ARMY AND NAVY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4

ARMY AND NAVY.

LONDON PRESS CIUTICfSM. ; ■ Hi ess- Association -By Telegiiiph--Copyi't!»'if I i Itec-ived 12.55 "a.m.,'duly 17ih. I I LONDON," July .16. ! The London "Daily Chi oniele " rcjiorts • tluit the GoverniiH nt have decided for ; naval re;isoi:i> alone jo abandon the Roi syth dockyard i-.clieme, naval expeit-.s hav- \ iug finally and decisively nega ived it. : Th.. " Chronicle's " .special corri spondcnl j referring to Ihe "'J'-im.s'" mililary corivs- . I pondent's thinly-disguised ii(i.:iirk.s on Mr i Lloyd George and Mr Churchill, explains I ih.il the Governmenti have tippninted it I committee lo bring ihe military ex pen- j I diture nearer to (he figure it was !>-•- j fore the Roer war, and emphasised thai I there was much wa.'te in the <s(:!tblish- | ment of changes throughout the army. The j special correspondent remarks that there is no more loyal or peaceful parti of the I Empire than South Africa, yet it "is gar- I risoned as if it were another Ireland, j | He advocates the withdrawal of the army | | which would effect a saving of £350.000 ! ' per annum. , " • j ——■■mwtimniiHwii^