THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 57, 14 April 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

\ ———. MILITARY, AIRMANSHIP. The most satisfactory announcement containedVin .Colonel Seely's Memorandum explaining the new Army Estimates, is that the provision for military airmanship in-the coming year* reaches a round million, or nearly. double the amount voted in 1913-14. This will enable great progress, to be made, though if our country is to attain ,a ; position worthy of herself, private inr itiative and patriotism must support our naval and military authorities. —''Daily Mail." \ : THE ARMY AND ULSTER. . " • •

It has become demonstrably possible in the United Kingdom to enrol and. train armed forces, avowedly for the purpose ,of forcible rebellion in the event of Parliament passing and enforcing a certain law. It has also been shown by deadly example that officers of the Army can demand of t;he Government whether (to use the ; BrigadierGeneral's phrase) in the event of a .certain Bill "becoming lawf' they will be .galled upon to enforce it. In no constitutionally governed country has a more impudent attitude ever been taken by soldiers. —"Daily Telegraph." FOOD FOR TRAINED POWDER.

The Territorials remain. They are at present absurdly insufficient in numbers for home defence against any possible foe. Mr Asquith cheerfully bids us believe that the admitted shortage is being rapidly made up, and that the full establishment will soon be reached. We see no reason to share this view. But if we did, the case is not altered. Under the present system of training—the utmost that can be maintained on a partial and voluntary basis —the Territorials are merely food for trained powder.-—" Express.'' THE UNCERTAIN REDMOND.

Even Mr Redmond is an uncertain quantity. Tie, too, has his irreeoncilables to deal "with, and though he may accept a solution of the Ulster question, which appears to. him to be possible, he must submit his decision for ratification by the National Convention in Dublin, and the National Convention has hit Mr Redmond sharply over the knuckles with its blackthorn on more than one occasion.—"Evening News" (London). MUNICIPAL' CROMWELL WANTED.

But as long as slum property owners <in<l house agents. whose business it is not to risk giving offence to anybody, continue to dominate the municipalities, so long will we have overcrowding - , bad ventilation, filthy yards, and breeding grounds for the bacilli of every disease. We want- ft municipal Cromwell to rise up and sweep away houses that are not fit for fowls.''—'' Age.''