A Citizen Army.
THE DUTY OF DEFENCE,
OPINION OF "BOBS."
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] • [b (ITBD Press association.] (Received 8.0 a.m.)
London, March 20
Lord Roberts opposed Lord Willoughby do Broke's Bill to establish a compulsory military force among the wealthy classes, to be called His Majesty's imperial Forces.
He said he was anxious to see defence put on a satisfactory basis, hut the Bill was not practical. The mebliod of attainment would accentuate division between the different classes, and would render workers suspicious that it was an attempt of the wealthy to get full possession of military power. He had been urging two great principles: First, that the duty )f defence was incumbent on every man, irrespective of rank or position, and, secondly, that a citizen army should be thoroughly democratic. Tho
Bill cut at the roots of these principles, drawing invidious distinctions.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 77, 21 March 1914, Page 5
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143A Citizen Army. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 77, 21 March 1914, Page 5
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