PRINCE ON TOUR

Evening Star, Issue 19022, 18 August 1925, Page 5

PRINCE ON TOUR

FORTNIGHT IH ARGENTINA PREPARATIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MONTEVIDEO, August 16. Tho Prince of Wales sailed on Sunday night on hoard the cruiser Curlew for Buenos /\ires. Tho cruiser was escorted by a squadron of Uruguayan warships. Rucnos Aires will lay aside its business cares on Monday, and will fittingly welcome tho Prince of Wales. The Curlew will he saluted by an Argentinian squadron in the harbor, and after the formalities of disembarking, the Prince, accompanied by < the President (Dr Do Alvcar), will drive through tho decorated streets to Government House, where there will he a reception by the members of Congress, Cabinet Ministers, and the officers of the army and navy. A varied programme for the fortnight’s visit of the Prince has been arranged, and thousands of dollars have been spent in transformiug_ the principal thoroughfares into a virtual fairyland.—Reuter.

TRIBUTE TO FRANCE NAPOLEON’S FIRST TOMB. CAPE TOWN, August 7. The last two days’ stay of the Prince of Wales at St. Helena were quiet but interesting. To-day he _ planted an olive tree outside the railing surrounding Napoleon’s first tomb. Standing under the tri-color, a little son of the custodian saluted the Prince. Tlie Prince expressed surprise at Napoleon’s limited accommodation at Longwood, and-tho custodian presented him with La Cases' memorial hook/and a strip of red-and-gold wallpaper from Napoleon’s dining room. The custodian remarked that he supposed that the Prince spent most of Iris time during the war in the Navy. “No,” replied the Prince, “I was » poilu.” Acknowledging his reception by the inhabitants, the Prince recalled tho days when the island of St. Helena was one of the most important links of Empire communications.

THE PRINCE’S TITLES. MULTITUDE OF HONORS. It only remains for the Prince of Wales to lie given a title in South America, says a London paper, and then His Royal Highness will possess a special designation for every continent and almost all parts of the world. In the. United Kingdom the Prince has a choice out of eight titles, but the North American Indians, when he visited Canada for the first time in 1919, were not content with these, and coined one for themselves —Chief Morning Star. The Canadians had already become accustomed, through their returning troops, to knowing him as the Scout, while tho Australians knew him as Dinlnmi Digger. Tho Maoris, the natives of India, and tho Japanese have all followed suit during the Prince’s visits to them, and now the natives of South Africa have dubbed him Shining Sun, a much more handy name than Langa Liyakanya, which is the official spelling.