IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 53, 8 July 1913, Page 6

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY

[By Electric Telegraph— Copyright]

[United Press Association, j (Received 12.50 p.m.)

London, July 7

Sir G. Parker enquired of the Government whether Australia had accepted Admiral Henderson’s naval report in parto r in its entirety, concerning the details of construction, the extent of the personnel required, the annual cost, also the progress ol the smallarms factory and naval college; and had the question of erecting naval works at Montreal been considered.

Mr Churchill said that these were the first questions asked since ho had been in office ; therefore he was bound to make it clear that the Admiralty was not in a position to reply regarding the Oversea Dominion navy. If members of the House of Commons assumed such a position, they might easily give offence. (Cheers.) THE JOHANNESBURG RIOTS. Mr L. V. Harcourt (Colonel Secretary), in reply to questions, said that the Governor-General of South Africa, (Viscount Gladstone) had acted in accordance with the law in response to the Union Ministers’ request, and had sanctioned military help for the preservation of order, especially in view of the presence of a quarter of million natives on the Rand. Mr Harcourt concluded by reading Mr Gladstone’s telegram just received: quiet. Every reason to believe the men will accept the terms of settlement.” The Speaker declined to accept Mr Outhwait’s nirition to call attention to the Imperial troops shooting the miners. He remarked that the motion implied a vote of censure on the Government of South Africa which the House was unable to consider.