A GREAT DESTINY THE KING ON CANADA’S FUTURE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1939, Page 6

A GREAT DESTINY

THE KING ON CANADA’S FUTURE

Domimosi Commandingly Placed

THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN TWO HEMISPHERES

HOPE FOR FUTURE IN CO-OPERATION

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. c** (Received This Day, 12.1 p.m.) VICTORIA, May 30. The Australian Associated Press special correspondent says that, standing at Canada’s western gateway, the King today reviewed his journey across the Continent and made passing reference to the international situation, with the ;comment that “Some day the peoples of the world will corns to realise that prosperity lies in co-operation and not in conflict.’’ The King’s address, which was broadcast throughout the nation, was made at a luncheon tendered by the Government of British Columbia. , Their Majesties had just completed a long drive over Victoria’s streets which, in keeping with Hie lovely city’s reputation as a bower of flowers, were strewn with rose petals. Thanking Canadians for the wonderful welcome they had given the Queen and himself at every stage of the journey from ocean to ocean, the King said:—“To travel through so grand a country is a privilege to any man, but to travel through it to the accompaniment of such overwhelming testimony of goodwill from young; and old alike is an experience that has, I believe, been granted to few people in this world. We are deeply grateful for it. We will nev?r forget it and the inspiration it has given us will hearten and encourage us for the rest of our lives.” ■ After references to the qualities of the Canadian people, the King said: “For most of you present, the task must be the development of a heritage already secured. Nevertheless, in this vast, land you have still before you the rewards of pioneering and the prizes of exploration. You have only touched the fringes of the Great North. .. . In the north is a field of enterprise for youth which.will, take generations to exhaust.” “Here on the shores of the Pacific,” said his Majesty, “I can realise the position which Canada, occupies. Her Atlantic windows look to Europe, her Pacific windows to Asia and the Far East. As science reduces barriers of space, this country will become a. thoroughfare between two hemispheres.” “.Some day,” the King said in concluding, “the peoples of the world will come to realise that prosperity lies in co-operation —not in conflict. With the dawn of that brighter day, I look to Canada playing an increasingly important part in furthering friendly relations between East and West. With the widening of her role of. international interpretation, will come corresponding benefits to mankind.”