The Pacific

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13968, 19 August 1919, Page 3

The Pacific

GREAT IMPERIAL FLEET

Lord Jellicoe's Probable Plan «A. arid N. 2. Cable) , LONDON, August 17. A hdgih navad aiutihoffity instea-!view-ed ssaad fchaiti altihot^jii. Lord., JeJiiaoe wias vieitaaig; all the Doaivamotns iaii aai « adviswy,capacity his raxaiiMieihdaitioins of the ainovßuib of saa power it waa nectussary for Jii'itoiki -to jnaiLnitain;. in futiua-Q. eJastward oif Suez wooild be of pairainioiuiiiib impca'tiiwicei, becauise the Adindralty regairds tlliis regioaii as tiie 'nexb daaigier zojdo, ail)tiko>ug|h nio^tiroiuibfe was aaiittaipaited. peii'iha.pui for a, few yeaas, ■tihar^t'ou'ei iniuiah Btiroaigei' naivul fcroea weme likeiy to be staitiioned ; u , Austuiailiialn; aoud■"■.^ieiw Zealand waltens. Lord Jellicoe^ wa& known, to favour local Domiiniom naivai' imdts. His advnc© wouildi be 'pairtiioiiib.iiy helpful to the New Zealand. GWeorriiE&enit', "whdoh ;tn(u»b consider tihe maixirniuini burden ©xipemsei it was aibl© to beiar. .The- ■ Admiralty's policy would proibably :be to Kiuppiemenit, the Domiiniom forces with tihe siisips neoessiaa'y to ensure Empire secwiriiity- hi. -;acoaa-daaice with Load Jdlicbe's rapcir't: Lord .Jelliooe pTObaibly ■ wouid suggest, the foinnia,tion; of am Indiam >na,val uair. t, with a propoattiioia of .-native off'coi-s. Amd mem, thus 1 esitaiblu^h ing a Pacific fleet, cwnaistiiiig of laid'acti, South African', New Zetiiiind and Gama.- ---' vdiaax' umi(ti9 oatpoible of operating under a siing'le commamd. Loti'd JeJlicoe ato would reoomanemd the craiitdom of a permanent Impeiiial Naival Board, on whfich would be a representative of each/ Doandnioni sititdog ami Londoni deaSfilnigi with, all * naivail otperations. The Baard would- _ periodically visit itfcei Dominioinisi and .«ltl wd,th each local Naivnl Boßird in Meibourae and Wellinglbomi to oonisider detfldle of the Austlra&m amd New Zealand defemc©. Loa-d JeMico©'s vEsiiife would probaibly result in thei. pn'oivisiioin; of a ; miucir greajtieii 4 naival forc^> in, Caaiada, tia ..pror. tec* the lon^r ■.const/lines 1. It is a;n*ictpaited that Lord JellLicoe will faiviorur a gtr'eaifer initlerthaing-e of officerg between: the Hoonie and. Doaniniiom fleetis. I \ New Imperial Defence System Sipeakihig at the farewell luncheon* t<v detpiirtling. Austraii'ain. ganeralsi, Mr' L. C. M. Am:ei"y, a* m,on)'bea" of the C'aibineitl, saiid thoti the Empire waaited at saiibsitiitiut© for the p'reseaiifc sysitem » of, Iraiperial defeinc© with- inmnense prepondeaiattioe oneH i kmd .'• a; niew syaitieim, ciomsigtlinig of a,defensive dhiafitni, of whiclh each link would be pni'mattily equiippetd to'fefoiin- it® orwn. dlefence. We h^d 'pibflfftiioa-lly' pa^se^ f be-. yond the time whbn Imperial umty was : achdevaible by centraiisaftiioni. A (tirue cotncepitlioinj of the; Empire iccnrpil'i'ed deoen!braiLTsta'it,i'o!ri. ,-■ and theJarea..tioto of a chariiii of States, round the world, each ecnitK.'tied tk» regard. aftlstslf aa. the cemitife of the whoile from!, the ' poinib of view of dts dirtier a-nd resipona'biliitfieis.'- . . . ■•.. ..- Seimafoir Pearoe;, asisiucmiin^ tihijitf/lVrr/ Arneiry was speaking on behalf .of tihe Oaibinietb, regarded has sfpeecih as of Imperial iraportamce. '. ' ' v ;