PRINCE PACKS HIS KIT
FOR LONG JOURNEY
BELOW THE EQUATOR
LONDON, Mar. 24—(AP).—T h e
globe-trotting Prince of Wales is
packing his trunk—or trunks—pre-j
> paratory to starting on another jaunt
to strengthen his claim to the title
as the most extensively traveled
young man in the world. Having
made prolonged visits to three conti
nents and the island continent of
Australia, his forthcoming tour of
to South Africa and Argentina will
complete his 'rounds of the major
divisions into which the land sur
face of the earth is divided. He
plans to leave England March 29.
This will be tlie sixth extensive
trip the prince has taken since he
started out in 1919 to see the world,
and by it he will continue his rec
ord of having spent a long period
away from home each year since
that time. The future king has had
a standing invitation for several
years to visit South Africa, and at
times it was made a pressing one,
but it was somewhat of a surprise
at home as well as in Argentina
when it was announced that he
would visit the latter country after
his stay on the dark continent.
On four of his previous journeys
the prince touched upon United
States territory, but missed getting
under the American Mag in 1923
when he went on a vacation and rec
reation trip to his ranch in Canada,
When leaving Manila for home in
May, 1922. he remarked that one of
the pleasant features of his visit
to the Philippine Islands was that
it enabled him to keep up his rec
ord on his long trips of having set
foot on United States territory.
The first extensive trip taken by
the Prince of Wales was in 1919,
when he traveled on the battleship
Renown for a visit to Canada and
the United States. Upon his depar
ture the press of England generally
commented upon the trip as an ev
ent of great importance. The Even
ing News said: “The future peace
of the world depends upon the soli
darity of the British Empire and i
the firm friendship between it and j
the United States. It is in the
cause of the peace of the world that j
the Prince of Wales sets out upon !
this journey.”
Alter spending more man i«o
months in the Dominion visiting cit-!
ies from coast to coast the prince I
entered the United States at Rouses j
Point. N. Y., where he was received ;
by a party of American officials and i
statesmen, headed by Robert Lans- i
ing, secretary of state, who ofti
cially welcomes the royal visitor on
behalf of the government. He was
in the United States about ten days,
dividing the time principally be
tween Washington and New York.
While in the capital he visited Pre
sident Wilson at the White House.
■ The prince had been home less
than four months when he started
out again on the Renown to visit
Australia. The trip was made by
way of the Panama Canal and on
the way stops were made at San
Diego, Cal., where two days were
spent, and at Honolulu. The return
voyage aft^r several months in Aus
tralia was made over the same route
with stops at Honolulu and the
British West Indies. The prince was
back home in October after an ab
sence of seven months.
A trip to India had been planned
for the prince in 1921, but it w’as
postponed from time to time because
of the feeling, accompanied by riots
in various cities, aroused by oppo
nents of British rule. Finally, in
October, despite the pleadings of
the king and queen, the prince again
made the Renown his sea home and
sailed for India. Notwithstanding
that hartals, or boycotts against the
royal visit, were observed in several
cities, the prince received enthusi
astic welcomes in every city he vis
ited. After his tour of India he
proceeded to Japan, where he was
lavishly entertained with dinner
parties, balls and other entertain
ments in the various cities for sev
eral weeks. The Renown then car
ried the prince to Manila, where he
was the guest of Governor General
Leonard Wood. This trip kept the
prince away from the British capi
tal until May, 1922. Throughout
England there had been a feeling
of apprehension, especially while he
was in India, and his safe arrival
home was greeted by a crowd esti
mated at more than 50,000. He was
affectionately welcomed by the king
and queen and his sister. Princess
Mary, who had been married during
his nrsence.
The prince's next, trip was during
the latter part of 1923, when he
went to his ranch near Calgary, Al
berta, traveling an an ordinary voy
ager on tlie steamship Empress of
France. He went directly to the
ranch and after several weeks sail
ing for home on the same ship, main
taining his incognito as Lord Ren
frew until he arrived in London.
What was perhaps the most pleas
ant trip yet made by the Prince of
Wales was that last year to the Uni
ted States, taken primarily to wit
ness the international polo matches
between the teams representing the
United States and England. The
heir to the throne attempted to tra
vel incognito, but he was the Prince
of Wales everywhere and to every
body. Making his home at the Bur
den residence on Long Island, the
most formal event of his stay in
America was his visit to Washing
ton to lunch with and pay his res
pects to President and Mrs. Cool
idge. And even that was informal,
as presidential luncheons and recep
tions to royal visitors go, for there
were no guests. On that occasion
the prince spent two months on the
American continent, all of which was
in the United States with the excep
tion of a few days spent at his Al
berta ranch.
In addition to attending the inter
national polo matches the prince wit
nessed the first defeat of Epinard,
the French thoroughbred, attended
the races frequently during his stay,
made several sight-seeing tours of
New York City, experienced a ride
in the subway and was guest of hon
or at numerous dinners and dances.
He also made a short visit to De
troit, where he was the guest of Hen
ry Ford, and to Chicago to make a
tour of the stockyards.
The prince went to America on the
steamship Berengaria and returned
on the Olympic. One of the souve
nirs of that trip sent to the prince
from America was a book containing
61,120 newspaper clippings of his ac
tivities while in the United States.
Press dispatches recently recorded
a case where a man literally “spilled
the beans.” When several bags of
beans were stolen from a warehouse
at Kimball. Neb., the route of the
thieves was traced by a trail of beans
dropped from a hole in one of the
bags. The trail led to the home of
Joe Lacey, who was arrested and the
loot recovered.
European nations should never fight
over money, when it is so easy to per
manently borrow it from the United
States.
BALTIC CITY FOUNDED
700 YEARS AGO TO
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
VISBY, Sweden, Mar. 24.—(AP).
—Visby, described today as a city
of ruins and roses, will next July ob
serve the 7U0th anniversary of its
founding. Members of the Swedish
royal family and church dignitaries
'■ will attend.
Located on the island of Gotland
in the center of the Baltic Sea, Vis
by in the 13tli century attained an
important commercial position and
was a city of great wealth. The city
wall was 10,000 feet long, with 37
j towers. Recent excavations have
j brought to light many interesting
i records of life in the olden days.
Scientists aver that the island of
Gotland was inhabited 2500 years be
fore Christ.
“The Covered Wagon”
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Proponents of a new calendar with
13 months of 28 days each, the odd
days being classed as holidays, have
been seriously urging their proposi
tion, which has much to commend it.
If they consider there is anything
original in the idea, however, they are
wrong. The Ifugaoes, a native tribe
of head hunters in the Philippines,
has long used such a calendar.
Destruction of a concrete bridge
by fire would seem a remote possibil
ity, but it happened near Holdenville,
Okla., recently. The bridge was not
consumed by the flames, of course,
but was cracked and ruined by the
intense heat when boys set fire to a
leaking oil pipe carried by the bridge.
Cupid plays as queer pranks in the
Orient as elsewhere, judging from a
recent Tokio newspaper, which re
cords the marriage of a marquis and a
geisha girl whom he ransomed for
50,000 yen. In the same paper is no
ted the engagement of a lady-in-wait
ing to the empress, who will marry a
j cook.
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An acre of ground has been set
aside for a cemetery at the top of
Pike’s Peak.
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