Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
TAKES SHARE OF WORK
LIKE OTHER MiDshiPMEN
Becomes Subordinate to Gunners, Boat.
swains and Othsr Petty offiesrs-
South Africa complains About Pro.
lection Of Gams-Gossip Of United
Kingdom.
Especial Correspondence Associated
PreSS1

>! formal entry into his maJeSty navy
in the first day Of the present month
in this respect. IS in every other. car
rying out the forms and regulations
prescribed for midshipmen joining
their ship for the first time.
The prince, while he will have to per-
form the same duties as other mid
shipmen. and will have additiona
work to do. his tutor being aboard tt
coach and instruct him in all manner
Of subjects. is not likely to have tht
| same rough work that fell to his father
when he was in the navy. The presen,
! king first went to sea on an auxiliary
cruiser. on which sails were used fal
more often than steam, and on which
| there was lots of work to be done aloft
The prince obtains his first expert
| ence afloat aboard the Hndustan, not
one OF the newest, hut still a modern
| battleship. The kings regulations pro-
| vide that When the Prince of Wales
is embarked in any ship or vessel. his
| standard shall be hoisted at the main
and shall be saiuted in the same man
ner as the flags denoting the presence
| of the sovereign" This does not apply
| in the present case.
!
! other midshipman. He is not a COM
missioned officer. but subordinate &c
warrant officers (gunners, boatswains
carpenters and artiticer engineers). and
! with them the future sovereign VIII
| live and move in the gun room OF his
ship. He will be assigned to watch
! and will be allotted subdivision oi
| seanen. for whose behavior, smart
ness and work he will be held respon-
sible by the lieutenant in control of the
subdivision. However. his most i'm
| portant work is the acquiring of maui
| ical knowledge to which the greater
part Of his time must be given.
| Complaints are coming to the gov
eminent from some of the South Afri-
/ can protectorates that the policy OF
! protecting and preserving wild animals
is being overdone. For some years the
| government authorities. fearing the ex-
| termination of those animals which
have any commercial value. have linn
| tied the number which individuals may
| shoot and guarded against reckless
| slaughter by a system of licensing the
| hunters. Shooting in the protectorates
! appears to be on the decline from the
/ reports received by the colonial office.
| Elephants were the most valuable
! game on account of their ivory, but
! under the licensing system it has
hardly been worth while from a BUSH
ness standpoint for man to go to the
expense of killing the small number
permitted The governor Of Uganda
makes serious complaint Of the ele-
plant pest.
| Owing to the rapidly decreasing
number OF licenses which are being
taken out, and the consequent immu-
nifty of the elephants from attack he
writes. these animals which have all
ways been a source of danger 10 the
inhabitants and Of damage to crops,
have become still more dangerous and
destructive. and they are becoming
bolder in approaching Inhabited areas.
| Reports are constantly coming in from
administrative officers. telegraph off,
GERS and others of the destructio2
caused by their devastating habits. 1t
| is possible that sooner or later ele-
plants will have to be shot out, save in
such portions of this protectorate as
may be expressly set apart as reserves
| for TENN. At present there is no doubt
|
natives; but the position will become
more acute"
! Forty-five thousand Chinese and
| Lascar sailors are employed on British
ships During the past two years TO-
900 Chinese sailors have been brought
into this country and the number in
creases every year These are the fig
l IL, 20
Hayelcck Wilson. the head of the UNI
ion, declares that British sailors must
fight this oriental competition. He does
not believe in an appeal to parliament
for many of the Chinese. and practtc-
ally all OF the Lascars. are British sub
jects, fact which makes legislation
against them impossible. His plan is to
have the labor unions combine to pre-
vent any ship employing oriental hands
from being loaded or discharged in the
ports Of the United Kingdom.
On the part Of the ship owners the
arguments are urged that Chinese sail
ors are more faithful more amenable
to discipline and-a point which the
English sailormen resent bitterly-are
more efficient. That they will work for
lower wages, and that their cost fol-
food and other necessaries is below
that vi white sailors Is ;;nGnesttona bile
but those are points upon which the
owners, from motives Of policy. put as
little stress as possible.
The British and American govern.
ments have now agreed in detail, ant
Germany in principle, to the assur.
ances to be given to Russia and Japan
who complained OF the clause in thu
Manchurian loan agreement providin,
that future loans should be awarded t.
the same parties. This Japan and Rus
STA construed to mean a monopoly. Il
has now been decided by the thre.
powers named. and France is expected
also to comply, that either a clause
shall be added to the agreement or tina,
an endorsement will be made thereon
giving in detail the purposes for which
the loan is to be used and assuring
Japan and Russia that the clause com.
planned Of does not establish mon.
iopOly In Chinese loans.
The corporation of the City Of Lon