DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.
SPEECH BY SIR REGINALD TALBOT. AN AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. By Telegraph .—Press Association.- -Copyright. LONDON, 16th December. Addressing the annual meeting of the British Empire League at the Mansion House, Sir Reginald Talbot, the late Governor of Victoria, remarked that it would be a thousand pitieb if the feeling that was growing in favour of an Australian squadron were discouraged. Such provision, he declared, would leave the Imperial navy free to defend the Empiie, unhampered by any consideration for the local defence of Australia. Sir Reginald added that he thought a deep debt of gratitude was due to the Commonwealth Parliament for recognising the piinciple that every able-bodied man should qualify himself to take part in the defence of his country.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 144, 17 December 1908, Page 7
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