BRITAIN’S DEFENCE.
SHRRING BPEEOH BY LORD ROBERTS.
By telegraph, Press Aes’n, Copyright London, July 11. Lord Roberts, in a powerful speech in the House of Lords, oalled attention to tbe unpreparedness of Britain for war, Tbo lessons of Ibe South African campaign have been forgotten. He urged tbo neoes. sity of boing prepared for any emergency by strong reserves. The Earl of Portsmouth, Parliamentary Uader-Seorttary for War, aod tbe Marquis of RipoD, Lord Privy Seal, opposed compulsory servioe.
Lard Milner oensured the policy of blushing aside the whole question by tho bogey of oousoription. The nation ought to rt.ly for its defenoo on ihe whole of its manhood, not to limit it Co a professional oUu.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1807, 13 July 1906, Page 3
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