AUSTRALIAN VIEWS OF OUR OFFER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 463, 23 March 1909, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN VIEWS OF OUR OFFER.

MR. WADE CAUTIOUS. CARDINAL lIOK AN AS CRITIC. (ni TELnOKAI'II — PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPY It I GMT.) (Rec. March 22, 11..15 p.m.) Sydney, March 22. "New Zealand Leads" announces in big typo tho contents bill of 0110 of the evening papers. The promptness and the magnitude of tho Dominion's oiler aro unstintedly admired'; at the same lima tho admiration is tempered with soino disappointment that Now Zealand is out-distancing Australia in promptly making the responso that tlio pubiio and the press almost unanimously favour, and astonishment is expressed at Australian statesmen's slowness in failing to fall in with public feeling. Mr. Wade, Premier of New South Walcß,

was n splendid one—Mr. Deakin pointed out tiint if Groat Britain accepted tlio position of being content with a Navy as strong as that of one of her possible foes, tlio wliole theory whereon Australian defoneo was founded would disappear. Her present defence forco was maintained upon tlio assumption that Britain's Navy was powerful enough to master any combination of I'owers. Sir William Lyno (formerly Federal Treasurer under Mr. Deakin) warmly supports the men of tlio presentation of a Dreadnought. 110 says ho is convinced the people would give a ready response if asked