AN AMBITIOUS SCHEME.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13750, 12 September 1908, Page 5

AN AMBITIOUS SCHEME.

UNITED ANGLO-SAXON NAVY. BRITAIN, THE COLONIES, AND g < THE UNITED STATES. - N ' • " • By Eleptric t Telegr t apl.i.— Copy right . ; (Received Sept. 12, 10.15 a.m.) , MELBOURNE, Sept. 12. Sir Thomas Bent (Premier of Victoria), who has been indisposed of late, states that When he is able to see Mr Deakrin • (Federal Premier) he intends to ask him why England, Canada. New Zealand, arid ' Australia should not contribute to .the formation of a navy, including battle-atop*;* in the Pacific, and why the Unite^l Stages should not contrifxite also, making tho navy a joint concern. America, he sn^s, ' has interests in the Pacific which will be increased when the Panama Canal is completed. The presence of a united Anglo-Saxon navy in the Pacific would steady a lot of the other nations. Tho contributing countries, he says, might borrow the money to construct such a navy. Australia's share would be about £10,000,000. When Mr Deakiii was interviewed with reference to Sir T. Bent's scheme ,he asked to be excused fr.om saying anything about it.