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Show H PREMIER ASKS SUPPORTf mM Lloyd George Sends Message Mes-sage to Sir Robert Borden; Bor-den; Reply Made. REGINA, Sask., Dec. 19. Sir Robert j Borden, Canadian premier, announced here tonight that he had received from David Lloyd George, on the latter's accession ac-cession to the premiership of Great Britain, the following message: On taking up the high office with , which his majesty has charged me, I send you, on behalf of the people of the old country, a message to our brothers beybnd the seas. There is no faltering in our determination that the sacrifices which we and you have made and have still to make shall not be in vain, and that the fight which we are waging together for humanity and civilization shall be fought to a triumphant issue. We realize that we shall still need every man tha t we can put in the field, every pound that rigid private and , public economy can provide and every ev-ery effort which a 'united people can put forth to help in this heavy task of our soldiers and sailors. The splendid contributions to the common cause already made by the dominion give me sure confidence that their determination is no less high than ours, and that, however long the path to final victory, we shall tread it side by side. Sir Robert Borden replied as follows: "We can reply that, God willing, we shall do our duty in this struggle to the end. No sacrifice on our part shall be spared to make triumphant the great cause for which the allied nations are contending." |