NEW ZEALAND AND THE NAVY.
LORD GLASGOW S OPINION. A NEW SUGGESTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) ■LONDON, Bth April. Writing to your correspondent on tho attitude of New Zealand towards the JJavy, Lord Glasgow^ who was a naval officer before being Governor of !New Zealand, says : — "I think the step taken by New Zealand in offering an ironclad to the Mother Country was one prompted by the truest and the most unselfish patiiotism, and indicated a preferable policy to that shadowed forth by Australia of having a navy of its own. If the Navy of Great Britain should at any time do unable, to maintain its supremacy at sea (an idea which I cannot entertain), no colonial navy would be able to take Its place, and any such would only furnish a target for attack. At least, that is my very humble opinion." The .young Viscount Helmsley, who was a prominent critic of the Government in the naval debate, writes to me — "The whole question of the contributions of the colonies needs very careful consideration at the hands of each successive Colonial Conference. But meanwhile, and until some definite plan hae in the nrocess of time been evolved, wo should, I think, all welcome most heartily such a magnificent expression of Imperial patriotism as New Zealand has recently afforded to this country in her offer of Dreadnoughts ; and it seems to me that vsliile we have such conclusive evidence as to the willingness of New Zealand to take her share in the burdens of Empire, we may well leave to the gradual evolution of the future the exact method by which naval co-operation, between the various parts of the Empire may best be secured,." Mr. E. Fondi Wright, son of the late Mr. E. G. Wright, M.iH.R., of Windermere, Canterbury, has sent a letter to The Standard, suggesting that as the Imperial Government has not shown any alacrity over the acceptance of the proffered Dreadnought, Sir Joseph Ward should ask the High Commissioner to make enquiries with a view to New Zealand letting the contract at once to a British shipbuilding firm.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 11
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NEW ZEALAND AND THE NAVY.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 11
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