BRITAIN AND AUSTRALASIA.
THE COST OF DEFENCE.
SPEECH BY SIR M. HICKS-
BEACH.
London, July i; In the course of a speech on tbeteW lions existing between Great Briuia and the Australasian colonies, Sir E Hicks-Beach referred to the naval agreement, and said the British Govern, ment had relieved the colonies of the cost ef naval defence by giving t^m protection against possible enemies but the colonies had not been relieved of the duty of coast defence. Britain expended twenty-two millions yearly on the navy, while the colonies, with a population of ten millions, only paid} lew thousands as their share; It »aj impossible that this arrangement could remain a permanent setclement.
Sir M. Hicks-Beach said colonial trade proposals had hitherto conflicted with the free trade policy of Great Britain, but the action of Canada in opening her ports was the best possible basis o( agreement yet proposed; He did not believe the colonies would shirk their naval responsibilities.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 152, 2 July 1897, Page 2
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