Bikaner, Sept. 17.
The Maharaja of Bikaner, 57- year-old ruler of nearly 10,000,000 Indians, has sent a telegram to the Viceroy offering all his resources to the King-Emperor in the event of a war involving Britain.
The Maharaja was the first Indian Prince to make the same offer in 1914.
In his telegram the Maharaja says:
"I take the earliest opportunity of placing unreservedly at His Imperial Majestys command my own sword and services, my troops and the entire resources of the State of Bikaner.
ana my subjects are prepared 10 shed the last drop of our blood for His Imperial Majesty.
"My army, though small in numbers, is ready to proceed wherever it is required, at a moment's notice, and eagerly solicits the honour of once again fighting for His Imperial Majesty, should war unhappily break The Maharaja's telegram adds that there could be no greater mistake than for anybwe to imagine that the Indian Princes would not once again rally round their King-Emperor, ioday as im 1914—Reuter.
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