REPATRIATION.
THE EMPIRE'S OBLIGATION,
(By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, November 5. Tho Prince of Wales, speaking at the Mansion House at the inauguration of "Obligation Week," made an earnest . appeal on behalf of unemployed exservico officers. He said he felt he was entitled to speak on their behalf, because of his close association with them on active service. Since the armistice he had bad many opportunities of talking with thousands of them in various parts of the Empire. There were 40,020 disabled men, and a quarter of a million fit unemployed. He paid a tribute to the Dominions of the Empire in grappling with repatriation and unemployment of the men, though their numbers wero small. "It is up to the Old Country," he said, "to see [ that we d9n't fall behind them. It i is not charity, but every one's solemn obligation to help any patient war comrades." Mr Llovd George sent a letter stating: "While the ex-servicc men are unemployed a blot remains on tho nation's escutcheon."
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16986, 8 November 1920, Page 7
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172REPATRIATION. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16986, 8 November 1920, Page 7
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