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The King on Tuesday received addresses from both Houses, congratulating

him and the Queen on the conclusion of the armistice and the prospect of a victorious peace. His speech in reply re- viewed the work of the Navy, the Army, and the people at home and in the Dominions in winning the war, and expressed the confi- dent hope that Britain, which for centuries had led the world along the path of ordered freedom, would still lead in the same direction when peace was restored. The King has the gift of saying the right thing in the right way, and his inspiring message to the nations of the Empire was thoroughly appropriate to the great occasion.

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