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Show KING GEORGE ! SENDSMESSAGE Expresses Gratitude to British Colonies for Whole-Souled ! Support in War. FAITH MUST BE KEPT Germans Making Unparalleled Assault on Continuity of Civilization and Peace of Mankind. London Sept. 9, 3 p. In -The otfi-cial otfi-cial Information bureau today gave out a message from King George to the British colonies R js as f0p lows : "During the last few weeks the peoples of my whole empire at home and over seas have moved with nnr minrj and purpose to confront and overthrow an unparalleled assault on the continuity of civilization and the peace of mankind. "The calamitous conflu t is not of my seeking My voice has been cast throughout on the side of peace. My ministers earnestly strove to al Iqy the causes of the strife and to appease differences with which my empire was not concerned. Had I stood aside when, in defiance of pledges to which my kingdom was a party, the soil of Belgium was violated vio-lated and her cities made desolate, when the vcrv life of the French nation na-tion was threatened with extinction I should have sacrificed m honor and glen to destruction the liberties of my empire and of mankind. 'I rejoice that every part of the empire i; with m in this decision Strong Regard for Treaty. "Paramount regard for a treaty of faith and the pledged word of rulers and peoples in the common heritage of Great Britain and of the empire My peoples in the self-governing do minions have shown beyond all doubt that they whole-hearted I) endoffse the grave decision It was necessary to take My personal knowledge o the loyalty and devotion of my oversea over-sea dominions had led me to expect that they would cheerfully make the Rreat efforts and bear the gre.it st rifices which the present conflict en tails. The full measure in which they have placed their services and resources at rav disposal fills me with gratitude, and I am proud to be able to show to the world that mv peoples peo-ples over sea are as determined as the people of the United Kingdom to prosecute a just cause to a success ful end. Naval Forces at DispoGal "The Dominion of Canada, the com mon wealth of Australia and the Dominion Do-minion of New Zealand have placed at my disposal their naval forces, which have already rendered good service for the empire. Strong expeditionary ex-peditionary forces are being prepared in Canada, Australia and New Zealand Zeal-and for service at the front, and the Union of South Africa has released all British troops and undertaken the Important military responsibilities, the discharge of which will be of the utmost value to the empire." New Foundland has douhled the number of lt branch of the royal Daval reserve and Is sending a body of men to take part in the operations at the front. From the dominion and provincial governments of Canada large and welcomed gifts of supplies! are on their way for use both by my naval and milltarj forces and for the relief of distress in the United Kingdom, which must inevitably fol low In the wake of war All parts of my over-sea domini ons have thus demonstrated in the most unmistakable manner, the fun damental unity of the empire amidst all its diversity of situation and cir-cumsiance." cir-cumsiance." message similar to the foregoing has been addressed by King George to the prince and the peoples of India |