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The incessant work which the King has done in the

way of inspecting military units before they leave for the front has intensified for him this part of the tragedy of the war. In moving among the troops the King has been brought into close touch with the men who a few weeks afterwards have been called upon to make the supreme sacrifice in Flanders or the Dardanelles. Yet in spite of his own losses and the losses of the sons and brothers of the men actually at his side, the King has maintained throughout an attitude of quiet confidence which should prove an example to us all. He has never let sorrow hinder the call of duty.

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