IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
SIR JOSEPH. WARD’S PROPOSALS (Received 20, 12.15 p.m.) T London, May 25. the imperial Conference sat "all day. Sir J. Ward outlined his proposals at length. Imperial organisation, he said, was more urgent when two or the greatest of the dominions had already embarked on a naval policy. New Zealand looked forward to substantially increasing her naval contributions, and was surely entitled to some voice iji the question of peace or war. He suggested that the Uni fed Kingdom. Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Newfoundland should elect an Imperial House of Representatives for defence, with one representative for every 200,000 of population, members to be elected for five years; also an Upper Council of twelve members, giving equal representation to each Dart.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 81, 26 May 1911, Page 6
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