AN ECHOED HOPE.
, new Zealand and .. the ; empire, ' ;
In London tho. other day the Hon: Jas. Allen said that New Zealand hoped to place an expeditionary force of eight thousand'men at the disposali of, tho Mother Country for pervico in ony. part of tho Empire'; This statement has been adversely commented on in. certain quarters, ■ ' '■ When tho matter was'mentioned to the Prime Minister yesterday, ho pointed, out that eriticsof Jlr. Allen's utterance were, jumping to conclusions. Mr. Massey made no difficulty of stating that ho shared, in the hope expressed by tho New/, Zealand Minister for Defence. ' ': . J , \ -i "Mr. Allen was evidently referring to what Now Zealand did during tho Boer; War," remarked the Prime, Minister, "and hoped that in tho event of trouble New Zealand would do tho same thing again; ,I sincerely hope so, too." .-'{■
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 6
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138AN ECHOED HOPE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 6
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