IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
THE COLONIES AND THE WAR. By Telegraph Tress Association—Cop LONDON, Mar. 8. In the House of Commons in the debate on the Army Estimates, Mr Brodrick said that after the crisis passed it would probably he necessary to retain fifteen thousand regular troops iii South Africa. Mr Robertson, member for Dundee, in commenting on the colonies’ wish that tlie war should be fought out to the bitter enu, said he lioped that the Government would not follow Mr Chamberlain’s example of grovel at the feet of the colonies. He asked would the colonies hear one-fifth of the cost of tiie war.
Mr Brodrick disdained to reply, hut said lie was confident Mr Chamberlain would not meet the'Premiers of the colonies in such a spirit. He would never forget the exceptional services of the colonies, rendered without pressure or invitation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 360, 10 March 1902, Page 4
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