On Wednesday both Houses of Parliament met to receive a
message from the King, and to vote addresses of sympathy to him and. to the Queen-Mother. Mr. Asquith, speaking with very great feeling, paid an impressive tribute to King Edward's memory. He dwelt first on the characteristics of ths reign—the encouragement of peace abroad, the growth of unity in the Empire, and. above all the maintenance of the. Crown's impartiality at home—and. next described the qualities which bad fitted King Edward to accomplish each tasks. "In this great business community there was no better man of business,' and none who possessed more tact, judgment, and sense of duty. "He loved his people at home and over the seas. Their interests were his interests; their fame was his fame. He had no self apart from them.' After a few sentences of allusion to the more personal side of rmg Edward, Mr. Asquith spoke of the memory that he had left behind him,—" a memory of great oppor- tunities greatly employed, an example, which the. humblest of his subjects may treasure and strive to follow, of simplicity, courage, self-denial, tenacious devotion,, up to the last moment of conscious life, to work„ to duty,, and to service."
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