WHAT THE KAISER SAYS
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VIEWS ON BRITISH ARMY. : : '.'■ ■ •>- ■ i l ■ NEED FOR COMPULSION. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. ~ .■;■■'.,'■-■■; (Received November 14, 5.5 p.m.). ,- .. London, November 13. Admiral Sir Nathaniel , BowdenSmith, an active member, of the National Service League, states that Prince Henry of Prussia, while recently conversing with -a friend, stated that the Kaiser is deeply affected; by , English criticisms of himself. While repudiating any intension of teaching England her business the Kaiser expressed the opin- S. ion that England should have i a strong territorial army by compulsion. ; ",'„'-,, ' .. ; : . : ', ■ ,
■ Admiral Bowden-Smith urges the need of a stronger navy and a bonafide territorial. f|irce to give the navy more freedom of action. If we had a stronger navy, he says, we would be removing a great temptation from Germany, but at. present it could hardly be said that we had command of the seas beyond our' own shores. ' ■ \ X: '■-'•.■ ■ *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14218, 15 November 1909, Page 5
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