The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13
King Edward the Recipient Of
Special Addresses
From the Lord Mayor and the
London County Council.
CELEBRATING PEACE.
The King Replies in Speeches
Full of ThankfuIness
And Compliments the Bravery
of the Beers.

London, June liking Edward held
a special court at Buckingham palace
today for the reception Of addresses
from the lord mayor, Sir Joseph Dins-
dale and the corporation, and from the
London county council congratulatlng
his n ajesty on the restoration of peace.
The king took occasion to express his
sentiments on the subject more fully
milton which he made of the sterling
qualities Of the Beers will doubtless
materially aid in the work of appease-
ment in South Africa.
His majesty, surrounded by the
household, received the city dignitafles
in the throne room and replying to the
lord mayors address he said:
4 thank you in my own name and IN
the queens for your loyal and dutitut
address and the congratulation you ten
der us at the close of the war in South
Africa. l heartily join in your express
sion of thankfulness to the Almighty
God for the termination of the struggle
which, while it entailed on my people
at home and beyond the sea SO many
sacrifices, borne with admirable forth
tude, has secured a result which will
give increased unity and strength to my
empire. The cordial and spontaneous
exertions in all parts of my dominions
as well as in your ancient and loyal city
have done much to bring about this
happy result
You give fitting expression to the
admiration universally felt for the
valor and endurance of the officers and
men who have been engaged in fighting
their country,S battles. They have been
opposed by a brave and determined peO-
pie and have encountered unexampled
difficulties. These difficulties were
cheerfully overcome by steady and per-
sistent effort and those who were our
opponents, will now, 1 rejoice to think
become our friends. My earnest hope
is that by mutual cO-Operat ton and
good will the bitter feeling Of the past
may be speedily replaced by ties OF
loyalty and friendship and that an era
of peace and prosperity may be in store
for South Africa.
Subsequently, in response to the ad-
dress of the London county council, the
king spoke as follows:
Il thank you for the expressions OF
loyalty and affection toward myself and
the queen. I rejoice with you at THE
thought that the victory which crowned
the perseverance and bravery Of my
forces will pave the way for the extern
sion Of the regions newly added to my
empire of that system of government
which, with Gods blessing, viii bring
to South Africa the peace and prosperity
that have In every quarter of the globe
followed its establishment. The readi-
ness with which my subjects throughout
the empire have borne their part in tbs
arduOus campaign now happily at ar
end, can not fail to draw them still
more closely together in bonds of loyalty
and affection, and I confidently believe
that the good feeling which is being
displayed by those who were so recently
our opponents argues well for the fu-
ture of that vast country which has
been added to the dominionss of the
crown"
The civic dignitaries proceeded to and
from the palace in gilded coaches, attir-
ed IN their full state robes.