New-York tribune., 1901-01-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

When Queen Victoria was born said A Y Bar
s'o"-Iree' OF Liverpool, England at the Hoffman
HOUSE. Yesterday. her uncle
w CLoENIA George ~, set -pon the English
~C1LL ALL ~ throne. Between him and Victoria
A11H AE1FSO>E- IN the line of succession. however
stood William. the Sailor Prince
who later assembled the throne as william "
victoria, daughter of still younger brother the
DuAe y OF Kent stood next IN line. and, while the
enances at her birth were against her succession
nevertheless she was brought up and edUcsted in a
TT was sad d. tf cro9s3 99G9s9e 9een a ,
thai thai this 3 ed lsa9n her and It s has always
e & pleasure IN l9oking back . her childhoods days
Kensington Palace she there spent an
youth and young maidenhOod until that hstorIe
sjngton Palace in the early moTring Of June 81
as HSR e8d mas xi sfg fgied fs Led. the promise gve
she rey5we3 yfH 9ut b4 little acP Of rsgre. for her when
%a5 Sn5 g505Ious Teisp and 70 her foresight
She possesses to-day 4. seems oT b,5 much I Jhat
so great a life and noble reign II should END al
the difficulty in South Africa still rersins uTse-
ted Her death is greater blow TO England than
the love and veneration OF her su7jects who Ss5
eeign and the people at T toe Won m fs ad Ss as SOY
as personal loss" ~ N''''n
But as it was in France under the old raeir,s
continued the speaker. so it is to-day in England
lie roi est mort; vive Ie roir Vic
EDWARD VII toria is dead, and Edward VII
"a
QUALIFIED really have wrong idea of him
10 RULE on this side of the water think
ing him devoted TO nothing but
ms pleasures His has been a hard life. and with
nothing TO occupy it. His birth made him the
most CONSPICUOUS male among the English sneak
ing ing IA races and he is stin 50 az dfty-nine Dur
peat constantly upon him. His every act mas been
aIr1iriPi P 10 cehsure or TO praise Did ae but look
DID you V ever paaae t9 GoqBa l d his with hers
10 ~
SSahHnot Same DO what you or would do. Questions Of
riages the birth and the upbrinein of their c5drr
NLat tney say. what they think are all matters Of
speech on the part Of the Prince Of Wales mis- mt
Fd1aTd T 1arIn Is II no small feat for Albert
ReSHqcal alliances? Not only that. but never in his
ms name ever been connected with any measure or
yet ne mas been the friend of Ill the great
did he hold their friendship but always too. their
speec6es oOar o0 IaV eoTnerstonss make set dinner
ters is put poor aud unsatisfactory work for a
| years the present King has pursued the round Of
ms, ms Wearylug duties with tact and without com
Europe on the affairs Of the world at large He
HtSr ms Ensand f like book He knows the
aims and ambitions almost we'll. One of your
| ago when the Prince was there. and the two be-
zane great friends He told me afterward that
with the Prince in knowledge of the worlds af-
dalP5 b1i. and that his aequaintance with American
fieIiow! We nave pitied him for years in England
envied. ~ So
me Prince is generally supposed to be phleg-
matte. but this, too, is mistake. Let me give
you an instance Of his quickness of wit that came
under my personal observation. Royalty. you
hIo~, much 4itectS tncognito. and in doing so
adopts one Of ITS minor titles. On such occasions
al the ponp and circumstance of the greater title
are abandoned and only the privileges and courte-
sizes OF the rank for the time being exacted
standing In front Of the Hotel Savoy, in London.
some years ago, when the Prince drove up in a
broughan, his only companion being Sir Francis
ad balD tb
MOTEL that the Prince was coming there call
some foreign notabiity or other. but at the same
time II was tnttmated that he coming incOg-
nito. Consequently he was greeted his arrival
as would have been any other private gentleman
some street urchins had scattered banana skins
on the walk. and as the Prince got out he slipped
on one He did not fall, but preserved his eduilb-
rum with an effort All, Knollys.' was his COM
didn't always tell you that the ways of royalty
were slippery?
Edward VII will make able and efficient SOW
ereign and VIII guide his countrys destnies with
tact, foresight and prudence"