Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-23 | Page 2 | Indian Troops Have Not Been on Firing Line

INDIAN TROOPS HAVE NOT BEEN ON FIRING LINE I.O.vnON'. Oct. :0? p. an. The pres.-. bureau today released the ijeech of .Lord Crewe, secretary of sta;e for India, delivered de-livered last Tuesday to of'icers recently appointed to the service in 'India. "The India forces;. " the secretary said, "will very soon be taking" their phice on the firing1 line beside the.ir British comrades. com-rades. The enemy makes it a matter of reproach that we are employing Asiatic troops in Europe- To that I reply in the words of the famous sentence over the gateway of the University of Aberdeen: "They say what say tiiey? Let them say." but T will add this: "It is not in our eyes a matter of reproach., re-proach., but a matter of pride that our Indian fellow subjects feel themselves identified with ourselves in the present quarrel and I fully expect that the enemy may. before the war ends, learn several j not tin needed lessons from the Indian troops, lessons in chivalry, humanity and respect for the persons and! homes of the poor and the humble."