IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
NAVAL AGREEMENT WITH DOMINIONS. LONDON, July 2.9. The Colonial Secretary (Mr Hareourt) ha* published the naval agreement between Great Britain. Canada. Australia, and New Zealand. It provides for the naval services in each Dominion being exclusively under the. inspection of its own Government, the training and discipline to be in uniformity with that of the British Navy. The Dominion ships will fly the Whit* Ensign as the emblem of the authority of the Crown, with the Dominion's flag at the jackstaff. In foreign waters they will report to and take ordt*-from the Admiralty. When British and Dominion ships meet, the senior officer commands in matters of ceremony and international intercourse. The Admiralty agrees to lend the Dominions officers and men as required during the development period, giving preference to those, coming from the Dominions. In war time all Dominion ships put at the Imperial Government's disposal shall form an integral part of the British Fleet, remaining luidfir the. orders of the Admiralty throughout the war.
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Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 6
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