IMPERIAL POLITICS.
- THE TERRITORIALS. fßy Electric Telegraph.—Copytight.) (United Press Association.) London, February 15. In the House of Lords, Lord Herschel said that in addition to 253,000 Territorials the National Reserve numbered 190,000. The Government was convinced that proper provision had been made against particular dangers, and was able to guarantee that the country was safeguarded. Lord Roberts said that as a soldier it was nonsense to say that the Territorials were fit for war.
Lord Methuen said that if both parties appealed to the country on compulsory training he believed the system would be accepted. Lord Haldane said that the Government had concentrated on naval defence owing, to the impossibility oi organising the military in any way to relieve the navy. If a compulsory army was raised they would be unable to maintain their oversea forces on a voluntary basis. The proclamation of inefficiency had produced a bad impression abroad. Lord Lansdowne said that what was needed was an unlimited supply of half-manufactured soldiers, which could be obtained by compulsory school training.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 37, 12 February 1913, Page 8
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172IMPERIAL POLITICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 37, 12 February 1913, Page 8
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