Assistance in Rebuilding the Departure of H. M. S. Cumber-
Memorial Theatre: King's land of New Squadron Message From Sheerness London, Jan. 25.
London, Jan. 26.
The King has sent, through Sir Austen Chamberlain, the following message to the American Shakespeare Foundation:—"The King commands mo to express to you his sincerest thanks for your telegram conveying the greetings of the American Shakespeare Founda. tion and to assure you of the deep intereat with which His Majesty has learned of their participation with the British Shakespeare Committee in the re-building and endowing of the Memorial Theatre Stratford-on-Avon, As patron of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre His Majesty welcomes the ce-operation of the American Foundation and cordially appre-cates the assistance which American actors and actresses are giving at benefit performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. He trusts that this may have results entirely gratifying to the cause which the two organizations have at heart"—British Wireless through Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.