THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 26, 1939
"Our Cause Is The Cause Of Christian Civilisation'
KING'S
THE MESSAGE
KING IN
TOUCH WITH THE EMPIRE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
HIS MAJESTY SAT ALONE IN
""
XMAS TO EMPIRE
"IF THE NEW
YEAR BRINGS
PEACE"
London, To-day.
HIS STUDY AT SANDRINGHAM "THE FESTIVAL WHICH we know as Christmas is
HOUSE WHEN HE BROADCAST, AND SPOKE INTO THE
SAME
MICROPHONE HE USED FOR HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS BROADCAST
TWO YEARS AGO.
to continue the practice of broadcast- ing on Christmas Day, because it had been so personally connected with his father, but yesterday he broadcast because of the war.
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above all a festival of peace and of the home, declared His Majesty the King_broadcasting a Christmas Day message to the Empire.
QUEEN
LISTENS TO SPEECH
London, To-day,
The King spoke from his study at Sandringham Houge and used the same microphone he used in his Christmas broadcast two years ago.
The Queen and the Princesses listened In to the speech from a loud-speaker in another room.- Reuter.
At that time the King intended not "Among all free peoples the love of peace is pro-
found, for this alone gives security to the home. "But true peace is in the hearts of men, and it is the tragedy of this time that there are powerful coun- tries whose whole direction and policy are based and land or in the air I send my greet- on aggression and suppression of all we holdings. dear for mankind.
lun- two
His Majesty had Christmas cheon with the Queen and the Princesses in the big dining-room, and a few minutes before 3 o'clock went alone to his study, to wait for the red glimmer above the micro- phone telling him he was in touch with the whole Empire.-Reuter.
our, fighting against wickedness and this conviction will give us strength from day to day to persevere until victory is assured.
"It is this that has stirred peoples and given them a unity un- known in any previous war.
"We feel in our hearts that we are
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CHRISTMAS GIFT CENTRE.
RESOLVED AND CONFIDENT "At home we are, as it were, tak- ing the strain for what may lie ahead of us, resolved and confident.
"We look with pride and thankful- ness on the never-failing courage and devotion of the Royal Navy, on which throughout the last four months has burst the storm of ruthless and ceasing war.
un-
"And when I speak of our Navy to-day, I mean all the men of our Empire who go down to the sea in the ships of the Mercantile Marine, mine- sweepers, trawlers and drifters, from senior officers to the last boy who has joined up.
SURE SHIELD
"To everyone in this great Fleet 1 send the message 1 send to our gal lant air force, which, in co-operation with the Navy, is our sure shield of defence.
"They are daily adding laurels to those their fathers won.
"I would send a special word of greeting to the armies of the Empire, to those who have come from afar and in particular to the British Ex- peditionary Force.
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"Their task is hard and they waiting. Waiting Is a trial of nerve and discipline, but I know that when the moment comes for action they will prove themselves worthy of the high- est traditions of their great service.
EMPIRE'S SPIRIT
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selves to serve their country on sea
"The men and women of our far. flung Empire are working in their se- veral vocations with one and the same purpose. All are members of a great family of nations which is prepared to sacrifice everything that freedom of spirit may be saved to the world.
"Such is the spirit of the Empire, of the great Dominions, India and every colony, large and small.
"From all alike have come offers of help, for which the Mother Country can never be sufficiently grateful.
CHRISTIAN CAUSE
"Such unity in aim and effort has never been seen in the world before.
"I believe from my heart that the cause which binds together my peoples and our gallant and faithful Allies is the cause of Christian civilisation.
"On no other basis can a true civili- sation be built. Let us remember this through the dark times ahead and when we are making the peace for which all men pray.
"A new year is at hand and we cannot tell what it will-bring.".
UNDAUNTED
"If it brings peace how thankful we shall be. If it brings a continued struggle, we shall remain undaunted.
"Meanwhile, I feel we may all and a message of encouragement in the lines "I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, Give me light that I may tread safely into the un- into known, and he replied 'Go out the darkness and put your hand into That shall be to the hand of God. you better than light.'"
"May that Almighty hand
"To all who are preparing them- and uphold us all."-Reuter.
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