THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 25, 1989.
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Spiritual Dignity, Happiness In Myriad Homes
HIS MAJESTY'S IDEAL OF EMPIRE
London, To-day.
70,000 WORKERS IDLE
Detroit, To-day. Over 70,000 automobile workers are idle as the result of a strike in the Briggs Manufacturing Com- pany's plant, where a deadlock continues.
The strikers, who are estimated to number 24,000,, are members of the United Automobile Work- ers organisation.-Reuter.
Addressing the Empire by radio on the occasion of Empire Day yesterday, the King declared that civilisation in Europe and Asia was sorely trou- bled and the Old World might look for guid- ance to the New. Recalling that Winnipeg, the city from which he
was speaking, was no more than a fort and U.S. hamlet upon the open prairie when Queen Vic- toria began to rule, His Majesty said to-day AND it was a monument to the faith and energy which had created and upheld the world-wide Empire of our time.
"We often talk of the Old World and the New. It is one of the greatest services to the British Empire that it serves as a link to harmonise the two.
GOVERNMENT MARINE RISKS
Washington, To-day.
The Maritime Commission has submitted to Congress recommenda-
tions for legislation providing for the Government's marine war risk ordinary marine risk insurance.
insurance reinsurance, as well as
MALAYA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEFENCE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE COLONIES SECRETARY, MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, REFERRED AT QUESTION TIME IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY TO THE MALAY STATES FEDERAL COUNCIL'S OFFER OF $4,000,000 TOWARDS THE COST OF GENERAL DE- FENCE OF THE EMPIRE.
He also mentioned the decision of the Sultan and Government of Ke- lantan to give $100,000, and the Ra- jah
and State Council of Perlis to give $25,000.
Mr. Macdonald said he had ask- ed the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, to convey to Their
Highnesses the rulers of States and to the Federated Council, His Ma-
jesty's Government's warm appre- ciation of these generous gifts and of the signal expression of their
The Commission would administer the new services, which are intend-practical co-operation in consolidat- ing the security of the Empire.- "For a long period of history it Canada and the United States ed to meet the present emergency
Reuter. was the mind of Europe which led had had to dispose of searching needs of water-borne commerce. the march and fixed aims and pro-differences of aim and interest dur-Reuter. gress in the world, but that tide of inspiration is no longer running as it did in times gone by.
"Christian civilisation in Europe
is now profoundly troubled and
We
are
challenged from within. striving to restore its standards, though the task is long and hard. LOOKING TO NEW WORLD "Asia too is changing fast, and its mind is deeply disturbed.
"Is not this the moment when the Old World in its turn might look for hope and guidance to the achievements of the New?”.
The King proceeded that a sense of race might be a dangerous and disruptive force, but the English and French had shown in Canada
ing the past 100 years, but never had one of those differences been resolved by force or threat.
“No man, thank God, will ever again conceive of such an arbitra- ment between the peoples of my the Empire and the peoples of United States.
REASON AND FAIR PLAY "Faith in reason and fair play, which we share with them, is one of the chief ideals that guides the British Empire in all its ways to day.
"It is not-in-power and wealth alone, nor in dominion over other peoples, that the true greatness of the Empire consists.
be of service to its own peoples and to the world.”
His Majesty concluded with 2 special greeting to his young lis- remember tenera, urging them to that the key of all true progress lay in faith, hope and love. Reuter.
WINNIPEG WET
London, To-day. It was raining when the King and Queen arrived yesterday at Winnipeg, whence His Majesty broadcast his Empire Day message to the peoples of the Common wealth in the evening.
BRITAIN AND AXIS ALLIANCE
London, To-day.
The Prime Minister stated in the Commons yesterday that from the Italo- the published text of German Agreement signed on Mon- day there did not seem to be any provision that could be held incon- sistent with Italy's obligations un- During the day the King and der the declaration of January 2, Queen received reassuring ac-1937, which was reaffirmed in the counts of the condition of Queen Anglo-Italian Agreement of April
16, 1938.-British Wireless.
"Those things are but the instru; that they could keep their pride ment-they are not an end or an Mary. British Wireless. and the distinctive culture which ideal. The end is freedom, justice it inspired while yet combining to and peace in equal measure for all, establish a broader freedom and secure against attack from without security than either could have and within. achieved alone.
NEVER AGAIN
GREETING TO YOUTH "It is only by adding spiritual Nor was that the only chapter in dignity and material happiness North American history that de- to human life in all its myriad served consideration.
{homes that an Empire can claim to
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KING AND QUEEN GIVEN ROYAL WELCOME BY PEOPLE OF MANITOBA
Winnipeg, To-day.
The King and Queen arrived at 10.30 a.m. (local time), having slept their second night in suc- cession on board the Royal train as it sped westward from Fort William. Extending a Royal welcome to Their Majesties, Mr. John Bracken (Premier of Manitoba Province) said that while they did not forget the best traditions of their ancestral lands, they all met their Sovereigns as citizens of Canada.
They were proud to be members
of the Commonwealth of British na-
MATERIAL PROGRESS
tions and prouder still of the tra- "In my journey westward I have ditions of the British Crown and been struck by the immensity of British Parliamentary institutions. the country and the many visible The King, replying, said the proofs of its material and social people of Manitoba, having united progress." many races in a common citizen- ship, might well be proud that the practice of tolerance and Democra- tic principles had brought such splendid fruit.
The King added that it gave them the utmost pleasure to visit them, and they prayed that under the Divine blessing the people of Mani- toba might continue to prosper.-