OVERSEAS PREMIERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 99, 16 June 1911, Page 5

OVERSEAS PREMIERS.

BANQUET AND RECEPTION. London, June 15. Captain J. Boyd-Carpcnter banqueted tiio Overseas Ministers 111 llio Connaught rooms. Mr. bearco (Commonwealth Minister for Defence), responding for the Dominions, saici the surest way to avoid militarism and jingoism was to make every citizen a soldier. Aus- , tralia did not believe it was manly to allow England to always bear the burden of the colonics. Sir William Hall-Jones also spoke. The wife of the Primate of England gave a reception to the Overseas delegates at Lambeth Palace. A thousand were present, including the Duchess of Albany, the Duke ami Duchess of Saxo-Coburg, Lord and Lady Crewe, the Duke and Duchess of Portsmouth, and Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener,' Lord Rosebery, and Lord and Lady Esher. NAVAL UNIFORMITY. London, Juno 15. “The Times” says it is impossible . to exaggerate the importance of Mr. McKenna’s speech at Pontypool as to the uniformity of naval material. This was a great thing, but it was little compared with the corresponding standardisation of training, discipline, and the general" morale of the personnel. “The ..iraes” recalls that Nelson, after the battle of the Nile, said: “I had the happiness to command a band •of' brothorcs in danger.” The possibility of Australia and Canada losing sight of this idea would he averted if the policy announced by Mr McKenna were steadfastly carried out. If the officers and men of the overseas fleets were encouraged to qualify in proportion t 6 those in the parent navy, one of the worst evils arising from the development of the Dominions’ fleets would bo nipped in the bud.