GREAT BRITAIN: Endearing Dragon

Not many Britons know that they have a tattooed King. Last week the days when George V was an earnest sailor prince and expected the Throne to be taken by his elder brother Albert Victor, were glowingly recalled by Captain R. G. Griffith R. N., in the highly authoritative British Nautical Magazine.

"As a naval officer," wrote Captain Griffith of his King, "he has always shown the keenest interest in the welfare of the men and historians of the future will probably discover how many improvements and reforms have been directly inspired by...

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