THE EASTERN MENACE.
JAPAN AND THE PACIFIC COAST. By Telegraph—Press AsSoelation-OopyTleht Ottawa, Juno 5. Senator Power, during a debate in tho Senato, asked: "If two hundred thousand Japaneso troops landed in British Columbia, how could Canada defend herself?" He. added that the necessity of fortifying the Pacific Coast was more than, ever apparent. Altogether Canada would only ho ablo to place thirty thousand militia in tho field in the event of war. The results of tho defence system* oa regarded the militia, were not, ho claimed, commensurate with the expenditure.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1770, 7 June 1913, Page 5
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90THE EASTERN MENACE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1770, 7 June 1913, Page 5
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