Show Britain's Monarchs Monarch I pRAYERS pRAYERS fervently offered by l loyal yal and loving lov- lov J ing subjects in an empire embracing a quarter quarter J ter of the world attested t the e place George V held J in the hearts heart of his people Ruler over many J t races in a domain vaster than any dreamed of i L Ii by ancient conquerors his reign was just wise i J and humane Kneeling before Jerusalem's Wailing Wall WalI Jews in Palestine uttered supplications sup- sup J for divine intercession a as beseeching I 5 as those of roya royalty ty pee peers s an and commoners in the 1 5 flung far-flung colonies and dominions More than any words that may be spoken to voice praise or or grief these appeals to the Highest Highe t Throne e 1 that a beloved monarch might liv live constitute a tribute tribute to a kingly man historians will write large in the annals of his time King George V 1 mourned today in all aU the he world ascended the throne thron as the turn of the century ushered in a new era calling alling for new II talents in In statecraft Measured by the demands on n his wisdom his virtues his sense of fairness and nd justice and his acceptance of the duties and andI I responsibilities of regal fatherhood to half haIt a af i f billion peoples of m many ny creeds many races and and andI I colors in many lands he was among among the foremost foremost foremost fore- fore most of En England's lands land's greatest kings t Compelled by circumstance to be attended by pomp and pageantry and to move within the I narrow confines of the path of tradition the 1 British royal family has set an example of Z attachment attachment devotion and simple living at its hearthside deserving of emulation The king jj t was first a man with a close kinship toward his people people and love for the beautiful country countryside ide of i J p his native England As close to the people was Queen Queen Mary sympathetic kindly charita charitable le and d with a singular blend of humility and dig- dig 4 Their reign made reality of popular rule under the British flag to greater extent t than in all aU th the e empires empire's pires pire's history t j But the kingdom end endures rest though kings dieAs die I. I 4 As his royal fathers father's heart was st stilled Edward 19 0 Albert Prince Princ o of Jook the scepter r in his D y able hands I It If j js is perhaps Ps true that none of oft t Britain's sovereigns ever eyer ascended the throne ne l so well prepared tp rule In every corner of the realm he knows his people their soil and their problems They know him as an alert friendly and spirited visitor Since the sobering days daysi i of the World war particularly he was England's student p prince and the empires empire's salesman He assumes his post as as' as sovereign over a domain I J upon whose flag th the sun un u i never er sets as the v sixtieth of English kings Edward VIII His 1 reign begins in a period of f unmatched world unrest of grave economic perplexities of disturbing dis- dis is- is g social maladjustment and unstable in in- j international If relationships relationships-a a time of ch change and trans transition tion wh whose se outcome is s unpredictable It ItI I is s a a ti time e when he must be be- e every ery inch a 1 king ng Enjoying the confidence love loye and respect of his I pe people and the will good of friendly nations the h entire world will hop hope fo for his success for lor robust health and enlarging wisdom in meeting the the exactions exactions' of hi his ex exalted H d magistracy r. r The King is dead ead Long live the King |