HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1712, 31 December 1919, Page 6

HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS.

YOUNG PRINCE'MAKES GOOD. SPLENDID SPEECH AT MANSION I HOUSE. 'audience astonished and * . PROUD. | Dec. 18. I The Prince of Wales received a gieut. reception in the city this, morning, when j ho went to the Guildhall to_ receive an j iaddress of congratulation on lu« ! anndian , visit. 1 ' . ’Hie Guildhall was crowded wit a a .ihv, tinguislied gathering, , including Albert and Prince,, Henry, Karl Haig, Mr Lloyd George and ol u-i , British Ministers, and Mi-Andrew J'lslicV: {1 litrii Commissioner lor Ausrra-mi). j 'llio Prince of Wales, replying to the address was accorded a inr.gniliceiir welcome. Ho expressed the keenest appreciation of'.the warmth of his reception throughout his tour, and declared tliat, it was his first desire to visit after the wai those great Dominions which had plajert so splendid a part in the war. He also, expressed the keenest pleasure at the- Cordiality of Ids welcome in the United States. The Prince subsequently lunched with the Lord -Mayor at, tluy-Mau-,-ion House. . ( ~ , n LONDON, Dec. 19. The Times, in a leading 'article remarks that Idle Prince of Wales’s speech at tinMansion House- was received with rapture, for/whieh there was complete justification. The alchemy of true feeling translated wind, might have been at mere formality into an expression of real emotion. ft was an illuminating speech, the Prince again and again especially in Ids reference to ms army comrades' ami also in his comments, showing a keen sympathy with and understanding of the Dominions’ pointed view. “His simple and perfect definition of the equality of nationhood within the Empire, says The Times, is the most signal proof of' his gift of expressing ttie lessons ot Ins recent tour. The Prince begins to tread with quiet confidence in the path Ins father ;iiid his mother have trodden. “Our only tear.” continues The I imos,

“Is that his devotion to duty may outrun Ids discretion. Youth should not he tempted t lon too suddenly the nnmtle winch ago wears naturally. The J’rinot’s triumphs i,i Canada and America «vre not punned without, personal cyst, and 11 1 <■ interval tolore his Australian lour should he spent to llu‘ fullest measure in rest and recrmlment.'’ ' The Daily Mail says that the quests at. the .Mansion Mouse listened to the I tinee in astonishment, and piide. One exclaimed “The Empire has got a- man.’ The Dtilv Expras-s describes the speech as a splendid achievement, and the Daily News says that the Prince rivalled the King’s famous .“Wake up, England -rwch 1 LONDON, Dec, 19. “The Admiralty has submitted a report to the King, suggesting the use of the battleship Renown. for the Prince ol \\ ales s visit to Australia.