The Duke of Cornwall has addressed to Lord Hopetoun, the
Governor-General of Australia, a letter remarkable for its good feeling, its sense, and its entire freedom from that stilted com- monplace which so often obscures and spoils Royal addresses. He praises the Australians for their "instinct of order," for the readiness with which they have formed a Volunteer Army, now numbering twenty-five thousand ' men, and for the example they have set in forming a Cadet Corps, which, "besides the benefit of the physical training,, incul- cates into the coming generation that spirit of subordi-
nation which is so essential not merely to the soldier, but to the development of the national character," and which, we may add, is especially needed in Australia, where the " larrikin " element in the population is the perplexity of those who teach as well as of those who govern. The Duke has evidently been most popular, and we cannot but think that his visit, which has taught him so much, will help to enable Australians to realise that they really stand close to the national life of the vast Empire for which already they have fought so well.
