THE NEW BRITISH ARMY
DUTIES ON THE RHINE.
MAKING GERMANY PAY. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Feb. 23. Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, speaking at the Mansion House, said that the War Office was now engaged in forming a voluntary army for garrisoning the Empire, but at least a year was necessary before we could complete recruiting, which was now proceeding at the rate of 1000 men a day. A comparatively small army would be needed after the war, but until the new army was ready, provision must be made to bridge the gap, otherwise the Empire might fail. They were going to ensure that it would be unnecessary to have this war over again, and would politely go and ask Germany to carry out certain measures, and would stand by and see she did so in letter anJ spirit. Britain was going to set the watch by the Rhine, and make Germany pay.
The Government proposed to maintain an army of 900,000 men during 1919. The nation must face the fact that the army required for the Rhine could not be retained on a voluntary basis. It would be futile to attempt to keep pressure on Germany by blockade ; it would only plunge Germany into Bolshevism and anarchy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17094, 25 February 1919, Page 5
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