HELP FROM INDIA

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21373, 18 March 1941, Page 7

HELP FROM INDIA

MESSAGE FROM KING

THANKS FOR SUPPORT MEN, MONEY AND MATERIALS (United Press asst.—Eiec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, March 16 In a message to the Viceroy of India, the Marquess of Linlithgow, appreciation is expressed by the King for the sympathy and support from every quarter of the Indian continent in the face of the common danger. The message says:— “ Through eighteen hard, anxious months the help of the Princes and the people of India has been generous, and the loyalty of the Indian Princes to the King and Empire, on which I know I can rely even more surely in the hour of trial, has never been more openly displayed. From the Provinces of India and the Indian States has flowed a constant and invaluable stream of men, money and material to swell the rising flood of the Empire’s resources. ** Moreover, while her fighting forces have been upholding in many widely-scattered theatres of war the military traditions for which India is so justly famed, her people have been giving freely to the relief of suffering and distress. I thank the Princes and people of India from my heart for their noble response and kindly sympathy. I know the ideals lor which we are fighting are as deeply cherished m India as throughout the British Commonwealth, and I am confident that the magnificent support which India has so readily and unsparingly given to the common cause, will be maintained until victory crowns our aims.”

Lord Linlothgow, replying, expressed his warmest thanks for His Majesty’s message. “ I am confident that I am speaking for the Princes and the people of India in assuring Your Majesty that no effort shall be spared on our part which can conduce to the triumph of our cause and the ideals for which we are fighting,” he said.