DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.
(Electric Tolegraph— Copyright— Dnlted Preu Awociaiion ) < London, April 20. Colonel Hutton, tate Commandant of the New South Wales Forces, read a paper before the Colonial Institute on dofonce. He eaid it was time the Empire co-operated in a scheme of mutual defence under an clastic policy, on the lines of Australian Federal defence, controlled by the Council of Defence. One hundred and soventy-three thousand Federal militia were available, on a basis of population, for Imperial defence. Canada and Australia could supply 14,000 each, and South Africa 7000. The additional troops available for local defence numbored 309,000, the Australasian portion thereof being 12,571. , , Sir Saul Samuel said that when shown the necessity the colonies would slmro tho defence of tho Empire. Sir Henry Norman stated that the coloniea did not at present realise the necessity, but when in faco of war they would do nil that was necessary. Major-Geueral Bovau Kdwards sugptestetl that a Commttteo of Cabinet .might bo entrusted to declare authoritatively the requirements for the defence of the Empire.'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8191, 21 April 1898, Page 2
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