AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS
QUESTION OF EMPIRE DEFENCE
DUTCH PAPER'S CONTENTION
(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright)
CAPETOWN, Aug. 27. The Australia and Sydney have sailed from Simonstown.
The " Cape Times " dwells on the object lesson afforded to South Africa by the visit of these ships.
The Dutch organ " Onsland," referring to the visit of the warships, says;—" if Britain lost command of the sea the link of Empire would be snapped, and each portion would have to shift for itself. In such an event South Africa would be at the mercy of the strongest naval Power, and who knows whether this new master would be such a champion of full self-government as Britain, and willing at the same time to give the use of its fleet to hold the waters free and safe? "
The " Onsland " favours the abolition of trade preference and the substitution of something which will allow adequate direct contribution towards the cost of, or some share in, Empire defence.
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Northern Advocate, 27 August 1913, Page 5
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