EMPIRE DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 4

EMPIRE DAY

EARL BEATTY’S MESSAGE. WRITTEN BEFORE DEATH. CAUSE OF \\‘ORLD PEACE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. Prepared shortly before his death, the following Empire Day message from the late Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, president of the Empire Day Movement, has been forwarded for publication : “As president of the Empire Day Movement in succession to the late Earl Jellicoe, whose lamented death last year was so heavy a loss to us and to the cause which he had so much at heart. it is my privilege to address you this Empire Day. Since last Empire Day we have mourned the death of a beloved Sovereign, who was indeed the Father of his people—that world—wide Family to whom I now speak. We recall with gratitude ,the late King-Emperor's wisdom and kindliness. and his unwearyins devoition to the welfare of his subjects, and we cherish his memory with last—ing affection. ‘ “Upon this, the first Empire Day of the reign of King Edward VIiI., let us Join in offering to His Majesty our respectful congratulations upon his Accession, an assurance of our loyalty to his Throne and our attachment to his person, and our heartfelt wishes that his reign may be long and glorious. In thistime of unexampied international anixety let us celebrate Empire Day in a spirit of deep thankfuiness that we are citizens or a great and united Empire, powerful in the cause of world peace. As an Empire we must by our example and our exertions strive to secure a greater measure of tolerance and understanding among the nations; as individuals we must determine, every one or us, to play our part in upholding the great traditions of our race. I trust that Empire Day may be given special significance this year to mark His Majesty‘s Accession, and I send my warmest greetings and best wishes to you all.—-—Beatty."