Wairarapa Age. MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. "GOO SAVE THE KING!"

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10269, 22 June 1911, Page 4

Wairarapa Age. MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. "GOO SAVE THE KING!"

"God,. Save the King!" This will be phe united voice, of the three hundred and fifty .million subjects of the British Emperor to-day. In every nook and corner'of .the great Empire upon which the 'sun never sets; in every city, .town, and hamlet, the people wall pay their homage to a monarch whose name and parentage is associated with (peace, honour and freedom. Why 'is it that the million® pay tribute to the Grown? Is. it not that it as a symbol of righteous government, of individual liberty, of dean Saving ? It was. not always iso. Time <was when the British Court and its environments were regarded ■with .mixed feelings of awe and amazement. .With the advent of the Victorian era, however, with the accession to the throne of "Victoria" the Bfeist," there came a new light upon the Tyrone—a "ilight which lightens the Empire," a righteousness which has exalted the ination. And when that greatest of all modern potentates laid down her .sceptre, the lustre which surrounded the Throne was not dimmed. There came into ipower a King 'Whose fidelity to his people, and whose .sublime genius' as a statesman, caused hm (name .to fee reversed, and his memory to be cherished as "Edward the ••Peacemaker." And now, when his illustrious son, King - George the Fifth, ascends the Throne, the peo-

pie know and feel that they have a monarch whose heart pulsates for his subjects; whose aspirations are just lamd peaceful; whose Court as clean; and whose loftiness of character will inspire admiration and homage in all parts of the great Empire. The hope of the British nation lies in its" fidelity to the Throne, and though, at the time of Ms Coronation, King George may he surrounded witih the greatest political and social problems which have confronted a. monarch in modern history, he may rest assured that out of the apparent perplexities- of his Advisers will evolve a system of law, order, and good government which will make for the betterment of the people and the greater security of the Throne and Empire. As. the Crown is to-day placed upon the head of the illustrious .monarch by the Archbishop of Canterbury with traditional ceremony; as the Church bells peal their acceptance or a righteous King; as the "National Anthem" issues from the throats of millions of voices in every corner of the-earth; as homage is paid by Nations and peoples to the flag of liberty and freedom; so will the units of this great Empire feel the responsibilities as well as the privileges of citizenship. For, after all, the King is hut the head of a multitude of individuals without whose loyalty and devotion the' Nationcould not .survive. Whilst, therefore, we join lustily in the singing of "God Save the King!' r it is_ the duty and privilege of every individual in the vast Empire to remember ' that Hie, and she, is personally responsible for a share' in the maintenance! of the supremacy of the flag, and in the sustaining .of. those .grand and glorious traditions which make for the happiness and contentment of the people. The prayer of every true 'Britisher to-day will be that His Majesty the King, upon whom will be cast the cares of Empire and People, wiTI be sustained by the influence of itllie Divine Providence, and that his neign will' be characterised by peace, happiness and goodwill. So mote it >be!