The Army

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5964, 27 July 1912, Page 1

The Army

LORD ROBERTS'S INDICTMENT. UKIMtEPAtRED FOR WAiK. Ml) THE DANWJR DRAWS NEARER. LONDON, July 23. Speaking at the Mansion ■ House, Lord Ro'berts said 'tihu army was now as unprepared for war as it was in I SOU, when their 'experience in the Boer war showed that it was not efficiei't. German;.' was well aware "f the feebleness underlying n ;oikl 'boasting as to our naval and military strength. He had no hostility to Germany, but all must see the danger of a collision within the limit of time indented by the convergent lines of destiny which mighjt lie accelerated at any momjent by a misunderstanding.