BRITAIN’S THANKS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1923, Page 5

BRITAIN’S THANKS.

MONUMENT IN BELGIUM, GLORIOUS BROTHERHOOD. TRIBUTES EXCHANGED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received April 29, 5.5 p.m. Brussels, April 27. Tile Prince of Wales arrived on a State visit to the King and Queen o. Belgium in the cruiser Caledon. He received an ovation from a great crowd at the station as he drove away with King Albert. Brussels was en fete; the route to the palace was gaily decorated with British and Belgian flags and buildings were illuminated. The chief official function was tlic unveiling of a statue erected by Britain near the Palais de Justice in grateful recognition of Belgium’s part in the war. After the unveiling the Prince delivered a short address and massed bands played the National An-thems.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The Prince, unveiling the British memorial in the presence of a huge crowd, asked King Albert to accept, on behalf of his subjects, the monument offered by the British nation, symbol icing Britain’s profound and unalterable gratitude towards those who succoured her prisoners of war and distressed soldiers. The monument would perpetuate the memory of a glorious brotherhood in arms. The King,” replying, said Belgium would never forget the sublime sacrifices of British soldiers, who made the Ypres salient and unshakeable bastion of the Allied line. The monument for ever would illustrate the heroism oi the British race. The Prince of Wales was given a banquet at the Palace. King Albert thanked the British Empire for the monument, whieh was the reaffirmation of a long standing friendship, on which Belgium” could always rely. He de scribed the Prince as an incomparable ambassador of his country, linking the peoples of the Empire.