IMPERIAL POLITICS.
BRITAIN’S DEFENCE
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,! tUnited Press Association.)
London, January 31
Mr Winston Churchill, speaking at Dundee, said that the British army, though small, was nourished by military science, and possessed originality and experience, placing its ablest offic ers on the level of those of Europe. He urged a steady driving power oi
national support to assist the Territorials. The long antagonism between England and France had led to the fortification of every inlet on the south coast, but the antagonism had ceased without a rupture. Now the strategic front had changed to the east coast. Ho hoped they might loo; forward to finding themselves on the best terms with another great Power. THE RAILWAY BILL. The House of Commons passed the second reading of the Railway Bill. The Labourites and many Radicals in the House are memorialising the Go vernment for a commission to investigate the economic position of the railways and their future policy.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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158IMPERIAL POLITICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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