AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE
EMPIRE UNIFORMITY URGED
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q i ■ i Melbourne, June 26. nff j? Empire League luncheon Rear-admiral Clarkson stressed the need H* J&f UTl,f ,?' l ? it y in na val defence. g J Urged that tie Em P h ' e League should endeavour to bring about the coordination of the dominions in order that the Pacific and Indian Oceans and Australia and New Zealand should have adequate naval defence. He said it was unG f, pe u b Austellia to assume d ™ 6 -her navy without the help of the other dominions. General Sir John Monaslr declared that the Empire must have only one naw and army, and each dominion must bear its own share of the burden. The League of Nations was not going to prevent war, and it was necessary to be equipped. Had the Australians at Gallipoli had one-tenth Fri ,® clull>men 1 t 1 of his command in Prance they would-have made short work , lurkej, and would have been in Constantinople in a month. He hoped that the proposals now pending would provide that the future Australian army would be adequately equipped.—-A. and N Z
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17973, 28 June 1920, Page 5
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