IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
COMPULSORY SERVICE, MEN WHO SHIRK MILITARY DUTY, MR. HALDANE'S VIEWS. (DT TELEQKAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPXBIGHT.) (Rec. January 29, 11.10 p.m.) London, Jamiary-29.' • The 'secretary for "War, Mr. Haldario, in. a speech in 'London, while combating the idea of compulsory Ecrvice,"ns regards the regulars, referred "'contemptuously to the man who amuses himself and does nothing for his couutry. Tho Minister romarked that not improbably a short, sharp,Act'of Parliament would be passed in war time to compel such a man to do his duty in the nation's defence in some very inconvenient and.unpleasant. part of the country. l THE NAVY. MAINTENANCE OF THE TWO-POWER STANDARD. (BT TJLEdEAFR—PIIESS ASSOCIATION—COFIHiaOT.) (Rec. January 29, ll'.lb p.m.)' London, January 29. The First Lord of the" Admiralty, Mr. M'Kenna, speaking at Fishmongers' Hall, made a strong pronouncement of the Government's determination to fulfil Mr. Asquith's pledge to fully maintain the relative superiority of tho fleet. .' ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 5
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148IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 5
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