IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 October 1913, Page 5

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

THE ABANDONED CONFERENCE

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 8. Reuter states that the Dominions have made no proposal for a Defence Conference. Therefore there is no reason for surprise or disappointment overseas. It is impossible for Imperial Ministers to go to Vancouver, owing to the pressure of business. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 8. The Cape Argus says that if it is not worth while to hold a Naval Conference some will presume that the naval situation is not disquieting, as suggested in Mr Churchill's Canadian memorandum. Nevertheless, the need for Imperial co-operation in sea defence is as imperative as ever.