WOMEN OF THE EMPIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16849, 14 May 1918, Page 5

WOMEN OF THE EMPIRE.

HA 10 REPLIES TO QUEEN MARY. LONDON. May 3. QrEEN Mary's letter, containing a message of hope and praise from the women of the British Empire Jo the navy, army, and air forces, has been published in a special order of the day for the information of the troops in France, with the following telegram to the Queen from Sir Douglas Haig:— , " The message Your Majesty sent to the army and air force, in the "name of the women of the British Empire, will inspire with new strength and fresh determination all those brave men from every part of the Empire who. on the battlefields of France and Flanders, are righting so gallantly for all they hold most dear. "They who with their own eyes daily see women and children homeless, their once peaceful and prosperous villages and towns ruined, and in flames, are resolved that their own loved ones and homes (shall not share that suffering. " No peril can be too great, no sacrifice too extreme to save their country from such a fata. Side by side with our' gallant allies, whose wrong we feel as our own, and as our own ore determined to set right, we will persevere in the fight against all odds until victory is finally achieved. " In this great struggle we are heartened by the love and confidence of the women of the British Empire, to which Your Majesty's most gracious message has given such moving expression."