NAVAL FORCES
ADVICE TO CANADA NOTHING TO GAIN BY DISMEMBERMENT DOMINIONS SHOULD ACT WITH PROMPTNESS. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received January 19, 8.25 a.m.) OTTAWA, 18th January. Sir Thomas Tait (formerly Chairman of the Commissioners of the Victorian State Railways and at present president of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway), addressing the Canadian Club, advocated Canada taking immediate action to strengthen the Empire's naval forces. There was much to lose and nothing to gain by dismemberment of the Empire. The duty of all parts of the Env pire was to place it in an impregnable position as quickly as possible. Each Dominion ought to act with promptness, as the need was imperative. LITTLE NAVYITES DENOUNCED. LONDON, 17th January. A meeting, including Sir John Brim* net-, Sir Walter Runciman, Sit Henry Primrose, Mr. D. Mason, and Right Hon. Thomas Lough, M.P.'b, passed a. resolution urging a reduction of armaments. There were uproarious sceneß, several Stock Exchange members denouncing the "little navyites."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 7
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161NAVAL FORCES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 7
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