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Show Kdwaril II. III ll In 1 uolilri of Ills Je". J King IMward hue gazetted tho following fol-lowing to Ills subjects throughout Ihe implro ' "To my people Now that the last icene has closed In the noble and ever tlorloua life of my beloved mother, tbe t)ueen, I am anxious to rmteuvorto lonvey to the whole empire the extent of the dei p gratitude I fit t for iha ocart stirring ami affecllonute trPiotcs which have evurywhiro been bof to her memory " I After alluding to tho "common sorrow," sor-row," the King concludes by igfsln pledging to "walk In thu footsteps of the late Queen In the fulfillment uf my IfeatirieponslbJlUlefc.'' . |