MR ALLEN ON THE QUESTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 111, 13 May 1914, Page 5

MR ALLEN ON THE QUESTION.

"WE MUST KNOW WHERE WE

ARE."

AUCKLAND, IVtay 13

Referring-{<o tire naval question "last evening . th© ■Minister for,, Defence stated that notliing further hiad ti'ansoi red lately <reo;aa'dine:' the suggested Imneirial Delence ...XJonference.-, No date had been named,''but the question was one t<bat must be settled shortly. , ' :.';,':' ' "In view of t^e b'l-ealcrloini of the 1909 agreement,'" he said; "we must know where w© are in regard to t}»r futiire defence of the Pacific/and Australia more particularly must'know where she is. Australia It?s clone ,more than siw to req.uir^tij to'^o under the 1909 a^eement.|,|,Tict tihV position .fi-om;'.h»r. :of*wew as well as that of New Zealand is most uinsatisfactory." ■:';/ ■ : V .'>■