Travel in the younger gener part of education; in the elder " part of experience. For many years it has been recognised that those who wish to climb to the top of the ladder in the business world must gain practical experience and broaden the mind by travel in foreign countries, So it that those who may some day become rulers of groat nations must make them. selves conversant with the countries constituting the Empire, wi of its peoples,. ministrative, strategic, and social qu tions. No person should have a wider experience of his domains than the ruler of an Empire such Into Queen Viet: tice our oW: wns ious out the' practical knowledge. which ig indispensable in the government of Greater Britain; th" Prince of Wales and other members of the Roysl family have hoon accorlod every facility for tray: the Prince and Princess having visited nearly every part of the Kin hi the Duke and Duchess of have just returned from South Africa, Arthur of Connaught. from Japan and Canaila There is no doubt that the experience gained by the Prince vf Wales will be as potest m factor in hin life as hie tath has intended—Spenking at the Guildhall banquet, given in hig honour on hia retura to London from India. His Royal Highness referred in some detail, and with no little enthusiasm, it to India and Burm during the tour he had to apprecisto the fact that India cannot be regarded as one country, but that it is. continent with an area equal to the whole of Europe without Russia, von-taining a population of 300,000,000 of diverse racer, languages, and creeds, many different grades of civilisa-The immense size of the Empire, splendour, its numerous races, its varied cliraate, its snow-capped moun-i boundless deserts, its mighty its architectural monuments, and its ancient traditions have boon it ably impressed on the tourist'
id. It is gratifying to know that the Prince realised the patience, the simplicity of loyal devotion, and the religi which characterises the Indian peoples, and Ino that he came to know of their faith in the absolute justice and integrity of rule, in the course of his speech the Prince ssid that from all he had heard snd seen he could not help thinking that the task of governing India would be made cusier if those at on their part, infused into it wider olement of sympathy; and he predicted that to such sympathy there would be a genuine response. He asked, "Might we not also hope for a still fuller measure of trust and confidence in the earnest desire and efforts to promote the well-being, and to further th interests of every class?" [twas impos sible that he should fail to be impressed by the unmistakable proofs of genuine devotion and personal attachment. to the King-Empero:. At ovary town he visited he was welcomed by happy, hi ted streets, vieing with each other in their demonstrations of loyalty, yet when reflecting on these scenes H. R.A. did not forget the darkened background he had probed into—the misery and poverty which existed in certain districts affected by famine and plague through which he passed. The personal devotion of the native Princes to the Crown was always self-evident, ability of mind, chivalrous nature, and the great powers they possess of accomplishing good. The Imperial service troops raised, equipped, n be posal of the Government ease of wi ited warm admiration and the expression of the hope that thia excellent movement might extended throughout the feudatory Sintos.
Referring to the administration of the* Indian' Empire the Heir-Apparent said that no-one could possibly fail country, and thereby gaining an insight into the machinery of that most efficient organisation—the government of a district. But he had opportunities of sooing at the headquarters of the and of the the general working of the Civi At the same time realised that it was a mero handful of highly-educated British officials, often living a hard and strenuous life, frequently 80} from their fellow-countrymen, and subject to the trials and discomforts plains, who wore working hand-in-hand with roprosontatives of the difforent races, in the administration of enor mous aros, and in the government of millions of people. Of the army in India the Prince spoke in high terms of praise, of the general fitness and splendid appearance of the British troops, of the physique and power of endurance of the native army, and the dash of its cavalry; while throughout the army was an earnest desire for i jency and for readiness to take the We have only touched on a few of the main impressions created by the tour in India, where the Royal party for nearly five months found a second home, but these impressions ald suffice to show that the affection which will be preserved in consequence will bind the Royal tourists to. the people of the Empire very closoly, and the Mother-country too, by the example sot to those who are interested in the great question which surround the India of to-lay to go there and learn by personal observation. If ex-nonce in the Colonies was s necessary qualification for entry to the service of the Home Government then constant misunderstandings would not occur, it would help to break down prejudice, and, as the Prince put it in a simile connection, foster sympathy and brotherhood; not only strengthen the old ties, but create new ones, and a0,
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