The celebration of Empire Day was naturally on "2 modest scale owing to national mourning. It hi special interest in that it actually was 1th anniversary of the birth of Next year celebrated and, by a happy coinelence, it will fall in the Coronation Year of her great-grandson. Unlike other" centenaries It will not result ina great addition to public Knowledge of her doings for in recent years a flood of biography and reminiseences have made the character and achievements of the great little more widely known time since her death in 1900. The disclosures have confirmed the appropriateness of the selection of her birthday for commemoration. of the Empire itself, for Queen Victoria's vision was far wider than her contemporaries were prepared to believe. She had hor faults and her limitations, but, her contribution to the statesmanship of the Empire was great and, 1037, when the time comes to salute her memory, the Festival of Empire will be properly attuned to special remembrance of her devotion to its Interests.
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