Excerpt from The Colonies and Imperial Defence The security of Britain and of her oversea dominions has, for some years past, been engaging attention. Public interest in the question is increasing, and many able writers, chiefly in the Mother Country, have approached the subject. I have thought much on the problem in its various bearings, and the follow ing pages form my contribution to the dis cussion. A contribution which, coming from a Colonial who has served in the field with Colonials, and who knows their views and feelings, and the work of which they are capable, may, I trust, not be altogether worth less. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.