3 OCTOBER 1914, Page 10

Friday's Daily Telegraph gives the text of the messages sent

by the King to greet the British and Indian troops at Marseilles. Like all the King's public utterances, the two messages are in every way worthy—simple, dignified, gracious, sincere, and from the heart. The essential portion of that to the British troops is as follows : " I have implicit confidence in you, my soldiers. Duty is your watchword and I know your duty will be nobly done."