The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. UNITY OF EMPIRE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 302, 19 December 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. UNITY OF EMPIRE.

What a revelation of the splendid spirit of Empire the war has given to the whole world. It is not only foreign

nations who have seen and realised! what the great and loyal unity of Britain and her daughters means. An instance is given in a remarkable interview which a correspondent of the Italian newspaper the “Secolo” had with one of the Indian soldiers in France. “Are you glad,” the correspondent asked, -“to nave come here to fight for a country which is not yours—France—at the bidding of another country—England—which dominates you?” The Indian looked at him with eyes full of wonder and indignation, and replied: “India is not oppressed by anyone; she is a part and not a small part, of a great Empire. Therefore the Indians are not slaves of his Empire, but subjects as are the English, the Scottish, and the Irish. The English Empire is menaced by a nation called Germany, and to defend itself it has appealed to all its subjects. If the Empire were menaced in India, the English soldiers would have gone there, but as it is menaced in Europe, we have come here.” He added in accents of profound pride, “We are English!”