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: «' ENGLISH LOYALTY.
- LORD MILNER'S MEDAL.
LONDON. 13th June.
The "Times" to-duy, In a leading article,
refers to tho significance of the event, and
to the attitude of the spectators, as showing
that the King never more faithfully reflected
the. wishes of the poople than In honoring
Willi his own hands the soldiers who linvc
shed their blood to cement the unity ot the
Empire, nud also lu presenting the symbol
of his fnvor to Lord Mllncr, a statesman In
stinctively identified equally hy the British
people and hy the enemies of an Imperial
policy In South Afrlcn.
.The "Times" adds that the presen
tation ot a .medal to Lord Mllner
Is strictly In accordance with tlie pre
cedents established liy the bestowal
of- ; medals upon Viscount Canning,
Viceroy of Indlii, after the suppres
sion of the Indian mutiny, upon the Earl of
Elgin at the close of the war with China In
1858, 'when lie negotiated the famous treaty
of. Tien Tsin, and upon the Marquis of Duf-
ferln, Viceroy of ludla, after the eouqucst of
iibrinnb.
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