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Show KING'S TRIBUTE TO IRISH PEOPLE y -" . Cowea, Isle of Wight, Aug. 2. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert reached here this evenligfand King Edward immediately im-mediately ordered' the issue of the following follow-ing address: -K 'j, "To My Irish People: I desire on leaving leav-ing Ireland to express to my Irish people peo-ple how deeply J have.' been touched by the kindness and good-will they have shown to tho queen and myself. Our1 experience on previous visits had indeed prepared us for a traditional welcome of a. -warm-hearted race, but our expectations expecta-tions have been exceeded. Wherever wc j have gone, in town or country, tokens of loyalty and affection proffered by every section of the community have made an enduring impression on our hearts. For a country so attractive and a-ilieODlo so gifted we cherish the warm est regard and it is therefore with supreme su-preme satisfaction that I have so often during our stay haard the hope expressed that a brighter day is dawning Upon ire-land. ire-land. T shall eagerly await the fulfillment fulfill-ment "of this hope. Its realization will, under divine providence, depend largely rpon the steady .development of self-reliance and co-operation, upon better and more practical education, upon the growth of industrial and commercial en- terprlses, and on that increase of mu-'tual mu-'tual toleration and respect which the re-j re-j siKinsibility my IrUh people now enjoy in the public administration of their local I affairs is well fitted to teach. It is my earnest hope and prayer that thesj and other means of national wellbeing may multiply from year to year In Ireland, and that the blessings of peace, con-tfntment con-tfntment and prosperity may be abun-! abun-! dantly vouchsafed to her. (Signed) "EDWARD R. and I. "Aug. 1." Copies of the address will be posted throughout Ireland tomorrow. Their majesties received a great reception recep-tion on their arrival here. They remained aboard the royal yacht, where they were visited each" evening by the Prlnco of Wales. CoweB Is already very gay with ; people who have come for the week of yachting. Among .those hero are many prominent Americans. The. American jachts include Mrs. Goelet's Kamaha. and the Marperlta. under charter of James H. Smith; King Edward's Britannia, Britan-nia, and Emperor William's Meteor, which arc to race during the rega'tta, are both here. The king: will have a busy, week. Entertainments, En-tertainments, either aboard the royal yacht or ashore, have been planned for each- da:;, |