Lesson in Loyalty
Since there is fortunately no danger of the Prince of Wales taking Lord Beaverbrook's newspapers as his mentors in regard to his public duties, the preposterous suggestion of the Daily Express that the Prince should forgo all idea of visiting the coining British Exhibition in Copenhagen, on the avowed ground that trade with Denmark competes with Empire trade and should there- fore be discouraged, will provoke only a mild indignation, which would be much less mild if that journal's advice mattered more than it does. One of the most notable of the Prince's recent public services was his visit to the Argentine Republic and the interest he hai ceaselessly manifested ever since in Anglo-Argentine trade. What the Express thinks of Anglo-Argentine- trade may be
inferred from its comment that " for, years the farms of Denmark and the ranches of the, Argentine have stood in the path of the Dominions." We must, we are adjured, sweep aside these obstacles and. "loyally embrace, in spirit and in practice, the Empire ideal. A lesson in loyalty from such a teacher to such a pupil I
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