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penny or give a man we should have had no legitimate
right to complain. But the importance of obtaining
some sort of security that when any part of the
Empire is in danger or trouble—and the next time it
may be quite a different part to that involved before—
each alike should be entitled to call all the different
branches for assistance and support. The importance
of that security must be manifest to everybody who
has studied the history of past Empires. We want
some such organisation.