THE KING AND HIS EMPIRE.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1918, Page 4

THE KING AND HIS EMPIRE.

SPEECH BY GOVERNOR- \ GENERAL.

Tha difficulties that have beset the reign ot King George were referred to by His Excellency the GovernorGeneral in a speech delivered to rnembeJS of the And lai d Savage Club on Saturday night, In acknowledging an expicsslon of wt Iconic and loyalty by tne chairman of i he gathering, Mr S. Milr y.

His Excellency said, they all looked to the King as the great chi. f who guided the ship of Stitc. Ki g George had exp; ricr.ccii a more difficult time, and had a harder row to hoe than any king who had ever sat oil the B.it sh throne at a time when many diliicnl os jpntiicd on the political horizon. Those thill;u to s had not yet been overcome a.a.l the ship.of State had yet tormch p :-r, though lie prayed ood thni 11.. t ti i.e would soon a'rive. The |i- pi- of the Empire, who lived under a IV e • onstitution and tnjoytd the lib r.iis it conserved, looked to the con-tiili (ion as the beacon lire 'hat mine life woith living !•: times pool or ill, though he did in t govern as some kings did, the Brit. I: King ws> .-till the emblem of the Lcedotn onjo.ed by the children «.f the Empi ile shared with hi* pcope their j-ns, ami in sorrow he was the 1 v*l who tr-efl to make the way ca.-ier. I! is Excellency said he knew (..at King George would have liked nothing better than to hive taken his place at the halt let"rent, cither oil the sea or land, but that privilege was denied him for reasons of State He. however, made a point of seeing Mat his sons shared the da. gers and hardships of the men in the liel i. Hi. Exci !- lency con bided with a tribute to the locally of the Dominion-, as demonstrated in their war efforts.