THE "ELDER SISTER'S" NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 8

THE "ELDER SISTER'S" NAVY.

.:■:-..'•//;/ v 7-/';,/'''>.'.';-.';.;v;;;; ■'.;;;;.\ ■;;/ /'■:■ ■;■; .'FOR HERSELF ; ■ ; -,". In April "last news /was 'cabled from .Canada,: our 'elder .colonial sister, pf a statement; by-Sir//AVilf rid . Laiirief; that' , his /Government insisted'. that, .-Canadian' ;ships'■■ shiuld.not take; part-in any war in-which.Great;Britain was/engaged, exxept b.n-'the direcf. authorisation .of the ;Canadian/,Gbvernment;i .-.;:■■' //' : ,-; : ' : /';; /

'. v Questiohed;by ,a. ; DpWNipN;representa- ; .tive /as ' to; whether", this /implied,,that 'Canada .'reserved -to; herself' an, independr ont/; control' of iherj'naval. force; in; time of/war.'.Mr;vW.'Beddqe,:Canadian Trade'' Commissioner, characterised the'inquiry /as/ibeing; : iu : "that:fofm, decidedly mis-; ileading; ■~.-.''.Canada,"■ ul ib/ said,..''prefers .'to; build .her-own;.Navy, -believing that'' ; the ■ creation -'of a /Navy' wilt/contribute, to,the upbuilding.of,,a, liatibhal;d-hd Im-' perial,spirit.;-/Sir..Wilfrid Laiirier,'who ;takes; a; broad 'view./of tho subject,' has, ; : been;at %\\ times /very much pppps'e'd .to the'cash, contribution .idea, and'/-is ; de-/ termined.to.. create'-a : Canadiah: Navy. ;,This;. Navy ;will.be-under': the/control >/pf the Canadian'/ Minister ; bf/Marine, but.■in'- time /of ;war it/.will, pa'ss iuhder' the ■control of /tho, British .'.Admiralty. We, ; ,are/establishing ,a 'naval; college: to /be' -presided|pver by' British-naval, officer's/,' We 1 are .subsidising the/building bf dry-: ■docks'/and;.shipbuilding yards:'upon', the r yery,.latest/rnodels.'./-We, have .'already,■ 'as no doubt you; know, .purehased from: vthe. British..' Gbve'rnihent two.cruisers", ; the , .Niobb'.and:'/Rainbow, iwhich'■ will /shortly ;reach:'Cahada;,'.'/.These.:'ships ; ,mll: |,be//controlled /by/British,;officers,-and •used. for .the 'instruction of ./Canadians ■.who.wiltthus-bo/prep'ared-to'/man mir: .own ;havy..by;the.,time.'it';is:bu'ilt.'' ,W r e: -.intend; to.';,.build in /.our;:©™ ,watOTs',''i-m'.pu^ •'be, built.\by/our/oiraimeh;with-'bur own ,money,- and we/ shall; have/trained ;Cari-: : adians to mail the' ships'-when they: are • completed..-;':;;-;/'■•; ; ' ; :; 1 /--//';/.':';■;;/'' /;/;-'.

: ; '.'lt." seems' to, ,me," /' remarked ; Mr. Beddoe, '.'scarcely ':worth '-.while 'contradicting a' statement 'that' ;it/would .'be ; better -for' Canada';io /cpntributo'.'/mbney; than';.to..'create.'a:.race/of/nava}:"me/n : within: her .own,-: borders. / /Surely this' ■last:is: a-better; protection-for/the>Bri-tish /Empire- ; than'/any /money odirtribu:tion //; /;-: >//'' : '; /'.;.-..;:; : ■' /;

'.;;•''lf. you,create -a' navy ' and:- man '\\ it with;- your; own' men you build .'up., a national 'spirit, rlf you send'money out : °*-;<*. ;«njibtry y,' it, is; equiyaleitt; to :■:taxa-' tion;';-.without. represeiitatibn-—a question which:. was'.:.settled' in ■ Canada; ;at the point of •the/Bword,' a.-very Jong time' : ag o;w ..,.....■,..:.!.,..: ;.,.,; ...... •..',.,.■. . •..!■■..,■.,

My last, word : is," concluded Mr:" Beddoe,-.."that,..Canada .contains: some .of'.the--most loyal .subjects: of 1 his' Ma- ' jesty, and; there ; is no, more • loyal subjject.:. within' the' British : Empire ,; "than' Sir, Wilfrid; Eaurier himself.". ■:. :>'■■■<