EMPIRE DEFENCE
SPEECH BY SIR GEORGE REID. ; MEMBERS OF AN IMPERIAL BROTHERHOOD. (Received September 11/8.22 a.m.) ', OTTAWA, September 10. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner in London for the Australian Coramonwealth, speaking at a banquet to the Right Hon. R, L,-Borden, Prime, Minister of Oanafla, wKrf has jurt re, • {ufflfid Iftffl EllgW, Mid thai the [Canadian Miliars wtefrto London had been admitted" 4o the very arcane of Empire, and had been trusted with secrets of the highest importance. They had been made to feel everywhere that they were members of the Imperial Brotherhood. When .one thought of the great stretches of seas that dhVded as well as united the Empire, one could not but be affected by tho thought that the great problem of the Empire was its defence. Bit the race that built up that Empire would be able to maintain it in tb r future. (Loud cheers.) Those whr talked of the-mother of the nations ar dead or dying were enlVre'y mistal'— '*'lf peril does come," added Sir George, "Britons will hp true to' their stock." (Cheers.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10718, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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178EMPIRE DEFENCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10718, 12 September 1912, Page 5
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