The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
The Prince or waies's Grandfather.

The Prince or wales's Grandfather.
1t is ain axiom with the student Of
the faiths of the world that he who
knows only one religion knows none.
The reference is to objective science,
history and evolution, and not to per-
sonal feeling, experience or the test
Of good works. The most devout and
serious person, who is also a compara-
tive student, appreciates his own re-
ligion none the less, while learning
charity and sympathy with others. 1t
Is as with the mature man travelling
abroad. The true patriot comes back
with a larger vision, yet loving his
own country all the more. The war,
If nothing else. has taught this fact
in human experience, not only on a
national but on an international scale.
Indeed, we might almost affirm that
the effect has been cosmopolitan, In
the literal sense of that word.
To the student of mankind as a
whole the above statement is a tru-
ism, but the theme takes on magnlfied
proportions when a foreign parsonage
Of illustrious name or position visits
our hemisphere. Thousands of the
rising generation, who In his old home
take the exalted traveller as a model
for imitation, cannot but be influ-
enced by his mental attitude or &C
lions. Thus the mutual understand
ing OF two nations is Increased and
sympathy Is created which is the
key to Interpretation. Nor Is there
any conceivable method Of promoting
international brotherhood superior to
that of the mutual exchange Of not
able personages of high character and
influence.
The eldest son Of England's demo-
cratic King has crossed the Atlantic
and his presence on this side Of the
ocean will evoke, from the harp.
strings Of both our national history
and personal memory, not a few de.
lightful chords. In a word, because
of the initial visit Of a Prince OF
Wales in 1850, American patriotism
is to-day more of reality. The
'indissoluble union Of indestructible
States" resembles much more that
adamantine rock. which LINCOLN be-
lieved 1t to be, and not at all the "rope
of sand" which President BUCHANAN
feured and talked about.
1t was in those dark days when the
fifteenth President, "the Sage OF
Wheatland," called for a day Of fast
ing and of prayer-as he did we'll t.
do-while the United States Govern
ment. with an empty treasury, had tc
beg for money at L. per cent. inter
est, when the American common
wealth and sisterhood was menaced
with disruption, that the Prince Of
WALES, afterward King EDWARD VII
and peacemaker par excellence, visited
us. We have no wish to exaggerats
OF deepen the shadows In our nationa
picture. Still, it Is simple fact to re-
call that the great historian, EDwARI
A. FREEMAN, believing that the UnioI
was at an end, planned his great book
in four volumes, on the History o.
Federal Government, from the Am
phyctionic Council to the Disruption
of the United States of America
The activities of LINCOLN, GRANT
SHERMAN, THOMAS and a million Of
more of American patriots, however
compelled change In Mr.. FREE
MANS Views and plan. Only one vol
ume appeared and the work remains
q torso. Moreover, there were som,
of his auditors whose eyes twinklet
when dozen years later in New
York and elsewhere they listened t,
his erudite lecture on THE Engilsl
People In It's Three Homes" Fo
we must confess that, despite the fac
that one of his kin had come owe
after 1855 and settled In Virginia, tn,
man so mighty with the pen and au
thor of ''The Norman Conquest" di,
not receive as lecturer the it'll
which our Iroquols in their vernaC
ular gave to RED JACKET, HE VIII
Keeps Them Awake" In a word, W,
forgave and bore no malice, but vel
coined the learned gentleman who, II
the third home Of the English PEG
, pie IN America, told Us about on
forbears. Nor did we twit him witt
having discoursed on the Disruption
Of the United States" for rarely wa
copy seen after Appomattox.
On the other hand, 1t was an eve
grander voice that laid emphasis o.
the creative and unifyfng forces 4
American history. He proved the tru
prophet. 1t was no less a personag
than the Prince of WALES, England
future King. who in 1880, us Lor
RENFREw, visited US almost incognitc
and certainly without ostentation or
trace Of snobbishness. He came VI
expectedly into the State House q
Philadelphia and was nightly intel
ested In Independence Hall.
But, oh, what did he see in the hal
way and underneath the grand stail
case? Listen, ye Daughters of tn
American Revolution of 1919,
n.