CABLE NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.- COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 116, 17 May 1907, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.- COPYRIGHT.]

COLONIAL COASTAL NAVIES. A CONDEMNATION. «IR. CARRUTHERS AND MR. DEAKIN. *A SOP TO A SECTION." I-RKSS ASSOCIATION. (Received May 17, 7.14 a.m.) SYDNEY, 16th May! Mr. Carruthsrß, Stato Premier, interviewed on tho Federal proposal for a, separate navy, said he Teas not at all ia favour of it. '•The protection of Australia," cays Mr. Carruthers, "consists in the fact that we are a dependency of tk> Empire with tho greatest naval force in the world, and we know that whatever is done hero is part of the general scheme of Imperial naval defonce. But wo propose to eet that all aside, and to start on our own, contrary to tho advice of those who have forgotten more than we ever learned. "The whole, thing is a sop to a ssction of tho community that, if not opsnly, is covertly disloyal to the English supremacy." THE SQUADRON. RETENTION IN THE INTERIM. (Received May 17, 8.27 a.m.) LONDOIS, 16th May. Sir Wm. Lyne, in an interview, stated that until Australia's coastal fleet is a, reality, it would be better that the Admiralty should maintain the existing squadron in Australian waters. TOO COSTLY FOR NEW ZEALAND. [ LONDON, 16th May. Speaking at the New Zealanders* dinner, Sir Joseph Ward, referring to the nival arrangement, eaid it was impossible for him. to subscribe to tho principle of devolution in naval defence, otving to the great liabilities New Zealand would incur.