THE REAL DANGER
Is the Britisher played out Me do not believe it; but because* he is lazy in the matter of a personal share in defence matters, and inclined to rely upon the number of ships he can pay for, ho may be caught unready, untrained, and unarmed. There lies our real danger, and there is the direction in which all efforts should be spurred. Every man should be trained to arms, and the nation should rely upon its shore defences more than upon its ships of war to prevent invasion. The ships should be free to harass the enemy in his own waters; to protect the colonies, and preserve British commerce. The “flannelled fools and muddied oafs” should be made to shoulder arms for defence against iuvasion. —-Wairarapa “News.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2474, 13 April 1909, Page 2
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131THE REAL DANGER Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2474, 13 April 1909, Page 2
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