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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 5

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ROBERTS'S BILL. LORDB PASS ADVERSE AMENDMENT. ' , ■ ' i ," BY TWENTY VOTES. (By Telegraph.—Prem AesocUUo&.-Oosyrlght.) (Reo. July 14, 11.40 p.m.) London, July 14. Lord Roberts's Notional Service Bill, ra' c'ontly introduced in. tbo Houbo of Lords t does not provide machinery. It is rather a reconnaissance- in favour of the principles whioh ho enunciated during tho discussion. "Wilful Camming." ' In tho House of Lords, during tho«feocond f|, * reading debato, Lord Roberts described tho Territorial Force as a grand organisation, well designed. His object'was to fill in thi framework Which that structure affords} thus the country would no longer bo do- < pendent upon a foroo whoso serious training was deferred until after a declaration of war. Ho added: "In this latter respect ovu military policy is wilful gambling on th( country's safety." Tho Duko of Norfolk supported tho Bill* and bogged the House of Lords to tako tho lead on this subject. The Duke of Northumberland moved an . amendment in favour of trusting to the pro-' sent military advisors. . ' ' Fair Trial for Presont Schomo. ' Lord Lansdowno (Unionist leador) emphasised tho overwhelming reasons for giving Air. Haldano's schemo a fair trial, add- ■ ing that publio opinion was not yet ripe for compulsion. " , ' \ Tho Secretary for tbo Colonics, Lord Crowe, strongly opposed tho Bill. Tho Duko of •Northumberland's amende meat was carried, tho voting being:For tho amendment 123 ( Against tho amendment ... 103 Majority against Bill ... 20 ( , Tho minority included: Lords Curzon t Milner, Nowton, ' ltaglan, ' Ellenborougti, t Blythcj Harcrsham, Portsmouth, and the Bishop of Oxford. \ Tho majority included tho Front Benches, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Iho Bishop' , of Peterborough, Lord Alvorstone, Lord , . Cromor, and, tho Dukes of Devonshire and ' Marlborough. i Is It afMoral Vlotory?\ , ■ "The Times" dwells, upon the growth ol • fooling in favour of tho principlo of tin bill, as t exemplified by tho attitude of in-'. dependence of tho Peers and tho significantly ( narrow majority. , „