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The Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska
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In London on Nov. 5, Australian Premier Bruce told American Chamber of Commerce delegates that Australia would have fought with American revolutionaries in 1776, criticized British government and throne in the colonial struggle, and claimed Australians as inheritors of American forefathers' wins, shocking English guests.
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LONDON, Nov. 5. Premier Bruce, of Australia, said Australia would have fought alongside of the American revolutionists had she been a nation in '76. This remark was made to the delegates of the American Chamber of Commerce.
There were gasps from the English guests as the Premier vehemently declared that the British Government and Throne were wrong in the Colonial struggle.
"In Australia, we regard ourselves as inheritors of all that the American forefathers won," said the Premier.
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Nov. 5
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Australian Premier Bruce addressed delegates of the American Chamber of Commerce in London, stating that Australia would have supported American revolutionaries in 1776 if it had been a nation then, declared the British Government and Throne wrong in the colonial struggle, and asserted that Australians regard themselves as inheritors of what American forefathers won, eliciting gasps from English guests.