This Proclamation was published in the Press on Thursday throughout
the length and breadth of the land; it was read from the steps of the Royal Exchange that morning, and will no doubt be read at every service in everyplace of worship in the country on Sunday. As will doubtless be remembered by our readers, the Proclama- tion follows very closely the admirable Proclamation issued by George III. in December, 1800. A copy of the Proclamation of 1800 was sent to the Times by one of its correspondents, and was reproduced in full in our issue of April 14th. In republishing it we urged the Government with all the strength at our command to follow so sound a precedent, and also suggested certain ways in whicji the King's exhortation to his subjects should be brought to the notice of every man and woman in the land. " Let the Proclama- tion," we said, " be posted on every church and chapel door, at every post office, on every public building, on every hoarding throughout the land, and at every barrack and in every camp." We shall be very much mistaken if Mr. Kennedy Jones fails to do this, and if he does not add many striking devices of his own for render- ing it impossible for any one to miss the Royal Proclamation. We may add that we urged that the daily newspapers should be asked to keep the King's Proclamation standing in their pages every day for at least eight issues, and that it siould be read on at least four Sundays in every place of public worship throughout the kingdom. We are very glad to see the paragraph about the feeding of horses on oats and other grain. This, coupled with the stopping of racing, and the regulations to be issued by the Food Controller as to the. rationing of horses, should free a large amount of oats and barley for human consumption.
