Defence of Britain.
MR HALDANE’S VIEWS. London, February 28. In a speech at Brighton, Mr R. B. Haldane, Minister for War, declared the, new general staff system of defence of Britain was as far ahead of recent plans as the motor car is ahead of the horse and carriage. If the colonies adopted the suggestion of the War Office and adhered to the homogeneous system and methods of rapid concentration of a heavy force, it would be a deterent to foreign aggression. The army estimates for 1910 show a decrease of £24,000 and a reduction of 18,000 men on establishment as compared with those of last year. Mr Haldqne, in a memorandum states recruiting of regulars is remarkably brisk.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4380, 2 March 1909, Page 3
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119Defence of Britain. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4380, 2 March 1909, Page 3
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