COLONIAL NAVAL POLICY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13926, 3 April 1909, Page 5

COLONIAL NAVAL POLICY.

GIFTS WELCOMED WITH PRIDE

AND GRATITUDE

By Electric Telegraph.' — Copyright. LONDON, April 1\

Th? Times sfi,\s that Mr. Fishei't, programme shows that the Common\tcalth and Canada are in line m their naval policy, while there is also a parallel movement in both countries in favour of following New Zealand's precedent If those gifts were decided upon I they would bo welcomed with pride and 1 gratitude, not as detracting from the burden which Britain was fully competent and determined to bear, but as ,proof of upholding Britain's resolve to maintain supremacy on sea. In future, however, interest would centre in the local naval services which Australia and Canada wero preparing to develop. The Times recalls Mr. Balfour's speech in reply to Mr. Cox^s amendment address in February, 1907, as a classic exposition of British Imperialism.