CANADA'S NAVY.
REPLY TO THE LIBERALS.
"A REGRETTABLE SPECTACLE." 1 ' By TolezraDh—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. March 25, 9.10, p.m.) Ottawa, 'Match 21. .'Tho Prime Minister,' Mr. Borden, in replying to Sir Wilfrid Lauriei's manifesto, said that if contracts wore let immediately for the construction of threo battleships tho; work could not be completed until the next general election, and then ,if Canadians believed tlwt the battleships ought to bo recalled from British waters, the Government could recall them, proceeding thereafter to build a Canadian fleet. He denied that there had been any attempt to gag discussion. •The. Liberals were! providing a regrettable spectacle to the world and the Emby irefusing to grant the aid the Mother •Country's Ministers asserted she needed. .-The'Liberals' alternative policy would entail a cost of .£30,000,000, spread over tea years. i
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1707, 26 March 1913, Page 7
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135CANADA'S NAVY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1707, 26 March 1913, Page 7
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