last seizure. They would not
be Englishmen IL they did less than that.
In some respects it is not very bad traif,
and the writer would be glad to think that
we, as a people. had inherited 1t. II would
certainly develop beautifully just now All
this anent my study of the Prince OIL
Wales. Instead of a rather dissipated So
clety exemplar, found him an unusually
well informed man. with keen eye upon
everything around him; man with fixed
opinions of his own-thoughtfu, taetfui.
and most considerate OF everything and
everybody. Whatever the opposition news
papers may have said as to Lis wasting his
own time he never wasted that OF other
people. He was never moment late at
any public function. He inspected every
thing he was asked to do most thorough
w. and must have accumulated an i'm
uense fund OF most valuable knowledge OF
India and her affairs during his stay. in
that country That the constant receptions
he was obliged to attend must have occas-
ionalIy bored him. was very natural. Yet
no one ever saw it in his features or ex-
preston u was duty-in fact, the only
duty permitted him by his position as heir
apparent, and most conseientiously he per-
formed il. Here was most capable
Prince, a man with opinions and aspira-
lions, neither of which was it allowab
for him to publicly express or to legal
attain He was intensely loyal to b
mother to the very moment of the Queen
death. The man who can do his duty
the limited sphere assigned him until
reaches his sixtieth year. always standin
at attention and calmly awaiting order;
will not fail the English people when
grasps the reins of state. In the 0pinio
of the writer, Edward VII will prove al
able, strong, and wise ruler of England
and a warm friend of the United States
GEORGE A. FORSYTH.