NAVY LEAGUE,

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 10

NAVY LEAGUE,

LETTER PROM ENGLAND. The following letters from the' secra tary of tlie London Navy League with reference to the doath of King Edward has been received by Mr. C. W. Palmer, secretary to the Welliujtfon branch of the Navy League. "These lines are written at a time when British subjects throughout tlifl world arc suffering from , a calamity which, whether we merit it or other* wise, is not less hard to bear. Oui late King has left us. At tho time you receive this letter, the great funa tions attending his decease will hava been completed. Tho echoes of the Empire's mourning will still, however, be ringing in your cars.

"In such a time of national disaster it is difficult to see any silver lining ia the dark cloud which now overspreads us. ' Tho one hope that wo have ia founded upon the prescience of our lata departed and revered monarch, for it would seem that, with an insight into the future, he took unto himself the arrangement of the Empire's affairs, so far as Europe .'was concerned, and trained his son, our present King and Emperor, with a view to his consolidation of the Empire. It is in this spirit that I think we must look upon our present loss. Possibly no man in existence has tho same knowledge of thfl British Empire as is possessed by hia Majesty King George. Y. We in the Navy League can and will assist him. in this consolidation of the Empire, which, founded upon sea power, exists by it alone. ■

"This letter may seem bald and unworthy of its subject, but on these occasions a few words . C3n carry tha sentiments of tho British race. If our present ruler has ,not at present tha' unrivalled experience in statecraft and diplomacy possessed by his lamented father, we know that, at aD events, the. Empire is his passion, arid that, like his illustrious predecessor, his duty wilt take precedence over all other matters. In this assurance we have our greatest comfort." -