BRITAIN'S ARMY
UNPREPARED FOR WAR
LORD ROBERTS' CRITICISM.
iteceived 'lliie Mornciig, 12.45 o'clock
LONDON, July 23. Lord Roberts, speaking at Mansion Hmise, >said that the army was as unprepared 'far war as it was in. 1899. The experience otf the Boer war lnd aioft "proved! siufficsenit. "Germany," he said, ":»3 well aware of the fee'blenetis underlying our proud boavring regarding our naval ajnd military strength." He had no hostility towards Germany, bait nil miust see the danger of a collision, within the limit of time indicated by convergence of the lines of dos'tiny, which might le acoeleiralted at any moment by a m isunderstandSn g.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10676, 24 July 1912, Page 5
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105BRITAIN'S ARMY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10676, 24 July 1912, Page 5
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