THE LINK THAT BINDS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 48, 21 November 1918, Page 5

THE LINK THAT BINDS

BRITISH LOYALTY TO THE THRONE j TRIBUTES IN PARLIAMENT j (Dec. November 20, 7.30 p.m.) j London, November 18. j In (ho House of Commons Mr. Bonar j Law, on behalf of Mr. Lloyd George, who j was slightly indisposed, moved a resolu- . lion congratulating the. King on the con- j elusion of the armistice and the pros- j pect of a victorious peace. Tho war, ha , said, had broken the crust on which j civilisation rested. Europe was seething ; with revolution. Nevertheless'wo were • able to look to the future with hope, | courage, and confidence, because our in- j stitutions wore based on tho strongest j foundations, namely, tho consent of tho i nation. None, of these institutions was j stranger than the Throne. It was the '■ link which kept the Empire together and j winch would mako the union closer and • closer. But the Throne would have been j much less strong but for the character j of its occupants. He paid a, tribute to ;' the whole-hearted, unselfish devotion of I the King and Queen throughout the war! to the task to which the nation was de-1 voted. When kings were rapidly dis- j appearing like phantoms, our King { everywhere was meeting with, tributes, of respect, devotion, ami affection. Those, j phantom kings fell because they _ had j placed their 6tate on an imaginary] Divine right. Our King rested secure be-! cause the foundation of the Throne was j the will of the people. .... Mr. Asquith said that principalities! and powers, apparently inviolable and in- '• vincible, which had seemed to dominate! a large part of mankind, lay in the dust, j All things had become new in the crash ■ of thrones which had been built, some on j unrighteousness, soma propped up bv a! brittle threadwork of convention. .Thai British Throne stood unshaken, based on. I the people's will, reinforced by the living; example of the King and his Consort, who I have always shown that they would not! be ministered unto, but would minister.',

The resolution was adopted with unani. | mous enthusiasm. , j A similar resolution was adopted in j the House of Lords—Eeuter. j