THE TERRITORIAL ARMY.
AN INSURANCE COMPANY'S
SUPPORT.
COMPULSORY ENROLMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
A LABOUR PROTEST.
[Press Association — CorYßiGEi.] (Received March 3, 9.50 p.m.) London, March 3. The Alliance Insurance Company has announced that new clerks will be obliged to join the Territorials before engagement. In reply to a Radical question, Mr Haldane heartily approved of the idea. Mr Jowett, on behalf of the Labour Party, gave notice of motion condemning Mr Haldane, on the ground that the Alliance Company's action is a special form of conscription. . Mr Haldane, speaking at Newcastle, foreshadowed the creation of an army comparable with the size of those of the great military Powers. Reforms to merely give effect to the., resolutions of' the Imperial Conference, -had given proper organisation 'to. existing citizen corps. .-. -..■ .:■.
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12479, 4 March 1909, Page 3
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127THE TERRITORIAL ARMY. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12479, 4 March 1909, Page 3
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