DOMINION NAVAL POLICY.
NOT YET DEFINABLE
DUNEDIN, This Day,
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Otago branch of the Navy League the Minister of Defence said that it was impossible at the present moment to give any idea of what our naval policy should be. Lord Jellicoe was on his way to give advice. It was never in his (Sir J. Allen's) mind to create a special navy belonging to New Zealand, but if we were to protect th e seas every part of the Empire had to have an opportunity to take its share. It was not sufficient for us to pay yearly a certain sum of money; we must pay for our protection in men, and it would be an everlasting disgrace to New Zealand if the Motherland had to enter into any naval combat in which New Zealand was not represented by some of its manhood. If we valued our freedom it was our duty to take our share and, train our men for a unit in the Imperial Navy.—Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 3 May 1919, Page 2
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