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BRITAIN URGED TO BE READY* I ■:■ -. ■■ ..--.,-.... .-. . ■y r ../>.-;..■ ■;].■•-■■ .;';■;.;.; . ■ - • - • WARNED BY LORD ROBERTS. „; ____ , ".the 'GERMAN- MENACE. - r ?'; .' : -'-"i'--'.■'■'..'.'•'•. ." ■•■• =". L-.'j.;'j'//' ' '■.■•'.•••.•. .'•■.:' '" j-'; By ! Xefegraph.~l'itos Asac^atioa.—Oopyriijli^;' ';: ■ i (Beceiyed-o<Jtoher33. 1i.15 p.m.): " - ~ < , , ; ; . London, October 23. 'Lord ' Roberts, presiding - at ■ a National Service League. demonstra- ; tion in Manchester, said that as in 1866 and 1870.' war' would - occur" the instant forces, of. Germany showed superiority-on every; point. > ■<■ ; Great Britain, he. said, had lost -\ ; command of every : sea ; except' : 'the- •. | North-Sea, where our supremacy was' '."■ • disputed. - *- - ,*,""„:;:, ■ Lord Gurzon said national service would be a tonic to the -nation.! JE£ft did not fear the alleged,unpopularity of the scheme. The.people were not . so; sunk iii selfishness and .ihdul-;\ gence as to be deaf-to the call of duty., ',', '~***.: I !-'-»•{„ '■>' v ■*•.: ; The crisis in the ._ Balkans, said Lord Curzon, showed the suddenness ■,?£} of ths'outbreak of war. The nation , 'would; be trebly^ Polish to>liug the;notion that the country, could, never ; be invaded, when they had,the sinister figure of the greater land Powe? .on the Continent converting itself its;. ■■ a?gr eat* naval J?ower.v■<' ■ =-- ' t ,>-!;■» -~.*.■-.'> .. > " .'.'. ': '* .'.'' '~: ' •'.-* . .-J.'. ■.' .... < ...... -: --,- ....._.* t ..* ',-.....-,.,. ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 7
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174NATIONAL SERVICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 7
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