IN ROME
SPEECH BY THE KING. BRITISH AND ITALIAN IDEALS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ROME, May 8. The King and Queen inspected the Janiculum and the Pincain Hills. Everywhere ■ the Royal Car was loudly cheered. The city was brilliantly illuminated at night. A Gala Dinner was given at the Quirinal. Four Sovereigns, Princes and Princesses and leaders of Italian Society were present. King George, replying to the toast of the British guests, which King Emmanuel proposed, emphasised the feeling of friendship with which Italians were regarded in all parts of the Empire. The sentiment which inspired British and Italian soldiers to fight side by side in the Crimea found its consummation in the crowning triumph of Vittoriaveneto. “The Queen and I recall with pride,” he said, “that our eldest son served in the inspiring companionship of the Italian Army. I feel assured that no cloud can, efface these memories, or dim the lustre of the ideals which the two nations share and upon which depends the forward march of civilisation.’
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Southland Times, Issue 18937, 10 May 1923, Page 5
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174IN ROME Southland Times, Issue 18937, 10 May 1923, Page 5
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