"THE NATION'S PERIL."

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13340, 31 March 1911, Page 5

"THE NATION'S PERIL."

LORO ROBERTS’ CONTENTIONS. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, March 3U. Murray and Co. are publishing, under the title, “Fallacies and Facts,” a book on defence and Viscount Haldane’s introduction thereto. ' Lord Roberts has a contribution entitled “The Nation’s Peril.” He contends that' a fortnight’s training yearly until a Territorial reaches the age of 'SO is unique. He urges a reasonable scheme for national service on the Continental model, consisting of long and short service armies, furnishing a first lino of highest efficiency and permanently mobilised, and the second a force of mobilisation strength, equal to the estimated requirement of 300,000 immediately available for oversea purposes in any great war. The .national Militia behind would provide a million trained men for Home defence, and voluntary expansion would meet the requirements of an overseas struggle.