Britain's Forces
A u-ii.!>o iixoi'OtiAU _____ V-. bx 1..111 L ROBERTS. '" ), ify Cubic—Press Association—Copjrigkt London, March 80, Karl Roberts opposed Lord Willougfc. by de Broke's linl t u establish a compuisory force among the wealthy clteueft to be called His Majesty 8 Imperial force. He was anxious to see dafeua put on a satisfactory basis, tart tfe iiill was an unpractical method of at..miing it. It would acrentuatc the !!• 'vision between different classes ud render the workers suspicious that it was an attempt of the wealthy to g»t full possession of the military power. He had been urging two great principles, that the duty of defence wag incumbent on every man irrespective of rank or position, and secondly, that the citizen army, should be thoroughly democratic. The Bill cut at the roots of these principles, drawing tnviduous distinctions.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 252, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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137Britain's Forces Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 252, 23 March 1914, Page 5
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