DEFENDERS OF THE EMPIRE
IMPERIAL RESPONSIBILITY. (Received 6.5 p.m.) Renter. LONDON. June 7. A question was asked in the House of Commons by Major Rowland Hunt, Unionist member for Ludlow, whether, in view of the fact that our soldiers and sailors had been kid they were fighting for the very existence of the Empire, and that resolutions had been passed in various parts of the Empire that the Governments of the Empire should accept the sole responsibility for settlement and future welfare of the Empire's soldiers and sailors, together with their near dependants, the Imperial Government was prepared to accept this responsibility.
The Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Sir George Cave, replied that he could say no more at present than that the Gov. eminent was most carefully considering the subject.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16561, 9 June 1917, Page 8
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