JAPANESE SOLDIERS.
Should circumstances ever unhappily combine to bring about war between Australia and Japan, the chances of Australia securing a victory in a pitched battle are, according to VI r Blakeniore, late general manager of the Great Cobar mine, in New South "Wales, who has recently been travelling in j/ho Far East, extremely r.emote. The outlook, to say the least, is dismal. "In Japan/' ho 'said, "half a million men are undergoing military training—a very severe course under active servico conditions. All of these men are trained/ athletes, and filled with overwhelming patriotism. If evetvVe had to face an attack from them our only hope would be to imitate the Boers, avoid any set action, and go in for guerilla warfare. Tn a pitched battle we would be nowhere. T saw some of our fellows who are being compuT-,, sorily trained shambling alone '.vst night. They looked a lot of slouching louts! The contrast between j them and the Japanese soldiers, all trained athletes, in the pink of condition, is quite amazing."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10712, 16 October 1912, Page 4
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173JAPANESE SOLDIERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10712, 16 October 1912, Page 4
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