KING GEORGE'S MESSAGES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 38, 25 May 1910, Page 5

KING GEORGE'S MESSAGES

TO THE "PEOPLE BEYOND THE SEAS." HIS HEART DEEPLY TOUCHED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Loudon, May 23. King George's message to "my people beyond the seas" says:— "The innumerable messages of kindness and loyalty of my subjects has l deeply touched my heart and assured me that I have in full measure their sympathy in the great trial which has befallen me and them, for my sorrow is theirs in the common loss. The happiness of all his people throughout the Dominions was dear to the heart of my beloved father; for them he lived and worked, and in their service died. I cannot doubt they hold his) name in grateful remembrance. I am now called to follow in his footsteps and to carry on the work which prospered by 'his hands. It will be my earnest endeavor to up hold constitutional government and safeguard in all their fulness the liberties enjoyed throughout the dominions, "and under •God's guidance, the Ruler of all men, I will maintain upon a foundation of freedom and justice the peace of the great heritage of the United British Empire." The King is sending to the dominions messages similar to that addressed to the British people. , LOYALTY OF THE COLONIES. l THE KING'S TRIBUTE. Received May 24, 9.20 p.m. London, May 24. King George, in his overseas message said:— "As a sailor in constant touch with the overseas Dominions) I personally realised the affectionate loyalty which has resulted inNthe holding together of the many lands containing diverse peoples, in one glorious fellowship. Nine years (ago I travelled the Empire, accompanied by my dear wife, and 'had the late King lived she and I, at his expressed wish, would have visited South Africa to open the Parliament of the South African Union, the latest and greatest evidence of that peace and harmony my father ever loved."

EMPEROR OF INDIA. KING GEORGE'S MESSAGE. London, May 24. George V., King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, in a message, sends' his heartfelt thanks to the Princes and people of India for their touching and abundant manifestations of loyalty to the Crown. The message recalls' Queen Victoria's and King Edward's messages to Indian subjects. King George adds:— "These were charters of the noble benignity of the spirit of Imperial rule. By that spirit, in all the time to come, I will faithfully abide. I confide your dutiful and active co-operation in the high and arduous tasks before me, and count upon your ready response to an earnest sympathy with the well being of India that must gver be my inspiration and my rule." It is announced that the King's clemency will be granted in the remission of Indian sentences.