THE PRINCE OF WALES IN AMERICA.
[To *THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1
SIR,—The visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States has enriched the intercourse of English-speaking nations. The peculiar combination of good qualities which the Prince embodies in a highly attractive manner was everywhere recognized and keenly appreciated. It was entirely fitting that he should have been received enthusiastically by citizens of British birth or origin; but his away over the public at large, including representatives of other lines of nationality and descent, was the most complete I have known in nearly thirty years' experience. In a cosmopolitan city such as New York is many interests meet, and not a few clash. All classes and types alike, however, fell under the spell of the Heir-Apparent to the British throne, and nothing occurred to mar the success of his presence here. On the contrary, universal regret was expressed that his stay among us was necessarily brief, and I predict that if he should honour us with a second visit he will again be the most popular guest who has come to these shores. The crowds which attended the Prince wherever he went were the smallest evidence of the value of his mission. For it was indeed a mission, fulfilled in the wisest and most approved ways, and one which emphasized the vital functions of the Crown in the welding together of your dominions and kinsfolk at home and beyond the seas. The lessons it taught us in the-United States will not be forgotten. We saw in the Prince a charming and matured personality, sagacious beyond his years, and enhanced by a sincerity and a modesty which could not conceal his thorough preparation for the great station awaiting him in the future. And through what he was and what he had to say Americans of every stripe were made more deeply aware of the underlying oneness of Englishspeaking men—a oneness which is not disturbed by surface
agitations.—I am, Sir, &c., S. Pumas CADMAN. 64 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., November 27th.
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