Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-19
LONDON, Aug. 19.-"Come aboard
q ioin SRI" With these words the


made his formal entry into his males
tvs navy on the first day of the pres
ent month, in this respect, as in every
other. carrying out the forms and reg
ulations prescribed for midshipmen
Joining their ship for the first time.
The prince, while he will have to
perform the same duties as other mid
shipmen. and will have additional
work to do, his tutor being aboard to
coach and instruct him in all manner
IF subjects. is not likely to have the
same rough work that fell to his faith
er when he was In the navy. The
present king first went to sea on an
auxiliary cruiser, on which sails were
used far more often than steam, and
on which there was lots of work to be
done aloft.
The prince obtains his first expe
reno afloat aboard the Hindustan, not
one Of the newest, but still mod
ern battleship. The kings regulations
provide that when the Prince OF
Wales is embarked in any ship or yes
sci. his standard shall be hoisted at
the main. and shall be saluted In the
same manner as the flags denoting
the presence Of the sovereign" This
does not apply in the present case.
The prince will be treated as any
other midshipman. He is not COM
missioned of1lcer, but subordinate to
warrant officers (gunners, boatswains,
carpenters and artificer engineers),
and with them the future sovereign
will live and move in the gun room OF
his ship. He will be assigned to
watch and will be allotted subdi-
vision Of seamen, for whose behavior
smartness and work he will be held
responsible by the lieutenant in con-
troll of the subdivision. However, his
most important work is the acquiring
of nautical knowledge, to which the
greater part Of his time must be
given.
Complaints are coming to the gov
eminent from some of the South Afr1-
can protectorates that the policy OF
protecting and preserving wild AMI
mails is being overdone. For some
years the government authorities,
fearing the determination of those AMI
mails which have any commercial
value, have limited the number which
individuals may shoot and guarded
against reckless slaughter by q sys'
tenn of licensing the hunters. Shoot
ing in the protectorates appears to be
on the decline from the reports re-
ceived by the colonial Office.
Elephants were the most valuable
game on account of their ivory, but
under the licensing system 1t has
hardly been worth while from bust-
ness standpoint for a man to go to
the expense of killing the small num-
Der permitted. The governor OF Ugan'
da makes serious complaint OF the
elephant pest.
lowing to the rapidly decreasing
number of licenses which are being
taken out, and the consequent 1mmu'
nifty of the elephants from attack" he
writes, "these animals which have al
ways been a source of danger to tho
Inhabitants and of damage to crops,
have become still more dangerous and
destructive, and they are becoming
holder in approaching Inhabited areas.
Reports are constantly coming In
from administrative officers, telegraph
officers and others Of the destru elton
caused by their devastating habits. It
is possible that sooner or later ele-
phauts will have to be shot out, save
in such portions of this protectQrate
as may be expressly set apart as re-
serves for them. At present there Is
no doubt that much hardship is In
flfcted on the natives; but the position
will become more acute"
Forty.five thousand Chinese and
Lascar sailors are employed on Brit
ish ships. During the past two years
10000 Chinese sailors have been
brought into this country and the
number increases every year. These
are the figures published by the Sea
mans union. Havelock Wilson, the
head of the union, declares that Brit.
ish sailors must fight this oriental
He does not believe IN
an appeal to parliament, for many or
the Chinese and practically all OF the
Lascars. are British subjects, fact
which makes legislation against them
His plan is to have the
labor unions combine to prevent any
ship employing oriental hands from
being loaded and discf arged In the
ports Of the United Kingdom.
On the part of the ship owners the
arguments are urged that Chinese
sailors are more faithful, more amen
able 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 for food and other necessar1es is
below that of white sailors Is unques-
tionable, 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, and
Germany in principle, to the assur-
ances to be given to Russia and Japan,
who complained of the clause In the
Manchurian loan agreement providing
hat future loans should be awarded
10 the same parties. This Japan and
Russia construed to mean a monopoly.
It has now been decided by the three
powers named, and France is expected
also to comply, that either clause
shall be added to the agreement or
hat an Endorsement will be made |