HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-03-21, Page 3IE WAR LABORS
F KING GEORGE V.
ARDUOUS WORK DURING FOUR
AND A HALF YEARS OF WAR.
Has Reviewed Over 2,000,000 Troops,
Visited Over 300 Hospitals,
Decorated 12,000.
In an article on the King, an. English
writer says:
"Good old George!" This may not
at first blush appear to be a very re-
spectful way of hailing one's sover-
eign. but it is the shout that rang out
in Hyde Park when His Majesty re-
viewed the Legion that marches un-
der the Silver Badge. Among. Eng-
lishmen the adjective "old" when ap-
plied to a man indicates not age. but
affection. That he is loved. It was
in this sense that it was applied to
the King in Hyde Park, and none
knew better than our sovereign hew
to take it. It told him, indeed, the
depth and homely affection in which
he is, held. And it is betraying no
royal confidence to say that it went
straight to the heart.
To parody a .famous line, "All the
world loves a worker." And how King
George has worked for the nation
these past four years and three
months! During that period he has
been a stranger to holidays. It is
doubtful if he has had more than ten
consecutive days in his beloved Nor-
folk home, if as much.
Messages to Seven Fronts.
The barest recital of a fraction of
what he has accomplished, accom-
panied often by her Majesty, makes
one marvel at the endurance and high
sense of duty which could accomplish
this and much more. His Majesty has
carried out well over 200 inspections,
reviewing in doing so over 2,000,000
troops; no division has left these
shores for any of our seven fronts—
for we were fighting on seven fronts
at one time—without either being in-
spected by tixe King, or, if circumstan-
ces rendered that impossible, hearing
a farewell message from him: he has
viiited with his sympathetic smile and
,kindly wor'l the wounded in more
than 300 hospitals; he has gone
through 150 nxunition.faetories, charm-
ing all, Hien, women and girls, with
e
his bonhomie, and has pies -rated with
his own hand more than 12,000 de-
corations won ou the field of battle.
Pour separate visits have been Haid
to the Grand Fleet—the last of which
wee. ou tixe eve of the surrender of the
German navy, On sltore, naval bases
and depute have been visited thirteen
There has not been an air-raid ou a
Leiden district but his Majesty, ac-
companied by the Queen, has not
driven to the devastated district to
express his sympathy with the suf-
ferers.
A Hard -Working King.
The King is probably one of the
busiest inen in the Empire, his work
being in many unthought-of and un-
heard-of labors. For this Mr. Lloyd
George vouched when he said: "There
is one man who is working as hard as
the hardest worked elan in this coun-
try, and he is the sovereign of the
realm." The writer then proceeds
to tell how he does it:
To get through the enormous
amount of work which conies to his
Majesty's table, a private secretary
and two assistant secretaries are ne-
cessary. For there are many State
matters which the King and the Icing
alone can pass. Half -past nine in the
morning sees his Majesty at work,
and he would be a rash man who
names the hour when all was done.
For there is one thing which the ruler
of this vast Empire insists on—no
work that can otherwise be dealt with
must be left over to the next day. He
is "a clean -desk man."
The writer then proceeds to tell of
the domestic side of his life, showing
how every regulation issued by the
food or coal controller was obeyed
to the very letter in his household,
fireplaces being reduced in size, light-
ing cut down, and heavy reductions
oracle in all laundry accounts. leo
stored -up food was ever found at
Buckingham or Windsor such as Pots-
dam revealed. Flower -beds grew vege-
tables for the nation; in short, he
and his family did their best to share
the people's cares and sacrifices.
A Nice Surprise.
• Mr, Jones rang the bell at the now
doctor's house, Usually he went to
his old fancily doctor, but this new
Span happened to live nearer and it
was an urgent call.
The elector's wife answered the ring,
"You wish to see the doctor?" she
said, "Couldn't you come to -morrow
morning?" e
"Wily?" said Jones. "Isn't the doc-
tor in?"
"Oh, yes, he's in," said the lady
.vistfully, "but you're his first patient,
and I'd like you to come as a surprise
for: h,ieu 'to -morrow, You see, it's his
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