The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-22
A TOLERANT RULER PASSES; A
 DEMOCRATIC PRINCE ASCENDS

Connected with Great Britain by langu- age, relationship and tradition the death of King George and the ascension to the throne of the prince of Wales is followed with nearly as much in- terest in this country in the British Empire.
 King Georges connections with America were many and various throughout his life. He per sonally acquainted with many leading Americans. He took intimate interest in affairs the western side of the and this interest took the form of number of messages to presidents of the United States and kindly inquiries the progress of events in that country
 The King had an idea of American atmosphere and through his close with Canada. The head of the British Empire gracious to western visitors Every court levee cotere of Americans included When the American Legion held its convention in Paris several years ago, the British King made point of entertaining several hun dred of the delegates at Buckingham Palace.
 How close the Kings association in thought with America may be seen in the messages he sent Calvin Coolidge When the Mississippi flooded in 1927, with tremendous loss of life and property, King George cabed President Coolidge extending his sym pathies and regrets The procedure followed in the of the S4 submarine disaster and the hur ricane September 1928 which devastated Porto Rico and the lower eastern coast of the United States
 When Col Charles Lndbergh flew from Paris to London, after his epochal transatlantic flight, King George decorated nm WlUn the IOyal AIT fOrce cross
 It at the conclusion of the World War with the signing of the Armistce that the English monarch the kindred spirit of the two countries when in message to President Wilson he said:
 Tt is on this day of happiest thoughts that in American and British peoples, brothers-in- arms will continue forever brothersi arms by langu- age traditions, kinship and ideals There has been set upon fellowship the sacred seal of common sac rifice."
 The divinity that doth hedge king will now perhaps cloud some of the romance and gamor which have sur rounded the new King Prince of Wales
 To the feminine mind, the Prince of Wales has for years been auring figure In hundreds of American homes there picture of the Prince tucked away in this boudoir that.
 Ever since the Prince, youth of Is, walked in the coronation train of his late father l910 and was formally proclaimed Prince of Wales he has been to feminine England the peak of their social struc- ture and the first young man in the world. Wher- he has gone he has found groups of adoring girls and women waiting to greet him.
 Princess Mary, his sister jestingly nicknamed the Prince of Wales David the Lady Killer" The Prince had leased the Princess with the number of photo graphs she usually takes and she retorted by saying she would exhibit the many photos she possessed showing him greeting young women in all parts of the world and entitle her exhibit David the Lady Killer"
 The worlds most noted bachelor gracefully showed his gratitude all womanhood for this flood of ad- miration in a speech in London in aid of the Royal Lfeboat fund. You will not get far without the help of the women,' he said With it you do most anything for women have gift of sympathy and self sacrifice that carries all before it."
 Although the Princes declaration caused stir in British society of the London newspapers decared Tt high compliment to woman but there is still higher which a bachelor prince could pay"
 
 America mourns with the British Empire the death of its sovereign tolerant and peace-loving She looks forward with anticipation and good wishes to the rule of the popular and democratic Prince, now Edward the Eighth, of England. The relations between the two countries may be even closely cemented under his reign.