24th May.
WHEREVER the English language is spoken a thrill of thankful relief will be felt at the escape of King Edward VII from the danger that passed so closely by him on Wednesday. He has always been fond of yachting, and it was natural that he should take a keen interest in the. performance of the new yacht belonging to Sir'Thomas Lipton that it is hoped is to carry the British dag to victory at New York this year. It is providential that so dire a danger passed by without doing any personal injury; it is difticult to realise the calamity that it would have been to the British Empire if the great mast in its fall had struck our King, or sunk the yacht, as it might easily have done. The King has been spared and his people with him, and we cannot feel thankful enough that so unexpected an accident could end so well. The endeavour to make these racing machines as light as possible brings unthought-of dangers in its train,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.