THE NAVY AND EMPIRE.
Press Association . — Telegraph. — Copyright Received June 11, 10.6 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 11. The." State Governor, in the course of a lecture at Fitzroy on the Navy and Empire, said he considered England's present position satisfactory, both absolutely and relatively to her probable enemies. The British Navy had never been so strong and efficient in peace time as now. In the mefens of building and equipping warships America was the only country which could hope to rival Britain. He regarded war between America and Britain a crime unthinkable. • No probable enemy of England had its own supply of steam coal, a vital need. Sir John Forrest said he was afraid Australia had been so long accustomed to peace and security that it had' begun to act as if the difficulty . and danger would never come. He was, of opinion now that Australia had got away from the apron , strings of the mother country ' it should ' act like an, independent ' people, and not 1 leave the kindred OJd Country to do eveTything. ■ . .
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10972, 11 June 1903, Page 5
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174THE NAVY AND EMPIRE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10972, 11 June 1903, Page 5
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