--Signed by his
Majesty in his own hand.
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KING TO BRITAIN'S FLEET.
Message from George V. to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Aug. 5.
At this grave moment in our national history I send to you, and through
you to the officers and men of the fleets of which you have assumed
command, the assurance of my confidence that under your direction they
will revive and renew the old glories of the royal navy, and prove once
again the sure shield of Britain and of her empire in the hour of trial.
GEORGE R. I.
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NAPOLEONISM ONCE AGAIN.
Speech by Bonar Law, Opposition Leader, in House of Commons, Aug. 6.
No Minister has ever fulfilled a duty more responsible or in regard to
which the responsibility was more acutely felt than that which has just
been fulfilled by the right honorable gentleman. This is not a time for
speech-making, and I should have been quite ready to leave the statement
which he has given to the committee as the expression of the view, not
of a party, but of a nation. [Cheers.] But as this, I think, will be the
only opportunity which will be given for expressing the views of a large
section of this House, I feel that I am bound to make it clear to the
committee and to the country what is the attitude of his Majesty's
Opposition on this question.
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