IMPERIAL UNITY.
LONDON, April 22. The Times says the principle that national armaments must be at the disposal of the~ Parliaments building and "Maintaining them is a fundamental condi~f all co-operation in Imperial de-: fence, but Sir Wilfrid Laurier's argument tends to obscure the fact t/iati although compulsion to take part in Imperial wars cannot come from within, it may come from without. If the Empire be at war Canada is at war, though she does not participate in actual hostilities. It is true that Canada had no direct interest in the Crimean war, bat Russia would not have considered herself debarred from raiding Canadian coasts.. These actual responsibilities are involved in the system of Imperial partnership, and they were directly recognised by Mr Fisher, on behalf of Australia. Thv; Times adds : "We consider that Yii% Borden was justified in insisting fi'afi they should be recognised in the Canadian, Navy Bill."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 23
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