THE ARMY ESTIMATES.
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(Received March 19, 0.31 a,m.l LONDON, March 18. When the Army Estimates were reparted from carainibbee in the House of Commons, Mr Arnold Forster, Minister of War, replying to criticisms, agreed with Sir 11. T. Reid that tho Motherland was likely to. question more and more the wisdom of paying the lion’s share of Lirperiail defeneo. He looked for a remedy in the gradual growth of opinion in tho colonies that if they were endangered they must contribute a fair amount; dr possibly there ■would ho a growth of opinion iu the Motherland in favour of saying that she would! he unable permanently to cany tho burden. .
Tho vote for a standing army of 227,000 officers and man was carried by 263 rotes to 59.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5229, 19 March 1904, Page 5
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