BRITISH FORTIFICATION IN THE EAST.
SHOULD THE COLONIES CONTRIBDTE? LONDON, June 20. In the House of Commons, Mr H. O. Arnold-Poreler, M.P. for West Belfast (the well-known expert to whose writing the present naval activity has largely been due), asked if Australasia had been requested to contribute towards the defence of Wei»hai«wei and Hong Kong, Mr Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, in reply, said the question touched a matter of exceeding importance— namely, the defence of Kowloon and Wei-hah-wek He added that the colonial contributions must be' examined as a whole..
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 140, 22 June 1898, Page 2
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92BRITISH FORTIFICATION IN THE EAST. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 140, 22 June 1898, Page 2
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