PRINCE OF WALES

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1931, Page 2

PRINCE OF WALES

IN ILG FACE OF THE MONARCHY.' Sill L. 11 ALSFY’S VIEWS. LONDON. Fob. 17. At the meeting last Sunday of the the Portsmouth Post-War Brotherhood, Admiral Sir Lionel .Halsey delivered an address upon “The Prince of Wales's Empire Travels.” Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, -C'om-mander-in-Chiei, presided, and ViceAdmiral L. A. B. Donaldson read the lessons. Sir Lionel gave it as his own opinion that it was the monarchy that kept tin' Empire together. He had accompanied tlve Prince, and such was his, conclusion from personal observation and experience. AYithout the influence of the- Alonan-hy, the Empire would tumble into a number of little independent countries which in time would he swallowed up by stronger countries. Tlio Aioiiarfily formed a binding link of file Empire, because it was above ail Parties and politics, and acceptable to all. The principle on which, the Brincr had acted from the is tart in Ids Empire tours was to meet as many people as he possibly could. On many occasions the Prince had received 20,000 or 39,000 people, and had stood for two houns on end so that none might be disappointed.

LEARXINC! LAXG UAO ES. Although spread over six years, tin Prince’l our had meant in the aggregate his absence from England for three years, during which lie luu, travelled more 'than 250,000 miles. The Prince always went into the in tenor of any country which he visi 1 ed, and he learned something of the language that the people spoke. While in South Africa he learned enough Afrikaans to be able to carry on a conversation with the Boers. He also acquired a conversational knowledge of Swahili, ami when in Quebec, he always made his speeches to the French-Canadiuns in French. Before leaving for his present tour of South. America, the Prince had worked hard at learning Spanish. The Prince had also seen every conceivable sort of manufacture and had visited every kind of mine.