The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY 25, 1910. OUR NEW KING'S MESSAGE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 May 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY 25, 1910. OUR NEW KING'S MESSAGE.

Tiik message sent by King George V., of England, to " his people ilwvond the s(vis," breathes a kindly and hopeful rvpi rit that .should help very materially to establish him in the good graces of all people. With his consi.n. the Kaiser assuming the rule of Continental peacemaker, and giving good earnest of a genuine desire to maintain a general .peace, England's new king is beginning his reign under happy Auspices, He will have the counsels of many wiso men to assist him in his onerous duties as king, and there is justification for a general belief that although he may fall short of the extraordinary degrees of personal magnetism, sillied to natural nihility, that characterised the la to King Ed l ward, he yot mnv worthily fill his sire's vacant place, and maintain both the peace and honour of the British Empire just as worthily as it has been maintained in recentb years. All things counted, there is fair ground for mutual pleasure in the apparent tranquility that the various European nations are enjoying at it'he present time, and the most astonishing chord in the general symphony of pevaoo is that which is struck 'by the German Emperor, whose former reputation as an incurable firebrand seems likely to desert him now and for all time, according to his latest expressions of hopes and desires. With Germany following her overlord's latest and kindliest lead, Great Britain maintaining with France the peaceful relationship inaugurated by her la.te king, and the other nations in apparent concord, tlie.ro is good reason for a general feeling of thankfulness throughout th© Empiro and, indeed, the world. The spirit in. which Great Britain's new king is undertaking his new duties is well shown in his initial message, addressed "To My People Beyond ! flhe Seas." In it he says:— " The innumerable messages of kindness and loyalty from my subjects have deeply touched my heart, and assured me that I have in full measure their sympathy in the great trial that

lias befallcMi me and >tbem, that my sorrow is their sorrow, and that we share in a common loss. " The happiness of tall his people throughout tlve Dominion was dear to tho heart of my beloved father. For them ho lived aiut worked; in their service he died. 1 cannot doubt, that it'lley hold his naiii'e in grateftil remembrance. " I ■am now called upon to follow in his footsteps and carry on the work which prospered in ln's hands. It "will be my earnest endeavour to uphold constitutional Government, safeguard in all their fullness tlie liberties enjoyed throughout the Dominions, and, under the guidance of God, the Ruler of all men, 1 will maintain upon tho foundation of Freedom, Justice, and Peace, the great heritage of the United British Empire." That 'these courses alludWl to anr!, foreshadowed in his Majesty's message may be pursued to successful issues will be the earnest desire of all good Britons.