GREAT BRITAIN’S DEFENCE
By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyrigh Reoeived 12.4 a.m., Sept. 12.
London, Sept. 1
Mr Balfour, speaking at North Berwick said the problem of Indian defenoe opuld not be solved by consoription. No country in Western Europe ever attempted, or would attempt, to employ a conscript army to defend far distant possessions. The present Government would never be responsible for so wild an experiment. He did not believe any of its-successors would ever show greater rashness in that direction than the present one. He eulogised tho attempts made diplomatically to ensure the maintenance of peaoe in the Far East j yet Britain’s right must depend in the long run on Britain’s might. Distinguishing next between an invasion of England on a grand soale, which was im-
p actioable, and raids, which a trained and sufficient force of volunteers would be able to prevent, he emphasised their value in freeing regulars for oversea service, hence being an integral part of Home and Imperial defence.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1556, 12 September 1905, Page 2
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