DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 16 January 1913, Page 8

DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

CANADIAN NAVAL BILL

Ottawa, January 15.

The House resumed the naval debate. The Conservatives implored the Liberals to co-operate over the Naval Bill, because of the immense moral effect throughout the world if Canada united in the presentation of Dreadnoughts. The German naval increase was quoted to prove that an undeniable emergency existed. Major-General Otter, in his annual report on the Department of Militia, warns the Canadians against neglecting preparedness for war. The military forces were utterly inadequate, and the future was fraught with danger, A TEMPORARY EXPERIMENT. The tabled correspondence regarding Mr Monk’s resignation shows that he resisted the naval grant without giving the people an opportunity of approving it. Mr Borden, replying, said that the disclosures of the Imperial Government were so grave that immediate effective action was necessary in Canada’s interests. The step was entirely temporary, and in nowise affected the permanent policy, for which the people’s approval would he sought.