2 MARCH 1901, Page 3

The decisions of the Queen's National Memorial Provisional Committee will

command general approval. Without having come to any positive conclusion as to the exact form and design of the memorial—which must depend on expert advice and the amount of subscriptions received—the Committee have, with King Edward's approval, resolved to erect a memorial in London of a personal and monumental character, and to encourage contributions from all classes of the Queen's subjects. That is as it should be. Though Queen Victoria's true memorial must be in the hearts of her people, it is only right and natural that some tangible reminder of her presence should be erected in the centre of the Empire she served so well.