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Show PRINCE OF VALESTOBE A SAILOR BOY Treatment Same as Any Other Middy While ' Afloat LONDON. Aug. li "Come aboard to Join, sir!" With tbaaa worda th prlaoa of Wales, belr to th throne, made hla formal antry tnt hla majesty's navy 04 the Brat day of the present month. In this respect, as In every other, carrying out the forma and regulations prescribed for midshipmen Joining their ship for the 1 first time. The prince, while ha will hav t perform per-form the same dullea aa other midshipmen, midship-men, and will have additional work to perform, his tutor being aboard to coach and Instruct him In all manner of aub- 1 led a. la not likely to have the same rough work that fell to hla rather when he waa lo the navy. The present king first went tn sea on an auxiliary cruiser, on which Bella were used far more often 1 than steam, and on which there was lots of work to be done aloft. Th prime obtains his first experience afloat aboard the Hindustan, not one or the newest but still a modern, battle- " ship: The king's regulations piutltl that "when the prince of Wales fe embarked In any ship or vessel his standard shall be hoisted at the main, and shall be saluted sa-luted In the asms manner aa the flags denoting the presence of the sovereign." This doea not apply In th present caa. Just a Middy." Th prlnr win be treated as any other mldahlpman. He la not a commissioned orricer, but la subordinate to warrant of-fliara of-fliara (gunners, boatswains, carpenters aad artificer engineers), and with them the future sovereign will live and move In the gunroom of hie ehlp. Ha will be assigned to a watch and will be allotted al-lotted a .subdivision of seamen, for whose behavior, amartneea and work he will be held reepenelble by th lieutenant In control of - the aubdlvtaloa, ' However, bis most Important work I th acquiring acquir-ing of nautlayl knowledge, to which the greater part hla time must be gtvea. Complaints era coming to th government govern-ment from some of the South African protectorates that th policy of protecting protect-ing and preserving wild animal la being be-ing overdone. For some years th gov-smmenl gov-smmenl authorities, fearing the extermination exter-mination of those animals which have any commercial value, have limited the number which Individual may shoot, and guarded agalnat reckless slaughter by a system of licensing the hunters Shooting Shoot-ing In the protectorate appear ta be en th decline, from the report received re-ceived by the colonial office. Elephants ware the moat value HI game, on account of their Ivory: but under the licensing system It has hardly been worth while front a business standpoint for a man to go to the expen of blll-tng blll-tng th small numbar permitted. Th governor of Uganda make eerloua complaint com-plaint of th slephaat peat. BispAiat Daocatxxjg and DJnurtv. "Owing ta th rapidly decreasing numbar num-bar of Uoeneea which are being taken out and the conaeauent Immunity of tn lephant from attack," be write. "thas anlmale, which hav always been a sourc of danger to the Inhabitant and of damage to crop, have become attn mora dangerous and destructive, and they are becoming bolder In approaching Inhabited areas. Beporte are oenetantly coming la- from administrative officer., telegraph officer aad other of th d-truetloa d-truetloa caused by their devastating habits. It la paselbM that aooner r later laphaot will have to b hot ut. sav tn such portions of th protectorate protecto-rate as may ba expressly set apart aa reserves for them. At pruant ther I; no doubt that much hardship la Innlded n th native, but tn position will become be-come mora acute" Many OhJatM lailota. Worty-v thousand Chin and Laacar sailor ar employed on British ehlp During the Mat two year 1.0 Ch -dm sailor have been brought Into thl country, and uw number Increase every year. These ar th figures published by th seamen's union. Haveioc Wilson, the head of the union, declare that Brit, ten sailors must light thl oriental competition. com-petition. He doea not believe in aa -peal ta parliament, for many of the Chinees Chi-nees and practically all of the Lascar ar British subject, a fact which makes legislation agalnat them Impossible. MM plan I ta hav th labor union combine lo prevent any ship employing oriental hands from being loaded or dleohargad In the porta of the tailed Xlngdoaa. On tha part af the ship owner th arguments ar urged that Chin see sailors sail-ors are more faithful, mora amenable to discipline and a point which to English ssllorme resent blttsrly mora efficient. Thst they will work for lower wage and that their cost for food and other -seearle M below that af whit seller I snqueetlonable. but thoss ar point upon J'hlch th owner, from motive of. pol-y, pol-y, pat aa little stress as psealkls . nasi Loan Afrnnt The British and American govsinnvsat have new agreed la detail, and Germany la piinmpla. ta tha aasuranc to be given to Russia and Japan, wbo complained f the claus In th Manchuria loan agreement agree-ment providing that future loan should be awarded te th cases parties. This Japaa aad Buaala construed to mesa a monopoly. It pa wow been decided by th three power named, and Franc la expected also 1 comply, that either a clause shall be added ta th agreement or that .an moo re w, eat will be made thereon, giving In detail th purposes for which the loan la te be need, and assuring Japan aad Russia that the clause complained of do sot aatablUn a monopoly la Chine loan. Nv ThaauM tldf, Th corporation of th city of London ha had (ta own way in tha matter f the construction of a sew bridge semes ths Thames river, juat below St. Paul'a cathedral, which, in view of th fact that the city la aupplyina the money, eeems right and proper, when the city decided that another, bridge era necessary to handle th ever Increasing traffic between be-tween the north aad south af London a bill was presented t parliament asking tbe accessary permission. Tha city proposal provided that a new bridge should be constructed and that th streets behind St. Paul should be widened to allow of the free passage of t raffle. It was simply a buslne man's proposition. Ths archltecta aad artists, aad other who pretend to a knowledge of art. arose and declared that If the schema was carried out a ug- Ctod by th dty a great opportunity of utlfytng London would be lost. They proposed that th bridge shoo Id ps so built thst It would approach op-poalt op-poalt th south traarpt giving a new vista of the dorse. Everybody thought thst this would be aa improvement, put as It would cost tie.CM ag mora aad th corporation did not hav th f 19 SOC.eoo to spare, th latter opposed IV With the powerful support of A. J. Balfour, member mem-ber for ths city, the corporation bill waa passed, aad th bridge will a built aa originally arranged. |