Sir HenryCampb-I! Bannerman's "me d-ment roundly conden.ned the schem> on the ground that iz would Jargely increase the burdens of the nation without adding substantially t" its military strength. The greater part of Sir Henry's experience as a Minister of State has, of course, been obtained in the War Office and he spoke much more eloquently and forcibly than used, having a thorough grasp of his subject. But the speech would have been much more convincing ift had not been so obviously inspired by the interests of party.. Army reform ought not to be made a patty question; and it was, of course, well kuo wa that the scheme is as much thet of Lord Roberts as thit of Mr. Brodrick. Sir Henry argued with some force that the Army Corps system is not suited 10 the needs of this country 5 that the provision of a third Army Corps ready for immediate service abroad would only be made at the expense of the forces for home defence; and that the scheme would add practically nothing to our forces of thoroughly trained men. This last indeed the attitude of most of the opponents ut the scheme. No doubt Volunteers and Yeomanry have dune admirable work in the present war; but the circumstances ut this wae are exceptional, and the army must be mainly composed of thoroughly trained soldiers. he general opinion is that for this reason the scheme wil therefore never be effective until it is supplemented by a measure of conscription. And the whole of the Liberal Party, ay well us a great part of the Qonservative Party, present opposed tv conscription MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, By far the most interesting sp-och in the debate was that detvered by Mr. Winston Churchill, Lo was marked by a gout deal of youthful extraragaucy and ceuli'y, it, was nevertheless a ut very powerful speech, and it lid a very pathetic interest. in that it. raised anew che banner wader which his father fought his last rest fight and suffered a by no means iguoule defeat in the Hou e—the banner of retrench ut and economy in our service administra: ion,
Lord Randolph Churchill sacritie da *yrest Ics wertays nut quite correct to soy that career" by his resiguat on of the Chaucellorship of the Exchequer over this question of army and navy expenditure, The disease which caused his early death ha Nawentatly aff otod his ments powers for some lite time be ore; and to tis ca ise oather lat ty his sacritics ut ut tice to. principle must be attributed his declive of influence in his last. years, But the sicritive was never= real one; and everyone aduived the filial affection' and emtidene: which inspired Mr. Winston Chureht's speech mus debate, AS was pointed out, however, there is this difference between Mr. Winston Churchill's attitude and that of his father. Mr. Winst.n would save the ney on the army ant spend it on the vy ihis father advocated retrenchment lin vog rd to both army and navy. Lo was inte.estmg, however, to hear the man who has distinguished himself by remarkable gallantry as a soldier and & war correspondent condemning the military spirit and denouncing scheme of army reform which seemed to him calculated to courage that spi
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