The Washington times., 1920-06-09
Of WALES
MOTTO, I serve
Bishop Tells How Royal Heir Is
Earnestly Fitting Sell tor
British Throne.

LONDON. June Ono Prince OF
Wales. 1 suppose. has ever ehteres
upon the task OF preparing h,msei
for the exalted office which viii on.
day In the course Of nature be ms AZ
a tim lore difficult or criticsi than
the yNlg Prince of Wales tooay'
writes Bishop weldon In the Lonuon
Globe. For since the outbreak OF
the great war the whole worid mas
been rocking In the throes OF re'oiu-
tion.
"The ancient monsrchies OF Europe
Hohenzollern. Hapsburg, homahoh'
have vanished like dreams Oh INV
night Everywhere. or nearly eVeiy
where, the world has become Iepuo.
lican. 1t is scarcely too much 10 say
that two stable thrones alone now
survive-the thrones OF Great prnai"
and Japan.
even a prince then. though he be
the heir to the throne, must DC
democrat in Great Britain today. he
must avoid all such language as the
ex-Kaiser was wont to use about
monarchy. The divine right or kings,
as Sir Robert Filmer expounded IL. Is
now a mere anachronism. The king
is the chief servant of his people. He
reigns for their good and with their
good will.
Reared in Virtueus Home.
'It has been the happy fortune OF
the Prince OF Wales that he has lived
from childhood In a virtuous English
home. He has been brought up In
simple habits Of life. He has learned
the Significance OF his motto, Ich Dien
II serve He has seen from the ex-
ample OF his father and mother how
much royalty may achieve in demo
cratic age for the welfare OF the peo-
pie.
"The Prince has not indeed passed
through an English public school. A
little while ago, when he paid visit
to Eton, he expressed the good-hu-
mored regret that he could not IKE
one Of his brothers call himself an
old Etonian. Perhaps the heir to the
throne could hardly be expected to rag
for another boy who would one day be
his subject.
But he has been an undergradu
in the University of oxford. He has
fully entered into the interests. ath-
letic, racial and intellectual of that
ancient and famous society. He
knows how the well-born youths OF
England spend the eager impression
able years Of their lives. for he has
lived among them. He has become In
the best sense an English sportsman.
an English gentleman.
Fought us Soldier.
"Yet apart from this experience,
which his grandfather and his uncle,
the late Duke Of Clarence, enjoyed
before him, he has fought as SOL
der for his country in the great war.
The story which he told on his return
from Canada of the humble Canadian
woman who remarked to him that
her husband had met him at the
front is an evidence of the relation
which has existed between the prince
and the army.
"AlI the soldiers who saw him, and
many who had never seen him, liked
him for his bravery, his sincerity, his
freedom from side his eager partici-
patton in all the aspects of military
life.
There remains one more element
in the education of the prince, and
this, too, has not been forgotten. He
will reign one day, If God spares his
life, not only over Great Britain, but
over the British Empire.
THAT the empire as a whole should
be known to it's future ruler by his
personal observation will be to him
an immense beneht in the coming
days.
THE Prince OF Wales, when his
long journeys are ended, will be well
equipped for his future sovereignty.
He will understand the greatness OF
his opportunity and of his RESPONSE
bility. He will appreciate what the
crown can do and what 1t cannot do
and how what 1t is possible to do
can best be DONE"