IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
0 BRITAIN'S TERRITORIAL ARMY. MINISTER'S ADMISSION. GERMAN EXPERTS HELPED HIM. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received December 21, 9.12 a.m.) LONDON, 20th December. The Minister for War (Ihe Right Hon. R. B. Haldane), speaking at Huddersfield, admitted that German military experls had suggested much' of his scheme for a territorial army dirring Jiis visit to Berlin in 1906. PRIMARY PRINCIPLE OF EMPIRE DEFENCE. SIR JOHN COLOMB'S VIEW. LONDON, 20th December. The Right Hon. Sir John Colomb, well known as «% prolific writer on defence matters, in a letter to s the Daily Graphic, contends that defence restricted to terminal points in no sense fulfils the primary principle of the general defence of the Empire, which means security of the lines of communication between its several points. Administrative work in connection with tb& new army' organisation falls to the Lord Lieutenant of each countTy district in which men for the territorial or home fores are recruited, and His Majesty the King recently addressed the Lords Lieutenant at Buckingham Palace respecting the new duties and responsibilities devolving on them' in carrying out Mr. Haldane\s scheme. His Majesty said he hoped the Lords Lieutenant would employ their best endeavours to execute tho work entrusted to them. He believed that the united' efforts of his people in regard to the reorganisation of the army would result in success.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 7
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225IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 7
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