Show UPHOLD raEPEEHAIi PRESTIGE ii Premiar of Australasia IVIakcs a Strong Speech to Soldiers 0 0 Wellington N Z March 20In bid r 1 ding arewelF tofiay to the fourth don I j tingent of New Zealand troops leaving 0 for service in South Africa the Premier Pre-mier R JSeuddri emphasled the determination i de-termination of Australia to uphold the Imperial pvetiger Th c country he said had 409000 male adults mostly drilled prepared to defend the colqnjes and if Jan emergency arose to send t endughmoh to South Africa to release 0 tIm Imperial troops to deal with any power daring to meddle with the set 0 j tlemcnt Lord Salisburys reply to the 1 Boer Presidents and the friendly note I of the President of the United States I and the announcement that Great I Britain would not assent to the Independence I li Inde-pendence of tim republics were all in 1 f dorcedby Now Zealand who the Pre mldr added would maintain that position t posi-tion at any cost v I |