KINGS MESSAGE TO THE DOMINIONS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13742, 25 May 1910, Page 7

KINGS MESSAGE TO THE DOMINIONS.

• King George's message 'To my ptople bf-yond thf> sea.s" says:— . ''fho innumerable, mestages of kindfrom my loyal subjects beyond tlie seas have deeply touched my heart, and hwo assured mc that I hare in full nHMtfUi , * their sympathy in the great, {rial which has befallen mc and them; that 3*7 sorrow is their sorrow, and tbat tro share a common loss. The happjacea of »11 nis people throughout his dominions was dear to the heart of my telored father. For them ho lived and irorked. In their (service he died, and I cannot doubt that they will hold his iMime in grateful remembrance. I am Boir - called to follow in ht3 footsteps, and to carry on tho work ■which prospered in his hands. As a sailor I have been brought into constant touch with the oversea donuuioßS of tho Crown, and I have per-

Eodally realised the affectionate loyalty

which holds together many lands and diverse peoples in on» glorious fellowihip. Ninft years ago I travelled through the Empire, accompanied by ay dear wife, and had the la>t© King lired we should, tosether, at his 'fixpressed wish, have visited South Africa *■ in tho coming autumn to open the first . Parliament of tho South African c Union —the latest and greatest ovi<fonce of that peace and harmony which my father over loved to promote. It ', will bo my earnest/ endeavour to uphold constitutional Government, and to safeguard in all their fulness the liberties which are enjoyed throughout my dominions, and," under tho good rjmdance of tho Ruler of men, I will maintain on the foundation of freedom; justice, and 1 peace, tho great heritage" of the united British Empire."