IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
A NOTABLE STATEMENT. SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS. United Press Association. Copteighi LONDON. Jan. 15. Lord Lucas, speaking at" Belfast, said that Great Britain was able immediately to send 166,000 men abroad, but there was still a shortage of 5000 officers. A DEFINITE PLAN PROBABLE. STATEMENT BY CANADIAN MINISTER. (Received Jan. 17, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 16. Sir F. W. Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia, after a series of conferences witli Mr. Haldane, the members of the Army Council and MajorGeneral Hoad, of Australia, told an interviewer that there is every prospect of realising the plan which the Imperial General Staff had outlined at the Imperial Conference. There were certain difficulties relating to administration still unsettled, but the scheme was progressing, and the Army ' Council was in. possession of Canada’s and Australia’s views, and was striving to formulate a definite plan.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2402, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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141IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2402, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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