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/ ■ IMPERIAL DEFENCE. ____ -J ■ ■■ DECREASE in army estimates. SPEECH BY Mil. HALDANE.. Lnited Press Association. Copyright LONDON, Feb. 25. Mr. Haldane, Secretary for War, sjApaking at Brighton, detailed the gfuoral staff’s system of defence v of Britain, which, he said, was as far. aho ad of recent plans as a motor was ahead of a horse carriage. . If the colonies adhered to homogenous "methods, tho rapid concerted action would bo a deterrent against foreign aggression. The Army Estimates show a decrease of £24,000, and a reduction of 1800 men on the established number. Mr. Haldane, in a memorandum, states that the recruiting of regulars is remarkably brisk. • Mr. Joseph A. Pease (chief Liberal Whip), speaking at Birmingham, stated that Ministers were in perfect agreement as to the naval policy and the expenditure for the coming year. They had in three years saved nearly £3,000,000 in armaments.' Surely -a Government showing such a disposi-N-ytkm to economise could bo trusted, f while earing for national interests, to safeguard the country, to adhere to the traditional policy of the party.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2439, 2 March 1909, Page 5
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178CABLE NEWS Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2439, 2 March 1909, Page 5
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