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The King And Queen Are Now On Their Way So This Article By Ernest H. Rann Is Most
ROYALTY ON T
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He began
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Japan, and Singapore, a of the Phara Most of h
ING George III of England to the Presidency, and
Farmer George as he was call- unanimous consent." ed-never set foot outside his na- One of the experiences of the around the v tive land. But his descendants have Prince in Boston was to meet Ralph by way of M ever since been building up a globe- Farnham, a veteran soldier of 105 the Cape of trotting tradition for British Roy- years, who had fought in the battle Royal travel alty. which King George VI and of Bunker Hill. Not on the British with Cetewa He also met Longfel- king. Then t Queen Elizabeth will do much to side, either. strengthen by their forthcoming low and Oliver Wendell Holmes at visit to the United States and Harvard a few days afterwards. Canada.
Hardly less popular was the Queen Victoria showed an appre- Prince's brother, the Duke of Con- ciation of the importance of close naught, when he crossed the Atlantic abroad were contact with the North American to Canada and the United States. As of his wife, t continent when she sent her son, a young officer of the Rifle. Brigade Together the the Prince of Wales, across the he had participated in the Red River on a journey Atlantic. "Bertie," as he was call- expedition for the suppression of the included a 3, ed in family circles, before he be- Fenian rebellion, and long after- North Amer came King Edward VII, was only wards he took his seat on the Throne couver. It wa a boy in his teens when he set out at Ottawa as Governor-General trip, for part
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to shake hands with Uncle Sam, a and Commander-in-Chief of proceeding which would have shock- great Dominion. He had known Win- then was) s ed his stubborn great-grandfather. nipeg when it was little more than cher as the
roared Although the tour of "Bertie" was a collection of log huts, and he came a cut-and-dried affair, he entered to know every Canadian town of im- scenery of ti into it with boyish enthusiasm. portance between the Atlantic and King Edw Following a tour of Canada, he the Pacific, and every class of the Duke of Wi saw Niagara, and watched Blondin community as well. perform his feat of crossing over He became a favourite with the than Sam W the Falls on Σ tight-rope. The
Red Indians, including a great Chief sian London, Prince came in an oared boat from of the Stony Tribe, a chief of the where. The the Canadian side, mounted the Iroquois, and a "member of good him from kn wooden steps of the cliff, and at last standing" of the Six Nations.- The pean countri stood on United States territory. As Stony Tribe has the distinction of after years the guest of the Republic he was never having raised a bow or shot flung British known as "Baron Renfrew.” Chi- an arrow against the Royal House countries, cago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pitts of Britain, and the Duke, who was places to hin burgh, were visited in turn. At
known to the Red Men as "Cousin Washington he was entertained by Arthur," was initiated into their President Buchanan, and sought ranks.
A special feature of the relief from the interminable hand- ceremony was the singing of "God shaking by playing "ten-pins" in a Save the Queen" in their native ton- private bowling-alley with the Presi-
gue by the whole tribe. dent's charming niece.
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The Duke, who still occasionally Then came a run down the Poto- carries out an official duty to-day, mac, to Mount Vernon, where the accepted with delight an invitation great-grandson of King George III to visit the United States, where he VI, while his stood bareheaded at Washington's made a flying visit to Washington to the Thron grave and planted a chestnut tree. and had a conversation with presi- Imperial tour "It seemed," wrote The Times dent Taft. After dinner at the Bri- civic duties a (London) correspondent, “. that tish Embassy, the Duke was infor- years in the he was burying the last faint trace mally taken by Mr. Bryce to the which were of discord between us and our great National Press Club.
across the A brethren of the West.”
King George V was once described Canada, had New York gave the Prince a tumul- as the most travelled sovereign since family love tuous welcome, with torchlight pro- the days of the Emperor Hadrian. elder brother cession, a visit to Barnum's Museum The difference between the two was and a ball. Then on to Boston. As that while the Emperor covered most a result of this visit the Duke of of the world then accessible as a
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