AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCES.
THE OUTLOOK NOT . , ENCOUBAGING. A CANDID CRITIC. Received 14, 1.33 a.m. Sydney, May 13. Major-General French, who is returning to England after a visit here, in the course of an interview, referred to the intention of the Fed 'ral Government to appoint an Australian officer to succeed Major-General Finn, when that officer's term expires. He said, ia his opinion, there was no Australian fit for the" position. "It would be a political appointment, and he supposed ■ome south Australian waster would get it. The position was of the «> far as the defence of Australia was concerned, and no one'man could fulfil the duties the present; Inspector-General was called upon to perform. The outlook in defence matters was very bad, and he attributed it to the ruthless cutting down of .General Button's estimates. The present Military Board was a farco. He considered the Federal Government should take immediate steps to establish a military college similar to the Canadian college.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8109, 14 May 1906, Page 3
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160AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8109, 14 May 1906, Page 3
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