On Thursday the Prince and Princess of Wales were entertained
by the City of London at luncheon at the Guild- hall. No one who reads the Prince of Wales's speech will think us guilty of the crime of flattery—almost the greatest of crimes in regard to Princes—when we say that it was conspicuous for charm, good feeling, and good sense. After a felicitous tribute to the great feudatory Princes for "their loyalty, their nobility of mind, and their chivalrous nature," a well-merited appreciation of the splendid work done by the Indian Civil Service, and an acknowledgment of the high qualities of the British and Native Armies in India, the Prince made a tactful reference to the great Mohammedan College and School at Aligarh. At a moment when there has been friction with a Mohammedan Power, the Prince did good service by thus calling to mind how we have helped and encouraged the best influences at work among the adherents of Islam in India. After noting the essential fact in regard to India—namely, that India is not a country but a continent —the Prince insisted that the task of governing India will be made easier "if we on our part infuse into it a wider element of sympathy." In a passage full of picturesque detail the Prince described some memorable scenes and incidents in his tour. What seems to have struck him most forcibly was his visit to the North-West Frontier, where, as he tells us, he saw a regiment of Afridis, "that tribe which only a few years ago was fighting against us," garrisoning Lundi Kotal.
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