The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-02
VERY DEMOCRATIC
IS YOUNG PRINCE
During Service in Navy He
Will Be Like Any 9th
err Midshipman.
~ HERBERT TEMPLE.

eY HERBERT TEMPLE.
Especial Cable from the International
News ServiceD
LONDON, Sept. 2.-No young man
In England is being brought up In a
more democratic manner or more fore
IDLY taught to put aside his personal
desires to attend to his duties than is
the young Prince of Wales, and when
he shortly starts out on cruise on
board the "Hindustan" he will be in
every way treated like any ordinary
midshipman. He has no cabin OF his
own and when he got on board he had
to dump his kit in the gunroo, with
those OF the other middies. This kit
includes his professional books, his
private reading, his personal station
cry and the hundred and one articles
which a h7althy boy of his age accum-
ulates. He will be under ships disci-
pline, will take his turn in the dog
watch, steer his boat. land with dis
patches, attend the navigating lieu
tenant, and go through the whole
round OF instruction. His hours of
work will be even longer than those
OF the other middies, for as Prince of
Wales, he will have to attend to i'm
portant letters dealing with the man
agement OF his estates, scores of doc
uments will have to be read and signed
by him personally.
When, therefore. the ships mails
reach the "Hindustan" he will receive
q message from the commander Of the
vessel, Captain Campbell who has
been appointed his governor, and will
repair to the quarters of his superior,
who will bring out the strong box in
which his affairs are kept under lock
and key. There will be consulta-
tion. the replies will be written, either
by the Prince or by the Governor,
and will be dropped into the mail bag
or taken ashore to the telegraph of
flee as the case maybe. Much of the
correspondence will be carried on in
London, without reaching the Prince
at all. But good deal cannot be dis
posed of in this way, and the King
desires that his son should feel the
burden OF responsibility in all reasona
BILE ways.
In addition to whatever income the
Prince OF Wales receives privately. he
Is now the proud Garner of one shill
ing and ninepence day which is his
pay as a midshipman. Even this mag
nificent sum. however, is not all his
own to keep, as three-pence day is
deducted from each young officer for
the naval instructor, who directs their
studies.
OF all ranks, midshipmen are the on
~ ones whose pay has never been
raised; and, indeed 1t is rather less
nowadays than when the rank was
first instituted in the middle OF the
Seventeenth century.
The Prince has quickly shaken down
|'1nto the ways of a modern man-of-war
and bids fair to become very popular
with his mess.mates.
After the most eventful session of
more than half a century. Parliament
is resting and both sides are prepar-
ing for the continuation of the great
night which began when the House of
Lords rejected Lloyd Georges first
Buget. The supporters of the govern
ment are in the hapriest mood for the
gpath OF progress is clear and the oppo-
sition Is body divided against itself,
dissatisfied with it's present leaders
PIN both Houses and unable to agree
rupon their future program. Never
was there greater confusion in a de-
Heated army.
In the government camp everybody
Us rejoicing at the splendid achieve
fments of liberalism and one opinion
prevails, that the party is now enter
ling greater and wider era. There is
mo doubt but that Home Rule for Ire
bland will be passed by the present
Parliament to be followed rapidly by
Hiome Rule for Scotland and Wales.
The very idea OF these constitutional
fchanges being prepared by the govern
'ment has thrown the Tories into a
State bordering on panic and the most
tstrenuous efforts are being made by
the leaders to unite their battered
1ront by countrywide agitation
against freedom of domestic govern
sment In these countries, but a strong
Home Rule organization headed BY
Winston Churchill Is ready to frus.
trate their efforts. The struggle will
begin within few weeks. but the re.
suit cannot be doubtful. The Home
lRule idea will conquer and then the
government will take up the fight to
sabolish Plural Voting. When this has
.been done the whole democratic pro-
lgram for the Improvement Of the con.
Editions of the working classes will be
developed in the fullness Of it's posi-.
bilities and the question of Land,
Housing. Licensing and Education will
be taken up. the government fulfilling
Its promise of making England the
most democratic monarchy in the
world.
: Realizing that better and more
commercial training enables German
competitors all over the world to drive
Englishmen to the wall. leading com.
mercial men In England and the colo.
MES are now agitating for the foun
dalton OF great British Commercial
University. having for years insisted
upon the need for better business