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Show KING GEORGE PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRITISH FORCES' WAR WORK l.OXDOX, Nov. If). Another precedent wont the way of other precedents today when KhiK GeorRe. accompanied by Q i iron Mary and the Prince of Wales, went to the palace at Westminster to receive and reply to the loyalty address 1 passed by parliament yesterday. Heretofore Here-tofore it had been the custom of the parliament par-liament to go to the king on such occasions. occa-sions. The royal party drove to the palace without escort and was loudly cheered along the route. Arriving at Westminster, the kins, the queen and the Prince of Wales went immediately im-mediately to the gallery of the house of lords, where the commoners and the lords, the latter with the officials of the houses in their robes of office, awaited them. The kin?: was in morning dress. The lord chancellor and the speaker of the house of commons presented the addresses. King Georgre, after expressing his thanks, alluded to the part played by the whole empire in the "long: and terrible struggle now being brought to a close." "Alter a struggle longer and' far-more terrible than any one ever foretold," King George continued, "the soil of Great Britain remains inviolate. Our navy has everywhere held the seas, and wherever Germany could be brought to battle It has renewed the greatness of Drake and Kelson. With Infinite work it li,as succeeded suc-ceeded In overcoming the hidden menace of the enemy's submarines and in guarding guard-ing the ships that have brought food and munitions to our shores has been loss conspicuous but equally essential to success. suc-cess. "Without that work Britain might have starved and those valiant soldiers of America who have so much contributed to our victory could not have found their way hither. The fleet has enabled us to win the war. In fact, without the fleet, the struggle could not have been maintained, main-tained, for upon the command of the sea the very existence and maintenance of our land forces have from the first depended." de-pended." Proceeding, the king paid tribute to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and the army, to the air forces, the mercantile marine, the fishermen, munitions workers, work-ers, both men and women, and to the medical units in tho field and afloat. He referred to (lie Importance of after-the war- reconstruction problems; to the necessity ne-cessity for liberal provision for those whose exertions by sea and land had aided in bringing about the present situation sit-uation and to the necessity or perfecting machinery to avoid the risk of further international strife. As to the future, the king said the duty was to create a better Britain. |