THE BRITISH ARMY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 14 July 1908, Page 5

THE BRITISH ARMY

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LONDON, July 13. The Times, in a loader on thet question, arguebsfchat several utterances of Mr Lloyd-George, Chancellor of tha Exchequer, shew that hisi mind is ••unnxcg upon a reduction of the national eertaiblishmonts. A rumor points to a. "dead setf' in the) Cabinet against Mr Halda-no and his army scheme. Mr LloydrGeorgefs language leaves litfta doubt thaifc he is willing to profit\by these unworthy intrigues. Thei Times concludes by appealing to the Cabinoti's common' sense to suppress Ihe subversive schemes hatched in its midst, and to announce that thft safaty of the Empire will not be' sacrificeid by thci miserable' exigencies of party strife. The paper emphasises thoi unrest in India, 4fyd the fact that our Egyptian) garrison is below the point of Wcty. Even Gibraltar, it state?, is inadequately garrisoned.