THE QUEEN.
A COMPLIMENT TO IRLSH
SOLDIERS.
PROPOSED VISIT TO IRELAND
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
LONJDON, March 8,
The Queen will visit Ireland early in April. The visit will be of a private character, and has no political complexion. It is undertaken as the outcome of the Queen's spontaneous desire, and is hailed with enthusiasm among all classes in Ireland as a gracious tribute to her soldiers' valour and of sympathy with those families who have relatives among the killed and wounded in South Africa.
Her Majesty will reside in the ViceRegal Lodge at Dublin.
The Queen has ordered that all ranks in the Irish regiments shall in future wear on St. Patrick's Day a sprig of shamrock in their head-dress in order to commemorate the gallantry of the Irish regiments serving in South Africa.
The Queen stays at Buckingham Palace from to-day (Thursday) until Saturday.
March 9
The Queen visited London. At her .Majesty's invitation, the members of the House of Commons awaited her in the quadrangle at Buckingham Palace at noon. Her Majesty was radiant, and was moved to emotion at the .spontaneity of London's fervour, equalling the Jubilee celebrations. After resting, she traversed the city with Princess Beatrice and Princess Christian, and officially received the ancient ceremonial at the Temple Stairs. She traversed Holborn. Flags and tricolour favours were universally displayed.
The Irish newspapers are uniformly respectful to her Majesty's nationalism, and cordially acknowledge the Queen's courage in braving at her advanced age the rough Channel. Several hope it will be the prelude to an extension of Home Government.
Mr Redmond, in the House of Commons, expressed the Irish gratification at the shamrock badge for Irish regiments. Ho said it was a graceful recognition of their valour in the field. The venerable Sovereign would receive chivalrous hospitality, bub that would not imply any abatement of the Home Rule demands.
The Queen will shortly create a Royal Irish Guard.
March 10.
On Thursday night while the Queen was dining at Buckingham, Palace there was an enormous demonstration. Eight thousand carefully organised voices sang the National Anthem and "Bule Britannia." There was a similar scene last night. The Queen stood at the open window, waving her hands and bowing. In the afternoon she drove through the streets. There was intense" enthusiasm.
The Queen inspected 2000 Grenadiers and Scots Guards, belonging to the eighth army division, to-day.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 19
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396THE QUEEN. Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 19
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