Aug. 31.
The British nation has reason always to pay homage to a Queen in her own right.
Two of the most illustrious monarchs who ever sat on the Throne of England—the use of the smaller} sographieal term is necessary—have been Queens. As things stand to-day a Queen Elizabeth of England is a future possibility to take into account, Therefore, on this the Gist birthday of Queen Wilhelmina: of the Netherlands, a British journal cannot refrain from Adding a tribute of greeting to those more intimate and direct salutations which the community_ of the Netherlands in Shanghai will proffer in their capacities Majesty. Wilhelmina, loyal subjects of Her
alone of her sex, reigns Queen in the world. achievement in preserving the confidence of a hardy, highly-educated and industrious' people—proud - of their successful contest with nature from whom they have wrested their soi! by their own energy and vigilance—is in itself indication of the sagacity and self-devotion which she has brought to' the task of Queenship. For 41 out of, her! 51 years of life Her Majesty has been a Queen. Her training, under the watchful eye of 'a devoted mother, still living in the reverence and affection of the nation, did much to make her period of tutelage a valu inspiration for the responaibilities of her high calling.
The manner of Queen Wilhelmina's identification of herself with the life of her vigorous! people is known to the world. It is a story which, due day, will find its proper' place in the record of modern sovereignty. In her time there "has been a great advance in the Nether-Tands and outside, in the part played by women in world affairs. During the various,
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