The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada were entertained at lunch
at the Guildhall yesterday week by the Corporation of London. Before marching to the City the regiment, number- ing some six hundred men, were inspected and addressed by Lord Roberts, their honorary Colonel, and by Mr. Haldane. Mr Haldane said that their visit had set the seal of reality upon the new idea of an Empire bound together by common purposes of defence. It was said that the War Office worked slowly, but it took the Army Council precisely three-quarters of a minute to accept Sir Henry Pellatt's generous proposal. The regiment were warmly cheered on their way to the City, and amongst the excellent speeches made at the luncheon we would specially single out those of Mr. Lemieux, the Postmaster-General of Canada, and Sir James Whitney, the Premier of Ontario. Mr. Lemieux said that the visit of the Queen's Own was more than a princely gift from Colonel Pellatt. The Government stood by Colonel Pellatt, who represented the Canadian people. Speaking not only as a Canadian, but as a member of the French-Canadian minority, he declared that he was proud to be a Canadian, and prouder still that day to be a British subject.
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