CANADIAN DEFENCE.
MIXITIA INADEQUATE. COMPULSORY TRAINING V/ANTED. (Received 11 a.m.) TORONTO. January 16. General fitter i Inspector-general of the Cnn.'ili.in Forces!, in addressing the member? of the Canadian Club, said the militia w,is ill-equipped, and needed quadrupling. People were too concerned in business matters to devote any time to the consideration of questions connected with the defence of their country. He said that tin- time when danger threatened < nnada Mould be when England was embroiled, which might occur at any moment, as war was firmly embwlrlpil in human nature. General Otter suggested as a remedy the compulsory training of all attending the schools and universities
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 5
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