INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE.
KING'S WELCOME TO FRENCH DELEGATES. THE ALLIES' DETERMINATION. LONDON, April 10. His Majesty the, Kin}?, at Buckingham Palace, in welcoming'the French dele, gates to the Interparliamentary Con* ference, said: " I rejoice that we are united to France by an intimate alli= ance of mutual confidence. I trust that the alliance is destined to be perpetual. Your visit will enable you to see the strenuousness of our efforts to provide the requirements of the army and navy. You will learn the depth of my people's sympathy with the suffer* ing the ferocious invader has caused France and the warmth of our ad= miration of the splendid valour and constancy shown by tlje whole French people. Never has the undaunted spirit and unquenchable hopefulness, of which French history is full of glorious examples, shone with ihore brilliant lustre. The Allies are determined to prosecute the war until the menace of aggression which has long darkened Europe's sky and threatened the prospects of peaceful progress the world over has been finally Jemoved,"
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16667, 12 April 1916, Page 5
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171INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16667, 12 April 1916, Page 5
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