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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 April 1910, Page 3

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EVACUATION OF SOMALTLAND. LOIM) CITK/OX'S I'ROTKST. fItY P.r.ECTHIO TELKOrtAI'II—COPyuiOHT.] [PKII I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.'] LONDON', April 7. In tin* llonso of Lords, Lord Cnrzon initiated a debate on tlio position of affairs in Sonialiland. Ho accused the Government of destroying the work of twenty-five years. Tins Government, lit? .said, had blackened Britain's name liv deserting tile friendly na lives. Lord Crewe replied that Britain had spent CIOO.OOO last year without protecting the tribes, and evacuation wa.s tlie <\nly alternative to an expeditionary force for the purpose of capturing tlio Mullnh. Similar efl'orts in 1 !)01 and 1001 had cost between two and three millions. Lord Lansdowne declared that Britain went to Sonialiland because it was impossible to allow foreign Powers to annex the coast in front of Aden. (Received This -Daw 9.20 n.in.) LONDON, April 7. The Pnil.v Chronicle CRrulicnl) considers file success of file policy of smashing tbe> marl Mullah doubtful without the co-operation of flaly. Thi-:, however, the paper points out. is not forthcoming, and therefore, concentration on the coast is essential.