When you stood on this lawn a year ago. I told you how Empire Day came to be founded by the Earl of Meath in 1892. I tried to explain to you what the word Empire stands for in its application to the British Commonwealth of Free Nations. and what we mean when we say that freedom is the basis of the way of Rife of the peoples of the British Empire. Lastly, I tried to show you what you boys and girls can do to be good citizens and good friends of the Empire The past year has proved to all the world that the peoples of the Empire pre ready to fight as one nation. to race every hardship. in defence of the ideals and liberties they hold more precious than life itself. The courage and endurance of the people of the British Isles under the most merciless ameri? bombardment any country has ever hed to bear thas Racketeering In
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