London. Aug. 31.
Colonel 8. Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia, who is in England to attend the manoeuvres, made statement to Reuter's Agency in which he said that he would take the opportunity to discuss general questions with the Imperial authorities, Some officers who are accompanying him will remain behind on special inquiry work. He expressed the opinion, with regard to Canadian defence, that Canada has not yet required any universal training such pecial circumstances entailed in Australis, However, if war were abolished, it would still pay to give military training, in order to teach the principles of military discipline. The loyalists, he said, who are loyal only with their lips and are unable to shoot, are " more serious peril than those actually disloyal.
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