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Show JOBERJS SPRINGS SENBATION. Says Military Force of England lc Entirely Inadequate. London. Flold Marshal Lord Roberts Rob-erts created a sensation In tho house of lords Monday evening, when, In a. longthy and well considered speech, ho deliberately expressed hla opinion as a practical soldier that tho military forco of Great Urltaln was inadequate, lmporfcctly trained and totally unfit to uphold Grcnt Urltaln as a first-class power. Lord Roberts did not blamo tho government, which ho said was actuated by a national feeling, but ho scathingly nttacked tho peoplo of Knglnnd, wbo, bo said, Hbowod no national na-tional feeling toward tho military until un-til danger arose. Then, said Lord Roberts, tho soldlor was tho pot of tho peoplo, but this was only nn eva-ncscont eva-ncscont enthusiasm which did not onfall on-fall Bolf-sacrlficc, nnd passed away ns soon as tho danger disappeared. |