DEFENCE OF MOTHERLAND.
z '-:,'. .'A LONDON, April 19. ' Public has not been allayed byji-hfi recent -statement of Colonel Seely, Secretary for War. On April 13 the Hon. A. Bonar Law asked, "Does the general staff think the army for home defence adequate, if expeditionary forces are absent?" Colonel Seely answered, "Yes."
On April 16, when again questioned, heV admitted that his previous reply was incorrect. What the general staff thought was that the home army was adequate, to repel a raid by 70,000 men. ■$e drew the distinction between an im vasion and a raid, and said the latter meant invasion by a- force without its full complement of artillery and cavalry. He' failed to explain why an enemy should kindly send insufficient artillery in order to give the territorials a sporting chance. : These confused explanations cause general uneasiness, and have made athorough investigation a matter of urgent necessity. The feeling grows in England that too much is being left to chance.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13091, 3 June 1913, Page 8
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