KITCHENER
SOLDIER AND ORGANISER PRINCE OF WALES PAYS TRIBUTE STATUE UNVEILED By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegram. LONDON, June 9. A striking tribute to the late Lord Kitohener was paid by the Prince of Wales at the unveiling of the statue to the Field-Marshal on the Horse Guards Parade. He dwelt on Lord Kitchener’s work in Egypt, his freeing of the Sudan, and the guaranteeihg of the prosperity of Egyptians. Then there was his work in South Africa, where this ohject was so much to sttbjugato those in arms against him as thereafter to harness the free energies of a great Dominion to thb coming needs of a great Empire. The Prince quoted Field-Mar-shal Birdwood as saying that but for Lord Kitchener’s work in reorganising the armies India could never have made her great contribution to the war. After referring to Lord Kitchener’s setting in order the military house in Australia and New Zealand, whence came the irresistible Anzao armies, the Prince concluded by dwelling on Lord Kitchener’s work in the Great War, in transforming England into n mighty military Power and arbiter of the destinies of the world.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12470, 11 June 1926, Page 6
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188KITCHENER New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12470, 11 June 1926, Page 6
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