The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
ny la MAR0UIsE DE IcONTENOY.
y y ING -GEORGE'S clhcst son will be

the first Prince of Wales TO be
IN anle to address the people OF
his principality In their own
language: and the prince, who has com
pieted his course OF education at the
Royal Naval College at Dartmouth
graduated, is now not only being pre-
pared for Oxford, but Is likewise bust
y engaged In acquiring the Welsh
ture az Prince OF Wales by the King
at Carnasvon. IN July next. The ccrc-
mony will be held virtually Mt the same
niace, That Is to say, In front OF the
Castle OF Carnaryon. where Edward ].
presented to the Welsh people "a prince
Of Welsh birth. who could speak no
word of English" namely. his baby
Hitherto no Prince OF Wales has ever
been able to speak that language OF
which the Welsh are so inorIinutcly
proud and SO pass ionately fond. and
mat King George should have caused
his eldest son to take the trouble OF
learning this most difficult. yet musica
Of tongues. is compliment. and a
part Of the reigning house. which cam an
not fail to increase Welsh loyalty TO
the crown.
!. Among those who have ma tered
his sister. Lady Margaret. MacRae, and
his brother, Lord Ninian- Crichto
Stuart. Their father, the late Lord
Butte, the hero OF Disraelis novel. 10
rrhatr." also knew Welsh well. or
course. II is needless to add that the
Chancellor Of. the ExchcQucr, Lloyd
George. speaks Welsh with case. and
s l,Sn1en while the president Of the
president OF the Court of Admiralty
and who, moreover. has nm American
wife wife In the person Of Miss Blanche
as presiding Judge. but also rs Inter-
prefer for some OF the witnesses in a
suit for. divorce the other day. In which
the various parties concerned all hall
ed from Wales.
In view of the many Americans go
Ing abroad this summer with the In
tentton Of emharking in motoring
tours on the Continent, II may be just
as we'll to call their attention TO the
fact that old Prince Charles or
schwarzhmrg- Sonderhausen has been
gathered 10 his fathers, and n young
and more modern ruler reigns in his
stead. II I mention this. It is because
Schwarz5urg-S onderhauscn was. until
the old gentlcman's DEATH the ono
country in Europe where motoring was
punished as penal offcnse, whenever
Its ruler hapnened to be. soJourn!ng In
his dominions.
permitted to traverse the country with
out let or hindrance. In fact they
were welcomed. as their occupants are
usually well-to-do people. who leave
q
whether IT be for n few hours or few
days. 1t was fortunate that the late
prince was often away from home. also
that his country was very small: one
of those petty states OF Germany which
used TO excite the ridicule and the
satire OF Thackeray.. One cannot qui,a
step over it. but still 1t does not taks
very long to go around IT, especially
In a. fast motor. II embraces an area
of about 800 square miles, and a popu-
lation OF something over 10000, OF
which q considerable majority are wo-
men. This latter feature constitutes a
popularity Of most of the small indie
pendent states of Germany, for one
reason or another. and the men there
are consequently treated with much
more consideration than elsewhere. ow-
ing to the supply being Inferior to the
demand.
The law prohibiting the use of auto
mobiles In the printipatity> when the
prince was In his dominions was en-
acted on his initiative by the legIsIa-
ture. composed of fifteen members, Of
whom five were selected by the prince
five by the local aristocracy which
formed part of his court. and >the re-