NAVAL AGREEMENT. BETWEEN BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS.
THE TERMS PUBLISHED. SOME OF THE PROVISIONS. By Telegraph.— Pratt Afisodation.-Copyrlitifc LONDON. 29th July. Mr. Lewis Harctmrt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, ha£ published the terms of the naval agreement be» tween Great Britain, Canada, Australia-, and New Zealand." The agreement provides that the naVal services of each Dominioh shall be exclusively under the inspection of its own Government. The training And discipline shall be in uniformity, with the British Navy.The Dominion snips shall fly the white ensign aa the emblem ,of authority of the Crown, with the Dominion's flag.ftt the jack-staff, and in foreign' waters the ships are to report to, and take their* orders from, the Admiralty. When British and Dominion ships meet, the senior officer will command in matters of ceremony and international intercourse. The Admiralty agrees to lend the Dominions officers and men as required | during the development period, arid also to give preference to those coming from ! the Dominions. In war, any Dominion ships put at the Imperial Goverttttteht's disposal shall form an integral part of the British fleet, remaining under the Admiralty throughout the war.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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188NAVAL AGREEMENT. BETWEEN BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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