mon stock and to do it now when the public mind is ready to listen as it recognizes the comradeship of the Sikh and the Canadian in France.
"This great episode in human history does not throw primarily upon us the necessity to appeal for a hearing from you, our fellow- subjects. We could be excused for waiting till the bloodshed is ended, and to leave it to you to make the next move. But we think more of what is involved in this matter than some of the politicians do, to whom India is a sealed
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mysterious book, even when they talk about the Empire, three-fourths of whose population is in that country. So we are willing to make the first advances, even to the extent of ap- pealing for a hearing in places where men and women gather together.
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"Believe me this is of deep Imperial sig- nificance, and our people will be greatly disap- pointed if Canada will not meet us halfway in settling the difficulties which have hitherto beset our relationships as fellow subjects in the Empire.''
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