THE POLICY OF GUNS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 292, 3 September 1908, Page 7

THE POLICY OF GUNS.

MR. DEAKIN AND THE FLEET. ULTIMATE NEED OF SELF-DEFENCE. A LESSON TO, AUSTRALIA.: (bT TELSOEAra— rEESS .association—coritit-3 at.), Melbonrnej.September.,2;,;; Mr. Doakin, Federal Premier) - speaking at a dinner given by tho, .Yacht,,, Club .tQ ; tlje, American officers, said, Jiad for, the first tirao seen a : .fleet of. battleships, a lid they would do well to'.BWdy'^ho'policy he-' hind the men and the guns. Australians could not be content defined ultimately at any other hands than their own. .PSSM'.TC.;"; r SPERRY I - VANCOUVER AOT);SAN ERAWJISqO^ POWER IN THE'PACIFIC. • . (Rec. September 2, midnight.) Melbourne, September 2. Rough and rainy weather continues, ."il Admiral Sperry, replying, to an address from the Board of Works, said tho present opportunity 1 of making acquaintance with Australia was ,in ,the : interest, of tho development of the Pacific territories belonging to tho two Powers. Australia made her communication,' not only with San Francisco, but with Vancouver, the more ,secure ; uwourd .'Ee )her -position. Not only would . Australia ,by : t^,: route come closer to her sister in'tho'Empire, the' great Dominion of Canada, but therein was • the route to a great and essentially noutral power. This route was ' so'' removed geographically from assault, and. so secure, that Australia had a double interest in/.developing it, because it gives a secure" road to the Home Country, and the shortest at that. 71.V3 & , THE FESrnriTlESi^r *•" Melbourne, September 2. Rain spoilt the illuminations last night.'; Large crowds, however, braved the elements. .<">."»? ."'•■"..'•S A football match for" the championship of the fleet, between teams representing the warships Minnesota and 'Kentucky, o resulted in a draw. Admiral Sperry ' and,. a. largo",, '<Sontirigeht visited tho Agricultural 'Show.