NEW KING'S SPEECH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 812, 9 May 1910, Page 2

NEW KING'S SPEECH.

I WILL UPHOLD CONSTITUTION. jj , PBIVY COUNCIL MEETING. !, erT«l»cr»ph-i , reßiAe>ociatlon-Oorjrleh» I (Eec. May 9, 0.45 a.m.) | . London, Sunday. I Ai the statutory meeting of Parlia|meflt on Saturday Lord Loreburn, the I Lord Chsnoeflor, and fifty Peers took I the oath of allegiance. Parliament then ladjonined until Monday. I The House of Commons adjourned on I Mr. Winston Churchill's motion awaitI ing the Speaker's arrival from the Con- | tinsat. I -Thousands silently .saluted King I George, who, dressed in naval uniform, I drove to S,t. James's Palace, where t there was a full attendance of the Privy f Council. All wore levee dress, many \ wearing the ribbons of their orders and \ decorations. - I King George signed the proclamation I confirming, in offices all holding apI poinfctnents, and then delivered a short, i> earnest speech. » He recalled with deep emotion his f; father's words on ascending the Throne, I namely, that as long as breath remained in his body he would strive to proi mote the best interests A of the people. I That paanise had been fulfilled to the ;best of King Edward'a ability, and it < would be .his constant endeavour to foli low his father's example. He (King ij George) had sustained something more S than lie loss of a father; he had lost i King, father, and friend.

He referred to the deep sympathy shown them in their bereavement from every part of the Empire. It would be , his constant endeavour, with God's guidance, to fully uphold the Constitution, * maintaining the high tradition of the British Court, and fulfilling to the best of his abilities the great fcrnei reposed in. him.

Copies of the proclamation of George I the Hfth hare been forwarded to the | various centres, and will be read on I Monday morning simultaneously withl the reading at St. James's Palace. I While King George, the new Queen J and tile two Princes were driving from \ Marlboroagh House to Buckingham! Palace to Bee Queen' Alexandra, every \ head was bowed or uncovered in loyal \ sympathy. ...'".' ' ' \ When the Premier of Western Aub-I fcraEa, Mr. Newton , Moore, received ani audience, King Edward, though appar-| ently suffering from a severe attack! af; bronchitis, ehowed a deep interests in all the Dominions and was gartified \ at' the progress of Western Australia. \ Hβ .reopgnised the loyalty of Austra-? lians in their preparedness to assume? a share in the Empire's responsibilities,! as was evidenced by their active steps \ in the matter of defence. King Ed- i ward added:' "I am very pleased in-1 deed.to have seen you and to have! heard what yon are doing in Aus- \ traW ~ ; - .. j Mr. Moore, interviewed yesterday, \ said' the overwhelming Bense if the; great loss which the Government and i the ■'• people of Western Australia, in \ aonnnon with all parts of the Empires had suffered, the calamity which had 1 overtaken the nation, would be con- \ vejped through the official channel, but J speaking as one privileged to see hie 5 bdpwgsL-King a few days ago, he felt, \ perhaps,-/the somewhat sudden unes- !j pected death all the more acutely. |