THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AS AN ENGLISHMAN.
In connection with the appointment of the Duke of Connaught as InspectorGeneral, it is interesting to recall a statement made by Mr Brodrick in the Hoes» of Commons during the debates on his now diecarckG Army Corps: —" It ie an entire delusion to suppose that the Duke .of Connaught is appointed as a peace general. I have anthority to state that, wherever his Army Corps may be employed,, ho will go in command of it." The Duke of Counaught's attachment to bis profession is well known. This and ? iia devettion to hie Mother Country were the primary cause of hie refusal of the Sax<-Coburg-Gotlm euocvss-ion. It must Hot forgottfii, hov-evtr, that he is iit-xt beir to tin* Belgian throne aftor Prince .Albert of Flanders; and should it come About that he were ca!k-d on to reign ever Belgium his Royal Highi/ess might perlupa l» disposed to reconsider his decision "to remain an Englishman."
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11878, 27 April 1904, Page 7
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