The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-23
VICTORY WITHIN
REACH, ENGLISH
KING PREDICTS
Allied Armies Are Driving
Foe Before Them and His
People Sue for Peace.

LONDON, Oct. 23-King George re.
ceived large deputation OF Interpar-
liamentary delegates at Buckingham
Palace yesterday. The deputation in
Guided thirty British representatives.
twenty-five from France, eight from
Italy and one from Belgium.
More than two years have passed."
said the king, "since the first visit of
the interparliamentary committee of
the French cha mbers, when you and
we were in the throes of a conflict.
the issue of which then seemed to
many foreign observers uncertain. al
though you and we never doubted that
our cause. being the cause of right
and humanity. would prevail Now
the armies of France. Italy, Belgium
and the United States, side by side
with ours. are driving the enemy be-
fore them, his forces shattered, his
people clamoring for peace
Victory Within Reach.
victory Is within our reach And
we are all agreed that it must be a
complete victory. ! congratulate you,
senators and deputies OF Italy, on the
prospect which opens before you of
recovering the regions guarded by
those Alpine SHOWS, where your val
liant soldiers have won such glory
regions inhabited by men of your
own race and speech. who have long
desired to be united to free Italy.
And l congratulate. senators and
deputies of France, on the approaching
restoration of provinces torn from you
forty-seven years ago. which never
have wavered in their loving attach
ment to France"
King George recalled that while be-
tween Great Britain and Italy there
had always been peace, it was once
otherwise as to Great Britain and
France. who had waged many a war
In former centuries. But" he con-
tinued. "in those days there was al
ways on both sides spirit of chivaI-
ry which forbade bitterness, and when
peace came it was made with a sense
OF mutual respect. We in England
have always continued to admire the
brilliant gifts OF France, gladly own
ing our intellectual debt to her, as we
own also our debt from even earlier
days Of the versatile genius of Italy.
Hope for Free Europe.
That respect and gratitude have
furnished solid foundation for the
affection which has now grown up
between your nation and ours. Con-
secrated by the memory of the he
roes who have fallen fighting side by
side in this war animated by the same
devotion to their countries and to
justice. this affection and this mem
DRY are pledges OF our future con-
cord. Such concord and cooperation
will. we trust. become under the bles-
sing Of Providence security for
peace not only to our own peoples,
but to all free Europe, which is long
ing to return to the paths Of tranquil
ity and progress.
And you. sir. representative of the
senators and deputies of Belgium, we
rejoice to see you also upon our soil
Your country, wantorly and wickedly
attacked and devastated, has had ter
rible sufferings to undergo. but the
day Of your deliverance is at hand.
The British people. which has felt for
you through those sufferings, has ad-
mired the constancy and loyalty Of
your soldiers and earnestly wished for
you return of that prosperity which
you enjoyed and which you calamity
sacrificed at the call of duty"