New-York tribune., 1905-11-09
BRITISH VISITORS.

Tho prince of Wales and future King Of Eng
land today enters by the stately portal of Bonn
hsv that Indian realm of which he is one day to
be Emperor, to repeat, in modlned measure lhe
memorable visit of his father precisely thlrty
wears ago. There will be, however, decided
contrast between the two visits. IN several re-
spects. Albert Edward entered India as merely
the son and heir of the Queen of England, the
imperial title not yet having been proclaimed,
while Prince George goes thither as the son and
heir of the Emperor of India himself pracu-
cally Prince Imperial Even more striking Is the
contrast presented by India itself in the enor-
nous extension of railroads and other public
works and the general promotion OF the pubic
welfare It is the India of thirty years ago,
plus thirty years of British enterprise and prog
ress There will be some contrast. too, in the
pol i significance of the prince tour. There
is now no empire to be proclaimed, but there
is a widespread discomfort to be allayed In the
most populous, most progressive ana most loyal
provinces of the empire: and While or course
the prince has gone no such speclhc errand
il is reasonably to be assumed that his Visit
will do much toward effectfng sentimental
reconciliation between the Bengali nation and
its administrators. The tour of the prince VIII
extend. during four months. from Burmah to
Reoochistan with an investment of magnificence
which will prove dazzling even to Oriental eyes,
and # will doubtless give added prestige in all
quarters to the imperial rule.
BY an interesting coincidence On the day of
the Prince Of Wales'S arrival at Bombay Prince
Louis of Battenberg, with squadron of the
British navy. arrives at New-IOrk. That be
will receive a courteous and cordial welcome.
both officially and popularity, is of course as
s11red. In his person he is the representative of
three of the greatest races of Europe-paternal-
V German materially, Russian, and by adOp-
ion BritSh-and of q family which has in a
peculiar degree enlisted the sympathetic atten-
ton of the world for its high qualities Of man.
hood. Also, he comes officially as the repre-
sentative of that British fleet and nation to
which at a great crisis in own history,
Thomas Jefferson declared "we must marry
ourselves" 1t is doubtless as true to-day as
1t was then that, as Jefferson suggested these
two nations together could maintain exclusive
possession of the ocean" Happily, there is now
no need of the union Of America and England
which jefferson urged for that purpose; espe
cally since that other great power against
which an alliance IN 1902 was proposed Is now
the close and cordial friend of both. The spec
tacle Of a French feet celebrating Nelson's vic
tory Mt Trafalgar and OF British feet enter
tained at Annapolis and New-York both within
the compass of few weeks, is welcome re
minder of the conciliatory power of time and of
calm reason
These two British visits, thus widely sep
arated in longitude, are a striking index of the
world embracing interests and power Of the
British Empire Scarcely less they re-
minders of the extent OF American interests
and Of the community of interest between the
two great AngloSaxon empires. jefferson urg
ing uniCn of the American and British fleets
and nations and Tatnall placing the two red.
white and blus standards side by side with the