IF WAR BREAKS OUT.
BRITAIN'S OBLIGATIONS. NO TROOPS FOR EUROPE. .By Telegraph.Press Association.—Copyright ' r \ ' ' '■ ' . London, March 26. The newspapers are gratified at Mr. Asquith's re-iterated statement that Great Britain is' under no secret obligation to send. troops to the Continent in the event of a European war. ' J ';''■:■■%:!'■'':,].'\l--
; The press considers that the statement shows that Britain is not hampered in her freedom to range .herself, as formerly, beside any threatened Power with a view to maintaining European equilibrium. ; The Westminster Gazette says that Mr. Asquith's' statement is ' as explicit as '. anything could be. >..■ If war- broke out between :- European Powers the freedom of the British Government and Parliament , to decide to ■■•-. participate r or otherwise is not, the paper says, in any way impaired. ; : ■ _, I-';'''
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15261, 27 March 1913, Page 7
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127IF WAR BREAKS OUT. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15261, 27 March 1913, Page 7
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