The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1920. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3522, 8 July 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1920. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

With which is incorporated “The Taihape Post a}ld Waimarino News.”

it The Prince :01‘ Wflljes 1135 00"” scathless through :1 railway accident in Western Australia. It was a mishap fraught with‘ the most serious consequences, even r.?.eal:ll, and yet the Prince and his whole retinue came through without a scratch. There will indeed be few people throughout lustralasia who have not fgt. deeply l thankful for the Princc’s almost mir.ac.ulous preservation, and it is probably correct to say are an overwhelming pr-eponderanceof the people have involuntarily given articulate expres- ' sion to their thankfulness that nothing worse than an ‘exciting-experience has ’ befallen him while within this portion {of the Empire. If asked on the spur of the moment why people are so solicitous for the personal welfare of the Prince of Wales an answer would "not be readily forthcoming. There are so many reasons that no one in particular would assert itself. Wher.ever the Prince has gone he has been a favourite with all whom he came in contact. It is too late to commence reiteration of the many characteristics which go to make up that quality of gentleman that is admired by every class a"n‘d ‘condition of people, not only in our own Empire, but in all others though having quite different forms of Government. In New Zealand the Prince is known to everyone by that comprehensive term “‘a".§port.” In discussing many clmrncters that term is often used as a redeeming feature in an otherwise sorxiesvliht. unsatisfactory person, but in no degree can it be used in that connection while attempting a dissection of the Prince ’s composite nature. No man on the‘ battlefield of France ‘was more welcome to 2§ustralasian soldiers; no visl'tor"g.a.ve more pleasure to men in hospitals, wherever he went during the war ‘his nature could not help having a Tffnning effect upon everything dismal, and leaving ‘behind a greater hope because of a new vdetcermination. In Nev"; Zealand he acted up to the letter of an ofiicial programme that would have proved irkspmc and monotonous ‘to most people before they were half 'fhl'ough.'it. He ‘was crushed and hustled in ‘several delnonstrations of the peopl-e’s a.dliliration and loyalty, and there xvTl‘.s"llot a suspicion of I'csen‘m"icnt, but on the other hand that he enjoyed and approcited that I\s.’«tl;c:' pristine, spontaneous way of displaying admiration and good feeling." 'l‘here are -other reasons why the clde‘s"t, son of the King is the subject of ‘..he"Empire’s deepest care, and "why there should be widespread concern when his health or life is in jeopardy. l‘./{onal'ehiai govern? mcnt asiit is known in Britain is being regarded as the most hr,-nel’ici.ent of all forms of government. Other peoples are seeing in it the greatest maximum (of individual Tmeny that has yet been evolved while maintaining observance of duties to the whole body politic. There is an equipoise of restraint and liberty '.vhic@,..;Ll:_no~‘t eliminates the idea of I'csl:l'aiilt rrltogctlror,‘ :1 condition which ‘does not obtain to n ._~'imilnr (l<>groo under any other governing system. It, has been demon-I stral<‘.<l in .\'ow 7.eala.nd tlu:'in_9,‘ the‘ l‘rinCc’.~. \‘lSll' that the Tslontircliy is non-political. it lms nothing to do with any particular party, the;-et'oro the King to be found giving as much r:.onsirlcration to the striker for better ]'(‘IYlllTlPl‘1ll'l0!l as he is to the Government. against whom the 11101: are .<l'l'il{ing. The liniitcd .\lon:ll'r=hy\ol’ Rril:li.n ll‘ till" Il'H'>sl Pcononliunl fornx of’ gov-l t-rnmcnt in :I<l<lil‘ion to being‘ the nm_;-t “lf(‘<3’ti\’<‘. just nml I'rnll}_v'llt with the maximum of imlividmil .frcedom. Th°"§-Thlllll l_l"’01'\l«.* are n-‘m’ ll:l\‘in_g_r an object lesson on the sul»_i«-«-1 of ugh‘-. crnmcnt in tho -.-.!c,wli(m uf 4 ‘[*,-(.Si(]_' out of the l',nil(u] H 1311“... X” Smpfl ppolitivul uplw:\\‘:lls lmvo :m_\'thing‘ unu-E ln;,>‘ml.~: in tho g‘ov(§'rnlnOll'r of Britain. It is notable that cou\'r3ntion_< of «mo? kin-'_’. 1-zrxd 1.-:2’.-tlmr con\'ul;<.- H”. ].(.;,p]..! for I1l0Ylf’l‘;S bot'or(> the ..;O,.Hm. 01- “ l7’'9~‘'ld‘’lll: the cost of such Cmlvonlioljs alone liczirg .1-qu-,l] to n. r-,L.,,__i;(1{.,-,,|,](., purl ct’ the upkeep of the British Royal Farnily. If ‘the leaders of the ]‘[lo in the ‘United States were rr-ally Hpcndixig months of stl'euuoll.s elm-lion-nering in an endeavour to (llS('0V(‘l' the most fit man in all America to go’v/ern as nearly the ideal as humanly possible the time would, under the prcgent American constitu’rion_. be well spent, but they are striving at nothing of -"that kind. Each political party is testing" <'=mr.li«lates fur‘ the Pl-esiden<_~.y to discover which is li.lu‘.ly to receive the grnzztest volmno of political support Illltl be least objectionable to 0.*.1~..0r parties. Thus it will be seen ‘EBEE while the head of the British govern-4

mcnt. ".72: non—poJiticzl], standing as much ::1! fire Fido of .‘abouz* government as

on the side of one that is composed of the most hide-bound Torives, the President of the United States is elected by and represents one political party only, necessitating a complete change" of ofiicials when a change of party takes place. There is no occasion to compare the British system of government; with that which has wrought the ruin of Germany, for it is not likely that the German people will ever again revert to .a regime of autocracy and militarism. The probabilities are that Germany may adopt a limited monarchy precisely similar to that of Britain, which British people have not yet exhibited any desire to exchange forauy other. It is because British people are satisfied that th'e‘n’- monarchial government is superior ‘to all other forms that they are so solicitous for the well—being, health and life of the King that is to be, in ‘natural succession. It,,is a. system people desire to perpetuate because it is conducive to the greatest enjoyment of personal liberty consonant with the rights and liberties of others. But when the heir ‘to the throne so completely captures the admiration of the people ‘by possession of a notably well-balanced nature, anything menacing his wellbeing becomes a matter of the deepest popular concern. It is nauseating to obsequiously shower silly attributes which do not fit. upon any llun‘P;ln- be‘mg, but in the Prince of Wales Britain has an heir apparent that is acceptable to virtually every man in the Empire, a human temperament that few could hope to ‘improve ‘upon were a scientific selection made, The Prince of Wales isnll that could he wished for in every respec.t, and is a crank in nothing, and it Would. under all circumstances, be indeed a. matter for surprise if there were not general. universal joy and thankfulness in connection with‘ his lucky and almost miraculous escape from death‘ in aiiailway accicleiit in this faraway part of the Empire." That the Prince, is characteristically a. Briton is disclosed in his general bearing and by his utterances when almost in the precincts of death. Such a Prince reflects the character of Briton’s King to be.