| Show ENGLA ND S SAILOR SA IL OR KING I Ir Ik r rt r 4 xa 1 1 y x I k i g i 4 t ta a x 1 Std r 4 i fro t tt tW t W JT j I ITH tho the death of Edward VII WITH W and the advent of George V I upon the royal and Imperial thrones of England and of ot the Indian I empire the tho greatest naval power In history has haa for the first time In several generations a n monarch who has been bean and is a professional sailor Just what this means moons to a n nation whoso whose proudest boast Is that Britannia rules the tho waves II can be better under understood understood understood stood by recalling tho the fact that the present era orn a is absolutely ab the tho t period of I greatest expenditure for f or warships in inthe Inthe the history of the globe Also despite the efforts to limit armaments the na naval naval val programs of or England and the tho other great powers aro are going on steadily in increasing in increasing creasing Began at the Bottom Of Ot course now king like every evory other monarch Is ad admiral admiral miral In several different navies a field marshal of the German empire a gen general general general eral In the Austrian army and holds naval and military rank in every Ku Ru state of ot consequence But It is the fact that King George served as asa asa I a common ordinary British naval cadet away awa back in 1877 aboard tho old fashioned warship tho the Britannia that has stirred the most enthusiasm among his subjects At that period he ht was wa not parent a position held by tho the Kings older elder brother tho the Duke Duko of Clarence until the death In 1892 and King George served through h all the various lower tower grades of tho the British navy lie He was Wall made midshipman In 1879 and In 1884 1881 and gained another stop atop In another year and became a lieutenant In his grandmothers Queen Victorias navy It took ten ton years of or active see sea work for Prince George Goorge to get a ship of or his hiSon own on and even cen then thon ho was as no more favored than any other hardworking seaman HAman for all he ho got was a bit of ot a torpedo craft called 79 The 79 was waB only feet long and 13 12 feet teet beam and the future futuro king Inhabited InhabIted inhabited a cabin 10 feet square with a hatchway opening so that In bad weather it shipped quantities of ot salt water Messed re d With Ith HI III Gunner Here the was compelled to cat eat canned sardines with his only on I messmate tho the gunner of the torpedo boat King George was no fairweather er sailor lie He understood his bit of a heaving craft with her dangerous torpedo tubes as well as any of ot them thorn Moreover In his quiet bulldogged ged way future ruler has haR showed courage at times timeR when tho the best of or sailors sail ors felt that tha dangers thronged thick and fast about them It was In 1889 that young Prince George after Atter breaking one hawser In trying to tow a disabled companion tor torpedo torpedo torpedo boat Into harbor during a terrific gale managed to get ashore for a new ne tow rope and finally pulled the other ship Into a place of or safety and saved a dozen lives The thing happened off orr Lough tough where three torpedo craft were defend defending defending ing the marine mines during maneuvers maneu maneuvers vers and was considered by the British admiralty adm ralty as a splendid piece of sea seamanship seamanship manship But Prince o George Geor e was not the sort of sailor who liked notoriety and none of tho newspapers got a line of the stOry atory It was not until three months later that Queen Victoria heard of her grand grandsons sons eons heroism The queen was called on in the tho regular course of her royal functions functIons functions to decorate British seamen seaman officers cers and men alike for heroism at sea seaNo seaNo seaNo No one was more surprised than she he when she found herself confronted by her hor second grandson who by orders order or of tho the admiralty was to be publicly public thanked by the tho sovereign The queen was so delighted that she he not only thanked her bashful grandson but gave him a n hearty kiss into the tIte bargain at which the young fellow who was just 21 blushed purple The Th late tate King Ed Edward Edward Edward ward then Prince of Wales WAlls next day congratulated the tho boy without effusion and told the lads mother now the George Georgo is a quiet tad lad but he ho never shirks was wn the ladys lads comment but the next day dBY the young youn man was saluted sa saluted saluted by the title of or a double duchy namely as os Duke Du o of ot Cornwall and of I York I A Stickler for Duty Doty And his mothers description of her herson herson herson son now king of many man kingdoms and emperor of India ruler of the richest and mightiest combination of nations empires and dominions of ot very every race color language and religion lon under the sun holds good to this day George la is laa hea isa a quiet lad Ind but he never shirks lies lIos a stickler tickler for duty and woe to the official military or civil who ho pre presumes presumes presumes on the quiet manner of or his now new monarch to go counter to regular orders or orlo to shirk a n plain duty dut Nothing will willever willever willever ever save savo him aristocratic con connections connections connections political pull nor financial power Yet King George e as a plain lieuten lieutenant ant in tho the British navy once dared to disobey his fathers direct commands when wh n the latter was himself only Prince of Wales The prince and his nephew tho the war lord of Germany German wanted to pay the young man a visit to look took over his little torpedo craft Sir dmund r had hod just given orders for torpedo boat 79 to go to tos tosa s sun sa a for maneuvers with the remainder of ot the channel fleet Cleet The Tho Prince o of ot Wales and the Em Emperor Emperor Emperor sent Bent word to the lieu tenant of ot the torpedo boat bont that In the royal yacht acht they were coming down downto to see sac what sort of ship he kept But when the Victoria and anti Albert got to amidst the roaring of or mighty salutes from the Uie huge British Ironclads they looked around In vain for Prince Albert Albort and torpedo boat 79 That young oung man bad orders and was 8 off shore In an easterly gale with briny seas washing trashing over Into his square cabin The next afternoon 79 19 got In port I with the rest of the torpedo flotilla and the emperor and aDd Prince Edward went aboard Orders Order sir waa was all Prince George had to say to the angry expostulations expostulations of ot the Prince of Wales ales which fact so delighted the Emperor of Germany Germany Ger Gor Gormany many that the Impulsive kaiser hugged the youth much to the great discomfiture discomfiture of or the quiet reserved and always dignified Prince George and as soon oon oona as a he got back to Germany he sent Bent him the highest decoration In the gift of or orthe the Teutonic crown So the strongest characteristic of of I new king Is his hi reserve added add added ed to a keen sense enee of ot duty not bad qualities to b be possessed PO by a new ruler in a country as much upset up et politically as the United Kingdom is at pres present present ent ont Tho The late King Edward was a dip diplomat lomat not an ordinary ambassador or minister but a man of or tact so superlatively superlatively refined that It almost reached the rank of positive genius cenius King George V has none non of ot this thill and andIn andIn andin In consequence con many eminent states statesmen statesmen men have confessed that his unexpected ascension of the throne was unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate nate Yet Tot this tills may well bo be doubted lIe Ele Is no diplomat like Uke his predecessor but t Ut diplomacy has haa its Us limits and one ono of them Is 18 the time limo of battle baUle After the war is opened the diplomats take front seats and watch the spectacle War is on among the political co cohorts cohorts cohorts horts of the British parliament bitter I war exterminating war and it may maywell maywell maywell well be doubted but that King Kin George undiplomatic but straightforward ard as a rifle shot will do quite as well under the circumstances as his more politic father There are plenty plent ef or politicians politician J In England and aad no man mam is better fit tit fitted fitted ted to west wear r the crows cr and ad do Justice e between ragtag raging party MUty factions than this sailor king klag Of course coarse eo the ordinary feta facts of tl VT a s anew new kings king life are on printed records record everywhere and It is I those more Inti InU Intimate mat mate little things n nut not t widely widell known that after all era give KITe some worthy Ideal of the tI new III and powerful pera j i r n ii aUtT that has entered on em mo so great grat a apart apart part in International attain affairs King George OlIO V was bora tars June 3 a aUli Uli U i and aRcS takes tak command at the th very veir prIme prima of life lice lie He married Trim o a s victoria Mary who has taken the tita of Queen Mary Mar and ancl whom all 1 hae h ha named Dallied Queen May la ID 1891 1811 She was wu daughter of the Duchess DacHa of t Tick Tack T J Jand and granddaughter of the old Duke of f Cambridge who was wall Queen Victorias uncle U The new Dew king kinK takes taka from King M 11 1 bert of or Belgium the title of oC the most moat traveled of crowned croWDed heads In nett t Is III doubtful If It any an king ever er co as a much territory as George Georce V So Bout ut i r Africa India and Ad Canada c 4 are some of C the widely diverged places to which bo ne bohas holias has lias taken lengthy gUa trips trip trl But for the Hie sudden sodden death of King edward King g George would have opened the new parliament of the confederated British dominions dominion in South Africa Attica King Icing George will probably resle most moat of or the time at Windsor can r following folio wi DC the tb habit of bl hI his gr grand mol t c Queen Qu Victoria ham pala palo o was King Kine Edwards Edward favorite home bt but undoubtedly this wilt will remain the resi residence rc dence denee of or Queen Qu Alexandra now t tho o queen mother Buckingham palao pala pal a a o aone one of the th show abow sights of ot the th greatest greatt City of ot th the world lm I the other reel real r S deuce dance wherein most mOlt of the important events of King Georges reign rel n may 1117 h ro o expected to occur Like Theodore Roosevelt Kra George admires large lar families ani an has h one himself lf There have lIa been six children born to the royal couple five tI o sons one and aDd one daughter and all are splendidly healthy h specimens of Eng English En English lish Ush childhood |
