The British Hero.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 4, 5 January 1901, Page 1

The British Hero.

LORD ROBERTS’ RETURN

ADDRESS OF WELCOME AND CONGRATULATION.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, Jan. 3. Lord Roberts has arrived in London. He received a splendid welcome, h ourteen housand troops lined the streets from Paddington Station to Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Connaught and Princess Henry of Battenburg, representing the Queen, welcomed Lord Roberts on his landing at Cowes and accompanied him to Osborne, where he had a long private interview with Her Majesty the Queen, who conferred upon him the Order of the Garter, and raised him to the rank of Earl, with the right of succession in his daughters. Lord Roberts, replying to a Mayoral address of welcome and congratulation, reiterated his ,implicit confidence in Lord Kitchener, whose task in South Africa was, he said, surrounded with difficulties, owing to tho marvellous mobility of the Boers and the vastness and barrenness of the country. Nevertheless, the end of the war was certain if the Boers were clearly assured of Great Britain’s determination not to allow the results of tho war to be thrown away. He was proud to have commanded such.a magnificent army of soldiers. Britain and Greater Britain had pulled together like brothers. The Empire need fear no outward fee while we were careful not to neglect any weak points in our armour.