THE KING'S THANKS TO THE INDIANS.
' INDIAN OFFICERS' ADDRESS OF ■ i LOYALTY 1 ■ to' Telegraph—Press Assoda tron—OopjrUrbi (Rec. February 13, 5.5 p.m.) , London, February 12. < ' Hie, King, replying to an address frQm i • Indian, officers, said that ho was glad i „to recoive. in person Indian officers who ; i had faithfully borne their share of the : : conflict to uphold the honour of the ' 'Indians in this world-wide war. "I ■ : welcome your presence," said His Ma- i ' jesty, "as a symbol of the unity of the |;£mpire. L am. de'eplj' touched by your ' declaration of loyalty and gratitudCj and ■your generous recognition of the brotherly; fueling of our fellow subjects in €lw, Empire. India has been iconsei crated airesh by tho blood of her boiib, ■:'6hed far from homo, in a quarrel which, j while-the might of the Empire protects ■ shares, comes not near thfs < Jives or fortunes of your kith and kin. (The liberties of the whole Empire have • been port into the scale, and,* please : God, India will enjoy these in increas.;xng .-measure as she advances in tho ;path' of sociapimprovement and political • ' . . "]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6
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184THE KING'S THANKS TO THE INDIANS. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6
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