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GENERAL STAFFS SYSTEMAN EXPLANATION. Received March 1, 9 a.m. LONDON, February 28. Speaking at Brighton, the Right Hon R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, detailed the General Staffs system. The defence of Britain, he said, would be put as far ahead by recent plans as a motor was ahead of a horse carriage, if the colonies adhered to homogeneous methods. Rapid concerted action would oe a deterrent to foreign aggression. The army estimates show a decrease of £24,000, and a reduction of 1,800 men on the establishment. Mr Haldane, in a memorandum, states that recruiting for the regular army is remarkably brisk.
THE NAVAL POLICY. MINISTERS IN PERFECT ZZ AGREEMENT. SPEECH BY MR JOSEPH PEASE. Received March 1. 9 a.m. LONDON, February'2B. Speaking at Birmingham, Mr ' Joseph Pease, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, said that Ministers were in perfect agreement regarding the naval policy and the expenditure for the coming year, He claimed that they had !fi tfrree yep.yg saved nearly three millions on armament?. Surely, he urged, the Government was showing such a disposition &y economise that it could be trusted, w&'Pl'e earing for the national interests, £vSafeguard the welfare of the country #ns adhere to the traditional policy of tbV party.-
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3127, 2 March 1909, Page 5
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208EMPIRE DEFENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3127, 2 March 1909, Page 5
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