The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-09
A POSSIBLE VISIT
Prince and Princess Of Wales May Visit
the United States In
Wa ashington Post.

The intimation that the Prince and Prir-
cess Of Wales may visit the United States
in 1904 If properly approached by our gov
ernment should stimulate immediate ne
gotiations. Our people will be very gag
to have the young people run over, II only
for a. brief stay, and may safely be count
ed on to give them a cordial II somewhat
noisy welcome. Moreover. this welcome
will possess every charm that comes OF
variety and Protean shapes. We nave no
means Of knowing what the royal couple $
tastes may be, but If they like humll1ty,
obeisance, breathless awe, they'll get II
all and more in our metropolis, New York
AS they journey west and pass through
changing atmospheres of reverence into
wholesome and Prospecting environ
ments Of good will they may or may not
find the process comfortable, but they VIII
at least in1bibe an enlightened UNDER
standing of the American idea. For our
part we hope they will come. In these
days of reconsiliation and altrulsn 1t
would be especially precious to witness
celebration by the British royal family
of the Louisiana purchase - I'm III
l.: Nearly fifty years ago. another Prince OF
Wales now King Edward VII, whom may
heaven long preserve; visited these. snores
under circumstances Of peculiar interest.
He did not come in his representative ca
pacity, but under the polite fiction of an
incognito. He was Baron Renfrew that
having been one Of his. nlult1tudlnous
titles. What motive inspired him to this
transparent disguise we shall not try to
indicate Certainly he did not shrink
from observation, for Baron RenfreW'
was as well known and as easily identified
as "the Prince of Wales" could possibly
| have been. Nor was ,concealment neces-
sary in those days. e Society then was led
| by people to the manner born, and what
we call leaders now were In those days
| poised upon a pinnacle of birth and breed
| ing. Albert Edward-we omit the rest Of
| |it-enjoyed himself thoroughly in Wash
! inrton. He was entertained by Mr.. Bu-
| ch;,nan, over whose simple yet serene and
| elegant household Miss Harriet Lane, his
niece, presided, and he was brought into
contact almost, if not altogether, exclu-
sively with gentlemen and ladies' He was
beset by no importunities-the regime Of
the bank account had not then been estab-
lished-and he was free to enjoy himself
in his own way. The 'tstaf correspond.
ent'' and the special commissioner" were
still among the unsupported wonders O.
the future. Nobody wanted to know how
many pairs of boots he had or what he att
for breakfast or where he got his trouser
creased. 1t was a time of reposeful self
respect and dignity.
OF course the new Prince Of Wales will
visit the United States under very differ
ent conditions. He must brace himself 70
an encounter with asperfties Of Whicl
Baron Renfrew' never had hint Blu
as he rccedes from New York and get
nearer to the real American people he wi
find much to interest him, and still more
if he have the faculty of intelligent oh
servation-to give him a good opinion Q
. the United States and the men who reall
represent 1t. We hope that he will com
and bring his princess with him.