THE BRITISH NAVY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 26 June 1912, Page 5

THE BRITISH NAVY.

COMMAND OF THE SEA

PARTNERSHIP NOT DESIRABLE

_ BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, June 25. It is expected that Mr Churchill will make a supplementary naval statement 'in a fortnight.

The Times, in an article entitled "The Admiralty and the Empire/ says that the North Sea is now the •centre of naval strategy. Victory ■there would leave Britain an" easy mastery of the other European seas. Nevertheless, there must be no loosening on the hold of the Mediterranean, which closely, involves the country's rfood supply. Britain cannot share the ;position with even the friendliest Power. It hopes that Mr Churchill's 'Imperial squadron scheme will be worked out immediately, in preference to any contribution from the dominions to the immediate battle power of the •.fleet in English waters. The security of the Empire depends upon solving the problem of union for defence. The paper asserts that the dominions cannot be long expected to accept a system wherein they have no voice. Great "Britain wants partnership far more than support.