This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... propose to you to confine our action at this meeting to the adoption of an address of sympathy, and to express a wish that the Ambassador will hereafter take the lead in holding the meeting for the purpose I have mentioned. I have ventured to express what I take to be your wishes in the following draft address: --"' ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... propose to you to confine our action at this meeting to the adoption of an address of sympathy, and to express a wish that the Ambassador will hereafter take the lead in holding the meeting for the purpose I have mentioned. I have ventured to express what I take to be your wishes in the following draft address: --"' We, the undersigned British residents in Paris, place on record our profound grief at the loss of our beloved Queen, whose long and glorious reign and noble public and private life will make her memory everlasting in the hearts of her subjects. We wish to express our deep sympathy with their Gracious Majesties the King and Queen and the other members of the Royal Family in their bereavement. "' We take this opportunity also to express our loyalty to the Queen's illustrious successor and trust that his reign may be long and prosperous.' "It has been thought that many British subjects in Paris would like to append their names personally to testimony of a nature so personal to us all. The address is therefore drawn up with a view to being signed, but this is merely a suggestion, and the meeting is, of course, free to decide otherwise. "I should like, before sitting down, to express a regret which I believe is shared by all present, that the venerable doyen of the British Colony and hon. president of the British Chamber of Commerce, Sir Edward Blount, is prevented by absence in England, and his great age, from being at this meeting. He has always been among us on national occasions, and I feel sure that in spirit he is more than ever among us on the infinitely sad occasion which has brought us together to-day. "I should like also, in conclusion, to mention the deep and widespread sympathy with us in our mourning shown throug...
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