LORD ROBERTS
HIS* EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY. (Received Last Night. 10.5 olclock.) LONDON, January. 23, Lord Roberts was presented! by the National Service League with £SOOO on attaining his eightieth year." Lord Roberts will devote the gift to the work of the League. BRITAIN'S ARMY. SEVERELY CRITICISED. (Received Last Night, 11.5 o'clock.) LONLON, January 23. Lord Roberts in acknowledging the gift said that civilians and soldiers had done their utmost to make Lord' Haklane's scheme a success, but the time, money and energy expended, had been utterlv wasted. "We have no army/' he said, "and our military "arrangeniehts are- made the' laughing stock of the civilised world. .. Those looking-to Britain for help to keep tire balance of power are disgusted."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 24 January 1913, Page 5
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118LORD ROBERTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 24 January 1913, Page 5
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