ON THE BRINK OF GREAT EVENTS.
SIR GEORGE REID PROPHETIC.
(By Electric Telegeaph—Copyright.) (Pee Press _ Association.) Received April 11, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, April 10. Sir George Reid, at a luncheon at the launch of the Australian destroyer Yarra, said regarding the beginnings of the Australian Navy all great parties in the Commonwealth had identical views. The world's desire for peace was never greater, yet it was strange that the stronger the statesman's professions of peace the more extra,vagant and mad became the pace in naval preparations. What was the secret of this marvellous discrepancy ? We were on the brink of great events which would throw the world into some dreadful catastrophe or cause a terrific strain on our resources, and hasten a general understanding. The fortunes of the Motherland and Dominions were inseparably intertwined. The people of Australia had no intention of military or naval adventure. They would be far more delighted if their warships were scrapped without firing a shot in anger, but' all parts of the Empire realised their responsibilities to the Empire.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9187, Issue XLI, 11 April 1910, Page 5
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175ON THE BRINK OF GREAT EVENTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9187, Issue XLI, 11 April 1910, Page 5
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