EMPIRE'S NAVAL DEFENCE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 72, 17 March 1914, Page 2

EMPIRE'S NAVAL DEFENCE.

PORTION o7*AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC FLEKT~XFX'iCS.SAH\-. , siYDXKV. March H. Iho Sydney Morning IN-i-ald' i„ Jead.ng article states: "li tl,M,„w i» tnu. that the Canadian \a n cannot be settled by the for several years, then the \aval i* erence which Australia and .W U hind dcNire ta have witli t | IB || rai j Government ~,iniot be im,ti..)nod a* oiißer, anc should take'. „L ,W d-ately. '] ]„. Home Utile ,-hsk b ceased to claim attention. Mj lwtß in Canada are at liberty to take t» over their decision, btu Australia is -New Zealand cannot coheir t„ «i tinue for another three or lour m totally in the dark as t„ u hat Mb Imperial policy in the I Vita- It k been assumed that we blame Cm Britain lor abandoning the I'M) w» ment, but owing to recent amenta of tho Germany Nary | ;IH - ~](,.,,„,,; J, situation m the North Sea m <a blame*, the Mother Cuinirv far ate doning. the plan of a I'acilic fitftl meq,t urgent needs in Home vvatersta the Australian fleet and New Zimlmi cruiser wm-o built in the feln ~f ■» IJO9 agreement. After (•ominittaj ourselves to the building ..i a flpv! A "gilt was taken away, and we want! turned up again. If i- stands for» thing it is for the concietinii «i b tralians and New Zealamler.s tkt i British Pacific licet will he nnv*,ini the near future and it is their urim duty to lay the foundation,, <j il> fleet; but we obvious-lv do not uiiii provide the nucleus in 'the dark."