LORD ROBERTS' MESSAGE
TO THE NATION

BY FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS
V.C., K.G.

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1912

CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION]

PART I

PEACE AND WAR

[A Speech to the Citizens of Manchester]

[Letter to the Manchester Guardian]

PART II

THE TERRITORIAL FORCE

[Introductory Note: The National Service League and the Territorial Force]

[The Mansion House Speech: Lord Haldane's Scheme Examined]

PART III

THE NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE AND WORKING MEN

[Introductory Note: Mr. Blatchford's Criticism of the Manchester Speech]

[Letter to the Times on Compulsory Service and the Social Condition of the Working Classes]

PART IV

TERRITORIAL OFFICERS AND THE PRESENT CRISIS

[Address at the Annual Dinner of the Kentish Men and the Men of Kent]