AMERICA’S DEFENCE.
UNPREPARED FOR WAR. Unitod Press Association— Copyright (Received Feb. 25, 0.37 a m n NEW YORK. Feb 24 nf w r occasion of the anniversary of Washington’s birthday, Mr. Taft -peaking at Buffalo, emphasised Am- ® '- c , a s '.•."Preparedness for war, and' ’ .TV aro making the navy moreicspectable yearly, and aro hopeful in Congress to make the army proper - l ® nucleus of a rapid defence, and into a force commensurate with oar population and the jurisdiction we that thl 1 y e ? ei i Ci f” Ho added ii -,> ■ °°. ast of Hawaii, the Philippics, and the Isthmian Lanai are still incomplete, and in the ovent ol war such delay would justify the severest eondeination. “Our defence is slowly improving, and if war is averted for a decade, it will be in better condition than ever before. 1 ’ General Frederick Grant, New ) ork, dwelt on America’s unpreparedness, and declared that in the event of conflict with Japan the United States would need a million troops to garnson the Pacific coast, and a million on the Atlantic coast, while n a great lower overwhelmed the navy only a siege could exnel 50 000 takVS! 1 " t,K ' y laut,ed at 3I »“~
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2124, 25 February 1908, Page 2
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