Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — FUTURE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FUTURE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

There is something more than the mere perfunctory adulation of hereditary rules in the general good will and good wishes which the English people have expressed in connection with the announcement of the betrothal of the Duke of York and the Princess May. Besides the fact that their union will put farther away the possibility of a scion of the unpopular Tecks coming to the throne,.it la also true that Prince George has made a warm place for himself in the British heart by his sturdy, manly character and his democratic ways. He has, too, the true Briton’s love for the sea. From his earliest days, when in his Sandringham home he eagerly limned to the nautical tales told by his tutor, he hadui passionate longing for a sailor’s life, and he entered the navy at the early|age of 12 as a cadet. In June, 1884, after seven years’ service, he was made a sub-lieutenant, and then, having passed the necessary examinations with distinction—he secured three flrst-class passes—he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant Subsequently he served on the Thunderer, the Dreadnaught, the Alexandra, the Northumberland, the Thrush and the Melampus. His naval career has not been child’s play. Once on deck his exalted rank was forgotten. He had to undergo the same training and discipline as others. He never shirked work, whether as a midshipman or commanding officer. He has achieved success by reason of his ability, his Industry and his strength of character. As to whether there is any ground for the element of romance With which the coming royal wedding has been invested there, may be good reason to doubt; it is said, however, that Prince George and Princess May were very much attached to each other during the lifetime of the Duke of Clarence, but that for reasons of state she was obliged to transfer her allegiance if not her affection to the elder brother and heir apparent