Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
GEORGE VS. TRAITS.
Personal Friend Calls Him a loveable
Man.


The personality Of George V. Is per-
haps less known to his subjects than
that Of any king who has come to the
British throne in centuries. He has
been affectionately called the sailor
prince. His marriage with the popular
Princess Mary Of Teck, who was pre-
viously engaged to his elder brother
the Duke of Clarence, brought MIN still
further favor with the British people,
and trips to the far corners Of the
colonies have made him known in dis
tant corners of the earth, but Of his
intimate personal character only a few
things are known.
The London Telegraph, owned by
Lord Burnham, who was personal
friend of King Edward and knew inti-
mately the whole royal family, sums up
the personal characteristics of King
George in the following paragraphs:
He has undergone sedulous train
ing, and has been educated to rule by
learning to obey. The country will dis
cover in him what those admitted to
his confidence have always realized,
admirable traits Of kindliness and
strength, wise common sense, practical
judgment Of affairs, shrewd insight
into character and singularly upright
and lofty conception Of kingly duty.
He has frank, generous. unspoiled
nature, is quick in apprehension, de-
liberate in thought, careful in express
sion, controlled by far-reaching con-
sciousness of duty and is animated
by q vivid sense of his exalted mis-
sion.
Among other qualities which happi-
ly belong to our new sovereign, he Is
a keen sportsman, an admirable father
and husband and a lovable man. He
comes to the throne at a time Of a
keen political crisis, and while all
partisan rivalries are naturally hushed
during the poignancy Of natural grief,
we know he has the tact and ability to
give inestimable advice to his minis
ters and the power to solve many of
our most acute problems"
King George was born in 1865, and
as a boy became a midsnipman in the
navy, as have many Of the other
princes of the royal family. He was
fairly popular with his brother officers,
unpretentious and quiet in his ways,
reserved and an earnest student. He
rose in due course to the rank Of vice.
admiral
There have been many stories told
of his marriage while a Junior officer
in the navy to the daughter of dis
tinguished admiral. This marriage is
said to have taken place at Malta, while
Prince Georges snip was laid up there
for repairs. Such a marriage, or
course, had no legal standing, accord
ing to the British law, which requires
that royal princes and princesses with
in a certain degree in proximity to the
succession to the throne may not
marry without the permission of the
sovereign and parliament. 1t Is said
that several children were born Of this
union, which was regarded as OF no
Importance when Queen Victoria later
desired that Prince George should
marry the Princess Mary of Teck.
1t would appear that second mar
riage under these circumstances would
not bring much promise of happiness
Yet the family life of the present king
and queen has always been looked up
on as a model of royal domestic felicity.
II is even said that King Edward fire.
uuently urged his son to spend less
time with his family and appear in
public more.
King George has never had wide
circle of intimate friends such as his
father delighted to have gathered about
him. His tastes are quiet and unos-
tentations, and he Is n constant reader
and a close student of national and in
ternational affairs. Tory leanings are
attributed to him and there is very
little doubt that he inclines to con-
servative view in national politics.
Yet a British king is in theory above
and beyond politics, and those familiar
with King Georges earnest desire in
all things to do his duty as he sees 1t
are inclined to believe that he will be
able to hold an even balance between
the two contending parties.