On Monday the Bing, who was accompanied by the Queen,
received a deputation from the seventeenth Universal Congress of Peace, which has sat in London during the week. In his reply the King said :—" There is nothing from which I derive more sincere gratification than the knowledge that my efforts in the cause of international peace and goodwill have not been with- out fruit, and the consciousness of the generous appreciation which they have received, both from my own people and from those of other countries. Rulers and statesmen can set before themselves no higher aim than the promotion of mutual good understanding and cordial friendship among the nations of the world. It is the surest and most direct means whereby humanity may be enabled to realise its noblest ideals ; and its attainment will ever be the object of my own constant endeavours." That is a tribute to peace which has the merit of coming from the heart as well as the bead.
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