The Colonies and the War.
During the debate in the House of Commons on the army estimates, Mr Brodrick, Secretary for War, said that after the crisis had passed in South Africa it would probably be necessary to retain fifteen thousand regular troops in the country. Mr Edmund Robertson, K.C., Liberal member for Dundee, commenting on the published statements that the colonies wished that the war should be fought to the biter end, said he hoped the Government would not follow Mr Chamberlain’s example and grovel at the feet of the colonies. Would the Colonies, asked Mr Robertson, bear one-fifth of the cost of the war ? Mr Brodrick said he disdained to reply, but he was confident Mr Chamberlain would not meet the Premiers of colonies in any such spiritThey could never forget the exceptional services the colonies had rendered without pressure or invitation.
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Manawatu Herald, 11 March 1902, Page 2
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144The Colonies and the War. Manawatu Herald, 11 March 1902, Page 2
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