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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1936
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More
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Very Similar Type To
King George V
"A Real Family Man"
of what was
WIS.
Ia dance. With the aid of a belt had been interrupted by the war, and an occasional seaman's His Majesty went up to Cam- hitch,” the damage was repaired bridge for an intensive course" in nature, Intellectual by and might have passed un-11919. noticed. But the King learned the time he spent there studying and Civics of his superior officer's predica History, Economics ment and whispered it into was by no means wasted, though the ear of one fair partner after it was afterwards said that re another. After that, any air of jcords did not show nearly all his frostiness in the party speedily attendance at lectures. disappeared.
The slip with his signature. {"COCOA AS USUÅL” AT JETLAND "Prince A," was usually extract- Serving in one of the fore tured from the attendance record box rets of HM.S. Collingwood in at the end of lectures by assidu- the battle of Jutland on May 31,jous souvenir hunters. 1916, the King won the admira- He was "progged" once while The proctor's bull- tion of his colleagues for his he was up. courage and coolness under fire dogs not realising who he
lighting X As junior officer, His Majesty assailed him for His Majesty King Albert, The young Prince Albert, as
street while Frederick Arthur George, K.G. he was known until he was was one of the a crew whose duty cigarrette in the Hong Kong, Friday, Dec 11. 1936. T. G.C.M.G. G.C.V.O. for-nearly 25, learned early to play it was to serve a 12-in. gun. They wearing cap and gown.
mer Duke of York and second squash racquets and to ride, could see nothing son of. His late Majesty. King shoot, and fish. Spending the going on outside, they had little George V., was born at York greater part of his time at Sand-idea of how the battle was going. was created Duke of York, Baron Cottage, Sandringham, on Deringham, he first played foot even their target was invisible to Killarney and Earl of
ball with boys from the village, them. But normal routine was in the King's Birthday Honours If the British Empire sur-cember 14, 1895.
He spent his babyhood in a while his early efforts at eric- the order of the day and "Mr.List published in June 1920. vires without dismemberment]
Three years later, his engage- the shocks that fate has inflict-bassinet made especially for ket were made in company with Johnson" made cocos as usual for ed upon it within the last year Queen Victoria's eldest child boys from Eton and St. George's the commanding officer and the ment to Lady Elizabeth Angela
Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was for two it will be a proof before and occupied by his father and School, Windsor.
One of His Majesty's most priz-nounced on January 16. all the world that it is no ar grandfather before him.
Only eighteen months young- In 1909, when he was 14, heed treasures in later life was the marriage at Westminster tificial combination of discor- dant elements but the embodier than his brother, the Prince followed his brother to Osborne ensign flown by HMS. Colling three months later, on April 26. Iment of a great and permanent of Wales, the two young Princes and in due course, like the Prince wood during the battle of Jutland 1923; was the occasion for great "It spent their childhood together, of Wales who was known as the first naval action in which demonstrations of loyalty by the a staggering blow when Sharing lessons with the same The Sardine." received a nick-the son of a British sovereign had public and the bride won the heart
and enjoying initiation name—“Mr. Johnson.”
taken part since the time when, of the people by placing her bou- the League, which had been tutor
After spending two years at the into the same sports, until the made the foundation of Empire's foreign policy. broke time came for the elder boy to Osborne, he went for a further two and a half centuries earlier. quet on the Tomb of the Unknown
jAbbey by the Great West door. the Dutch off Lowestoft. down irremediably through the enter the Naval Training Col- two years to Dartmouth, subseanother Duke of York had fought Warrior as she was entering the quently joining the cadet ship
After the Battle of Jutland! On their return to Buckingham Cumberland to gain sea exper-however, it unwillingness of any of the lege at Osborne.
became increasingly! Palace after the ceremony, other members to shoulder
ence. At the end of his period levident that the gastric trouble bridal pair halted at the Cenotaph
Abdication
ideal of ordered freedom.
was
their 'share of responsibility.
par-
"MR JOHNSONTM
un crew.
BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE His Majesty, then Prince Albert
Inverness
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Their
Abber
the
but we fell back on the reflec-to come for a dance. With that he was gazetted to HMS Col-from which the young Prince hadito bow their heads in homage to
been suffering for some time, the nation's dead Endowed with a considerable would make it impossible for him A sum of £2,500 subscribed as a tion that after all the Empire feeling of preference for in-lingwood as midshipman. was itself a League of nations formality the natural man has
aptitude for engineering and re- to pursue the naval career on wedding gift was spent at their He request on giving treats to poor revolving round the British great sympathy. Soldiers namarkable skill in handling which he had set his heart. Crown as its linchpin. The last turally abhor full dress possibility anyone entertained ades, and mayors and such like ship, he looked forward to the did not give up at once, but joined children.
He enjoyed the staff of the Commander-in- special privileges, being Chief at Portsmouth for a time. the linchpin itself people are rarely amusing. But navy as a career. would come out of its position it is a pity when revulsion from treated as any other cadet or Later. he joined the naval year, the King and Queen, as the It is only a month since a culiness becomes an obsession junior officer and taking his branch of the Air Force at Cran- Duke and Duchess of York, made that It is one of the unavoidable turn with the rast at any job well and obtained his pilot's certi- the first of their official tours-to Crown Was the evils of life which a man įthat was going.
ficate in July 1919. In the mean-the North of Ireland. most stable institution in the put up with as an incident of One one occasion when the time, he had been appointed a Later in the year, they left on
was that
French statesman the British
said
can
no
merged.
Travels
In the summer of the following
in Nairobi,
of European his position. It will have been King inspected his ship, Prince Captain in the RAF.. when the shifting currents
a visit to East Africa and, after Mr. Baldwin tells noticed that since the death of Albert took his place with the navy and army air forces were spending Christmas confusion. us that he emphasised to the King George V. the younger others, after the sub-lieuten-
started off on a big game hunting King and his brothers that the sons have done most of the ants in accordance with his In this capacity he served on expedition. The New Year, 1925, of foundation stone layings and rank. Father and son had not the staff of General Sir H. Tren found them encamped in the Crown was the "last link” the Empire. It was not the similar functions. These things met for some months, but Prince chard at Nancy in October 1918, wilds. During the trip, in was can always be arranged, and Albert passed the King with and, staying on after the Armis-which the Queen also took part, last link The last link loyalty to what that
Crown the King was much more hap out the least sign of recognitice was signed, he spent Christ-the royal visitors bagged #lion. stands for. The Crown was py in visiting the unemployed tion.
mas of that year at Spa. The and a lioness, two rhinoceros, two The young Prince had a keen following February. he went to buffaloes and and is greater than any of the land the wounded soldiers in
one leopard. The men that have worn it, but the the hospitals, and getting into sense of humour and his love of the Air Ministry.
King added two elephants to his whojfun was known, on occasions, to loyalty is greater than the human touch with men
In Angust 1919, he was given score later in Uganda. Crown. Should that fail there were not conscious of doing find an outlet in practical jokes the rank of Squadron Leader and Their tour was somewhat mar- is nothing that can be put in the proper thing, or of know-lagainst his superior officers. in the following year became red by the sudden death of the LET CAT OUT OF BAG its place.
ing what the proper thing was.
Wing Commander. He was pro- Governor of Kenya. They return- When
During the visit of the Cum- the excitement of Hence the remarkable differ
ed to Nairobi at once, but later waiting for news, and the dis-ence between King Edward's berland to Montreal while His moted Group Captain in 1927.
left for the Great Lakes whence turbing and maleficent poison personal popularity. and his Majesty was on board the Com-:
In company with many of his they went on by car to Rejaf on of scandalous gossip, fanned jfailure to make any mark in mander, in full dress uniform,
education) (Continued on Page 6) into flames by all those who are the political affairs with which lost both rear brace buttons at contemporaries whose not displeased to see the Em-a King is supposed to be con- pire passing through rough cerned.
water, have evaporated and be- For the fact is that in what come a mere memory, opinion are strictly classed as political will have a chance of settling matters King Edward took no
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