The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-30
THE HEIR APPARENT-

The Heir Apparent to the British throne is the Prince of Wales the only
 living son of King Edward VII, He is
 37 years old, and, according to good au-
 thorities, is a young man of fair ablli- ties, who takes a serious view of life. The training which he received in the
 English navy made him self-reliant in
 speech and action The discipline of the
 naval service Is severe. When the Heir
 Apparent was serving his apprentice
 ship he was treated by his superiors, it
 is said just like an ordinary middy,"
 In the English army favoritsm pre-
 vails to an odous and demoraliZing de-
 gree. The officer with a social pull"
 fares much better than his comrade In
 arms who Is neither rich nor of distn-
 guished lineage. The committee of
 Ennglishmen who recently submitted d
 scathing report on the conditions pre-
 vailing' in the military service of Great
 Britain declared that brains, character
 and efficiency do not bring promotion
 10 deserving army officers. In the navy
 there is reason to believe that Q higher
 standard exists. "In our army" an
 eminent Englishman once said, "a man
 is rewarded for doing his duty while
 in the navy he gets the devlil If he doesn't do it."
 If the Heir Apparent to the British Crown has prohted by his training as a
 naval officer, his succession to the
 throne will not bring disaster upon England. He will do his duty, as he learned to do lt when he was serving his apprenticeship in the navy In ad- dition, if he is q man of force, he will compel the servants of the Crown" to do their duty He will not be the slave of social influence. He will regard in- telect and efficiency as of more value than coronets and Norman blood. Just after his return from his recent visit to the British Colonies, the Prince of Wales made an address in London in which he observed that "the old coun- try must wake up if it wanted to hold its own" That is what American friends of John Bull have been telling him for several years They have warn ed him that England is far behind the times when measured by the standard of the energetic and enterprising North American Republic. Our English friends paid no heed to these admoni- tions They either smiled superciliously at Cousin Jonathan's advice or charac- terized his counsels as Yankee imper- When the Heir Apparent made his astonishing declaration. Eng land was in a more receptive mood The Boers had made a laughing stock of the 1 British army, and the European na- tions were enjoying the discontinue of the Anglo-Saxon. England had to wake up" or succumb to disaster
 The Heir Apparent to the British | throne has ideas. When he Is invited to | make an address he actually prepares his own speeches instead of using the | brains and talents of some clever man . to the royal establishment During his tour of the British Colonies he frequently addressed the Kings sub. jects He is not a great orator or a great thinker, but he has tact, good sense and judgment. England does not . need a brilliant, aggressive man as King, A sovereign with too much 1. and an ambition to play . great part in the international drama 4 night get his country into trouble \ despite the fact that the real ruler or freat Britain is the British Parliament. But live man, one with a level head md a plenty of "horse-sense" man II n touch with the people. would be a power for good Force alone cannot lold the British Empire together There must be wisdom and moderation in high llaces. There must be respect for the
 lights of man. There must not be too much government from London. The Australians and Canadians are loyal T objects of the Crown now because the 'rown does not meddle offensively with heir affairs. If there should be another English King like George III the Brit 5h Empire would soon be dissolved