CANADA'S DEFENCE
POLICY EXPLAINED NO FORCE FOR EUROPE VALUE OF A NAVY By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received March 28, 6.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, March 27 In the House of Commons to-day the Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, said it was doubtful whether Britain, much less the Dominions, would ever send an expeditionary force to Europe. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. R. B. Bennett, urged more naval co-operation with Britain. He said that was Laurier's policy. Mr. King declared that the present policy of the Government emphasised the defence of Canada not because co-operation with Britain had been abandoned, but because of declarations that the Government was planning to send a force to Europe. Mr. Bennett said they must bear in mind not only the defence of Canada but of civilisation and of the whole Em pire. Mr. King said a Canadian Navy would have been useful in a war in the Pacific. The Liberals would continue to stand by Laurier's policy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22688, 29 March 1937, Page 9
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