LORD ROBERTS.
A BIRTHDAY GIFT. ißy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. 1 * (United Press Association.) London, January 23. The National Service League lias presented Lord Roberts with J.50U0 on his eightieth birthday. Lord Roberts will devote the gift to the League’s work. THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord Roberts, while acknowledging that civilians and soldiers had done their utmost to make Lord Haldane s scheme a success, said that at the same time the money and energy had been utterly wasted. Our' army and military arrangements made us the laughing stock of the civilised world, and those looking to Britain to help to keep the balance of power were disgusted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 22, 24 January 1913, Page 5
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