London, June 6.
The Congress of the Internation Olympic Committee was opened by the Duke'of Gloucester at St, James's Palace today in_the presence of presentatives of 20 "nations, "matly members of the Diplomatic Corps, and figures famous in the world of sport.
In the course of his speech, the Duike said that, as vice-partof of the British Olympic Association, lye _regarded it as a pleasure anda. pri-Vilege 10 extend the most cordial of welcomes to the delegates of the ins ternational committee.
"The growing realisation of the importance er physical fess and. sane Interest. in sport," he suid, "is shared alike by all the nations represented here today. To promote friendly rivalry in-athletic contests, with all the qualities of true sportsmanship it Genotes—such as respect for one's opponent, modesty in victory, wand filude in defeat—is the most-imporlant task of the International Olympic Other speakers included Earl de Jo Warr, Minister of Education, who said that the British Government had embarked on a programme of roving facilities for sport and creation which would involve a heavy.
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