FOREIGN POLICY.
''-..':..'.,.'.,.«..!, \ SIR E. GREY'S SUMMARY- , CONGO DISPUTE STILL UNSETTLED. • ~ • ' SEA-ROUTE PROTECTION. (By -TclcsraDhl-I'rcai Ansoclaiioa.-Cnpyrlclit.l ; ~ ' ■ London, October 22. Speaking at the Cutlers' Feast at Sheffield, Sir Reginald Talbot, formerly' Governor of 1 Victoria, dwolt on.tho necessity of ah adequatd [ navy as a protection from invaders. I Sir Edward Grey, secretary for Foreign Affairs, speaking later, declared that; so far as Britain was concerned, protection from : invasion was insufficient; H the Empire-is, to lid preserved, the Navy must also keep sea cmot rhunication open. ' » > The' outlook in international politics, Sir Edward Grey said, .was hopeful. The manner iii .whicli the Balkan, Persian, and Moroccan .troubles had boon met was a good augury.lor the future. ■'•'.'. The British Government could not recognise 'the annexation of the Congo by Belgium till the system of government''.-there-.-'had been changed.,' If the situation is prolonged indefinitely, tho Minister added, it must result in undesirable complication's. ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 7
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148FOREIGN POLICY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 7
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