THE BRITISH EMPIRE
ITS WORK .THROUGH HISTORY United Press Association—By Electric. Tele graph—Copyright. (Received 28th May, 2.30 p.m.) :'NEW YORK, 27th May.\ Britons from every part of the Empire joined in the celebration of Empire Day here..- The British Ambassador (Sir Esmo Howard), at a reception tendered in his honour, said that never in the history .of the world had there, been any political entity like the British Empire'to-day. "It is composed of a federation of free people, "he said, "and however much we may have been criticised, in the past, ; wherover the British Empire has been it has made for the progress of civilisation and tho happiness of-.the.world;" .. • :
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 124, 28 May 1928, Page 11
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109THE BRITISH EMPIRE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 124, 28 May 1928, Page 11
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