SEVENTY THOUSAND INDIAN TROOPS ARRIVE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5

SEVENTY THOUSAND INDIAN TROOPS ARRIVE

FIRST OVERSEAS CONTINGENT „. T ~' .. , , . „„„ London,.September 9. ine Indian contingent, numbering. 70,000 men, arrived this week, • the first of the overseas, contingents. T,. ■ ' Simla, September 9. The Indian Government is contributing a million sterling towards the costi ' of tho Indian contingent,' . . ■' ■ . . Accompanying the Expeditionary Force are Sir Pertab Singh, the Maharajah? of Bikaner, Patiala, Rutlam, Ajaigarh, and Jodhspur, the of Jaoro. Sacliin, and Bhopal, and also Professor Mallik,' of the PresidencyOoV iege, Bengal. • . . . ■. INDIA'S MAGNIFICENT' RESPONSE. . London, September 9, In the House of Commons Sir George Scott Robertson read an intensely interesting account from Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, describing how the princes and peoples had offered their'services. '■.'■■ The House ivas deeply moved, an cheered. All the seven hundred Indian ruler, had offered their services and re* sources. Besides men- and money, some were equipping a hospital ship, and others were providing a thousand horses. As showing the extent of the offers the Dalai Lama of Tibet had offered a thousand Tibetans. .. . '■ Mr. Asquith announced that Lord Hardrnge's message mmld be circulated throughout the world. ' / Mr. Will Thome: Send a copy to the Kaiser. / ' ■ ■ - ■ ' . EMPIRE'S JOYOUS RALLY TO THE CALL. / ' (Rec. September 11, 0.30 a.m.) . ■ •' . ' - ' '1 London, September 10, morning. The "Times," in a leader on the rally of the Empire to the call, Bays:— "Gladly and joyously ,tho Empire is responding to the King's call. History has never recorded so splendid and universal a rally. Gifts are pouring in, men will soon bo pouring in, and the stream of help will flow unceasingly until the world ambitions of Germany are crushed, and the soil of Trance and Belgium are freed of the invader."