New Delhi, Feb. 22. Firm intention to do all he could to cure the pi i of Sikhs in the Indian my and other: armed forces w expressed by Lieut.-Genal CJ.E. Auchinleck, Commander.
-Chief of the Indian army. yesterday when he received a deputation from the Khalsa Defence of India League.
Expansion of Sikh units, he added. would continue as long zs suitable recruits were forthcoming.
As regards the officer class, Gen Auchinleck said he was at the moment considering methods to improve the machinery for securing officers for the army In conch m he paid a tribute to the M: Y rajah of Pai work, and de the Sikhs serving in the Suda and Egypt ving up to the traditions of—Heuter, While he did not over-estimate the extent to which Japan's resources had been strained, he asked might not Japan be under-estimating the risk she was running of being cut off from vital supplies.
An economic blockade, he added, might well be effective in checking without a single shot being fired,
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