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Show LATEST NIGHTMARE OF GREAT BRITAIN London. In tho houso of commons Dn Thursday Premier Balfour said lhat having regard for tho changes In tho sea power of other nations, a redistribution re-distribution of the Heel and army was deRlrablo for colonial defense, and tho commilte on defense ot tho admlrallty hns concluded thnt tho licet and tho army should he concentrated In the contor.tif the cmplro, from which they would he distributed as necessity arose. An Invasion of India here has been tho dream of many military leaders. Tho progrcFs of Russia towards the Afghanistan frontier and tho concentration concen-tration of strategic railroads com polled the government to consider with nil seriousness what Its great military- neighbors could do. No surprise wns posslblo In an Invasion of India. Any collision of magnitude between tho two powers must depend upon tho rapidity of railroad construction. Gen-oral Gen-oral Lord Kitchener's view was that, In addition to tho ordinary drafts, light Infantry divisions and other corresponding cor-responding arms should bo available for tho defenso of India In tho first year of a war. If Great Britain permitted per-mitted tho slow absorption of Afghanistan Afghan-istan In a Way similar to that in which tho central Asian states had been absorbed, ab-sorbed, and If Russia's strategic railroads rail-roads woro allowed to creep closer and closor to tho frontier, Grcnt Brita'ln would ultimately pay for her supine-noss supine-noss by helping to keep on foot an I army far larger than could bo contemplated contem-plated with equanimity, nnd sho would bo faced with tho greatest military problems which had ovor confronted tho British government. Mr. Balfour romarked that tho development de-velopment of Russia toward India has from timo to time caused great alarm. Great Britain had In vain by diplomatic means endeavored to prevont Russia's Rus-sia's expansion, which must now be taken as nn accepted fact. Although tho Invasion of India was much talked of by Russian officers, ho did not believe be-lieve that k formed any part of the schomo of the, Russian government. |