NAVAL DEFENCE
DOMINIONS AND SEPARATE FLEETS. (Received June 17, 2.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, 15th June. In the, House of Commons, the Hon, C. C. Balantyne, Minister for the Navy, in introducing the Civil Estimates, outlined the negotiations between the Dominions and the Admiralty on naval defence, and eaid that, foilowin'g the Imperial War Conference in 1918, the Dominion Premiers submitted a memorandum declaring that the proposals ir:' the previous Admiralty memorandum for a single navy, at all times under the central naval authority, were not considered practicable, The experience of the vyar.had shown that a Dominion
navy, such as that of Australia, could operate with the highest efficiency as part of the united navy under one direction of command, established after the outbreak of war. The memorandum concludes: "As the naval forces of the overseas Dominions came to be developed, it might be necessary hereafter to consider the establishment for war purposes of a supreme naval authority, upon which the Admiralty and Dominions would be represented."
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 148, 17 June 1920, Page 8
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