AT NELSON’S MONUMENT

Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 8

AT NELSON’S MONUMENT

TRAFALGAR DAY OBSERVANCES SIR JAMES PARR OH THE NAVY Press Association —Ey TcKgiaph—Copyright. LONDON, October 21. (Received October 22, at 11.30 a.m.) A magnificent wreath oi yellow chrysanthemums from the Commonwealth, and a red and white floral cruiser from New Zealand, also wreaths from the New South Wales and South Australian Navy Leagues, were conspicuous Trafalgar Day emblems at Nelson’s monument. There was a brilliant Navy League dinner in the evening. Sir James Parr, responding to the toast or _ The Dominions,” said he was of opinion that Mr Ramsay MacDonald at New York had expressed the Empire’s view in the phrase “the navy is Britain itself.” Sir James Parr Emphasised the importance of the Empire’s communications being inviolate from the peril attached to defeat at sea. Tho Empire must have cruisers in plenty. Ho said he was all for a reduction of armaments, and ho admired the League o. Nations, but the time was not yi-i> when they could trust any organisation to keep peace. An Anglo-American agreement should not be difficult, but the other powers were concerned and no reduction would be safe unless it were in proportion all round.—Australian Press Association-United Service.