THE ARMY BILL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 24 April 1913, Page 7

THE ARMY BILL.

—_L—l . NEWSPAPER COMMENT. . 8t Teloerask—Prwi Ajsociatlon—OoEyTfcbt London, April 22. The Houso of lords debate on the Army Bill is attracting attention, especially Lord Haldano's Tomajrk that flic Dominions may yet do more than defend themselves, and the suggestion that both political parties might take counsel together, subsequently pressed by Lord Cuizon. The "Pall Mall Gazette". (Unionist) supports the latter proposal. ' The "Westminster Gazette" (Liberal) says that if tho Territorials fall below their strength, tho Government wall not adopt compulsion, but increase the 6econd line of naval defence or retain a professional army till the sea frontiers are secure. The "Doily Mail" (Unionist) says that last year's manoeuvres showed that the fleet representing Germany was able to land 28,000 men on the Yorkshire coast. ; "COMPULSORY TRAINING MUST COME." ' Fremantle, April. 23. Sir William Hall-Jones, interviewed here, said it was good news to hear that Australia will lay down another Dreadnought. "With New Zealand and Australia doing their elinre in the matter of Imperial defence/with Canada and South Africa coming into line, the possibility of India doing her share, and if Britain adopts some system of universal training, the Empire should be practically inviolable; we should prive ourselves irresistible in attack and invulnerable in defence." ' ' Sir William Hall-Jones wag emphatic in the opinion that. compulsory training in Britain must come; the only question was whether the people would wait till trouble came or insist on having it before it was too late.