LESSONS OF THE WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14773, 12 October 1921, Page 5

LESSONS OF THE WAR

; e . viscount haig speaks , CAVALRY AN ESSENTIAL AHHL . ~ DISBANDMENT CONDEMNED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable AsboJReceived October 12, i.lO a.m. % LONDON, October ii. Speaking at the unveiling of a memorial to the fallen at Canterbury Viscount Haig sharply criticised the proposed disbandment of four, regi- J ments of cavalry, stating that he was of opinion that the step was not justified by the lessons of the war. He declared that if General Ludondorff had sufficient mounteds to throw into act ion southeast of Amiens on 27th ana 28th March, 1918, the result might' have been disastrous to the Allies. Th* war had taught them emphatically, that cavalry was an essential arm and could not bo replaced by tanks, aeroplane? or heavy guns. SIR lAN HAMILTON'S BOOK. MILITARISM IN THE PAR EAST. HAS YET TO BEAR FRUIT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)' Received October 12, 12.45 p.m. LONDON, October ii. Arnolds have published Sir lan Hamilton's book, entitled "The Soul and Body of an Army." The writer traverses the world's military organisations, and in the light of the lessons' gained from the war, says: "All the ;. elements of the art of war were never. so much in the melting pot as now. The fact that Japan chose the German . military system was at the moment a. gain for Anglo-Saxondom, but a loss' to Russia and China, but the penetration of the German military ideal into, the Far East has yet to bear fruit- We must not overlook a principle because by an .almost sijjier-hirman effort and fine racial tenacity we smashed those who espoused it." Referring to the Japanese Alliance, Sir lan Hamilton declares, "If we cease to be military allies of Japan the Pacific had better be renamed, for nothing will then stand between the Eng-lish-speaking union and a Russo-Japa-nese-German counter combine,.and Mr Harding may then die' happy, for no will have gone one better than Mr Woodrow Wilson." Sir lan Hamilton pays a glowing tribute to Lord Haldane's work, and asserts that the late war was won when Lord Haldane stepped into the War . s Office. Sir lan advocates the application of idiscjpline and training in patriotism to boys of school age, "in which Australia and New, Zealand are miles aheaij, of us."