THE GOVERNMENT’S BUGBEAR!
LORD ROBERTS AND HIS CAMPAIGN.
MORE .1 BOOT DEFENCE OF THE
EMPIRE
[UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION COPYEIGHT] LONDON, Dec. 1. Sir E. Ca i’scn > sp&aking at Warrington, said that if Lord Haldane left the woolsack to tackle Lord Roberts, the latter might drop the baton and sit on the woolsack. Lord Haldane had told the nation that Lord Roberts was not as good a strategist as the Lord Chancellor. The “Pal] Mall Gazette” asserts that Lord Roberts has become the Government’s bugbear, and laughs over Lord Haldane’s description of him (Lord Roberts) as being no strategist.
The “Observer” condemns the “'Daily News” for its narrow, petty, mean view. Air Churchill had not made a secret of the fact that- The fleet was enough to defend the Empire in home waters without a margin for more distant service. It was unlikely the Dominions would have their ships tied to European seas without any vessel being free to aid them in their emergency-
The “Observer” demands two keel? to one, with Imperial ships additional. This would leave six ships free to join the Imperial patrol. A policy tlie paper says, is needed to effectively control the naval material of the Empire. It is conceivable that if ships are lavishly provided the strain of manning and maintaining them might be a greater burden than the aid provided.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3695, 3 December 1912, Page 5
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226THE GOVERNMENT’S BUGBEAR! Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3695, 3 December 1912, Page 5
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