ANXIETY, NOT PANIC.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 7

ANXIETY, NOT PANIC.

jFDTiJRE C<pUCT.

;MUST<BE IN .NORTHERN WATERS. 1 'TJNIV'EftSAL i (*T TELEOBAPH—^EESPJ^SOCJATIOS—Cof-TEIOHT.) ! .■' i<#?C- Jflfte 10, 9,4? p.m,) iLbiidqiij ffurio 10. Mr. 'Ba'l(o,urj leader ;6f -$ie -.Opposition, '„ mepiflwg, a .reroarkajiip .#jscii. at ■' tjip, of |thp ,&nfqrßJ)ce.. |H.c : ,epdorsed Ahe .views expressed■ by Jjocd tfloso:;b,ery at -the opprririj; battq'uet pn Saturday, ■ .adding ,tjst, ,|f .ArfyjigSltldh jl i .wouki np.t pp ,of $rnpire, • iljut in .waters. STbe into'of .Aus'.tratia, 'ffc.w 'Zealand, Canada, Sptlth Africa, a,nd pp ijqcided ,lp. jftt-e jaqifio, .-nprjii the )lns.<>n Oc.cun,, (but-jnugt b,s fought,out iinifche NorthHEn HpjnisrlhGre. ijvorybody : ithp read -the ..s,igns .pf tll6 tihiet .p&rep *jth of .Lbrt! . .fyas,qbpry ,and Jijir ~6,1,07,, yotild 1 ; recognise the impossibility of looking iat (tin i : sjubject of 'imperial .defehoP 'without aiiiety, ; no,t .pijHJ.o...:.. , j ' Mr, J. .$. -ftrieriey •,(Monj»real, Cfa.nada) sgipl that «f ,dangcr threatened the iEmpiro Canada would to ■Qxflaxf/l -to spend 'her --'last qen,t,. XV4 give tb.© drop pt 'ber blood tp;-prp.yent . Tjhp xcsjalis ,ol tihis -conference would -jnpt ;bp fpfttttl -in ;,th( ininute bqdks; 'but in 'tbs-foiaraascd iintontsl . ip'-Impptf#.,ipa.ftto..,i ■.Sfofj.-s ;fn (Elastic p^nlsatlpjl. Mr. iSccrjjtary. :fbr War, -agreec •filth ilr. .anil £oj4'.ftpselfpry,' .atic 1 j -qdvppatad &;< -scheme for ,a -Qenierpl $t{s ,i? : .Ijonch with #be .staffs of 4&e .colonieSi -gk ''Urgc.d t]}b colonies to organise their "forces ', in .the -interest of their own .necps'sitjes; ,bnl ! tjboy should jompiflber tboppssiblp'.n'eed ol ;• with .other parts- of tthe .-JSmpjjfr ■ fyiko Sir. Balfour, ie f.Bjt the'burdon of the present time. Diffictfltiep were .arising -yrtuct . lyere ftot\accjd6n(.al, but winch arose because other nations were becoming more .Vie«J&}ij ' and powerful; hut "still he- 'believed the Empire's r|a(jp-Q,f ;piogress was ,grea,te;r thaji.tiiai qf any other raco. Mr. 6. Fonwick (Dunedin) said that the iipoech.es of Ministers and ex-Miriistera thii freek had inade the Pregs Cionfeppnoe Iris. toric. Editors had received .much inspiration .an.-nlany points. Tbe spontaneous qffei of J^ew.Zealand's Dijpadnpqght was not.mpaanted >by ;its .cost. It ,w.as p .<fepn4ti;a;tiiqn pj patriotic'feeling .which would Iholp forward nl! $h'e Empire.' ' Ho any d.ejir« tc the. pcfipu .of .Ajistrfllia ivti ,tp jprofpqp ,pjra defonqe, but ; all jnnsfc -reoogwo bflw inaftequato a local proviaion-mnst be. .The of tjjp lay in the rna'iniepanoo .qf a WpefW l '.^ a vyj fqi» l»e.jjrgcd ihejpr.ess to sppportjt, : - .... '.universal Training. Mf. E. ,S, -Cunningham $ ai.4 it was impossiblo to gat Außtralians do >realis« that their. pffoifs must be wholly t]li> r^tpd; ,to' the '.ttoperiai .Navy, JTpiey. pist be interested in ttoir.oW ,defence, to as to thinli'.pf (the Hayj, if .only .a Jopftl :Nayy, That -would be a stepping-stoDe fo an Imperial Navy. Ho thou|fht ijisjirilia had jboqn treated ia,(J,nlg«nt|ly (iho pasi. (That was (the secret Lof .the jv.ave of ,<mthus: jasm which resulted in the neoont offers oi ffpw Zealand J>nd the ' He >va,s ,flelightbd ijhat ,tho np.w ,Gp,Yefsinent ,pl j;bp Jatter hid ,adppt|sd the people's '.tfishps, . was Teddy -to -addpt- tmiverdal trailing. -It inyolveij many L ahd hf t}ie wisdom-'-flf iflttprnptJnjg -fo Jwc? fit ; nt 4hp prpsenit - : ' .-. '.'KdldrMawhal L cd ;Roberts' saW-the chiol .danger of England was that s|le'hajl so ;lpng .suprenjacy .on. Jhp .sp^s.and -security on la,nu Bho -was ajrfc Jtp -riegard jVfii pftfety as a fixed condition. -He tbejiev.ed ithal p -new era ;had commenced tha,t rpjght jo iqutrp jtta" .alitfingth pf tt [justify -'ji-s csisfehce. ' Ifpfibing. ,hp,t ,fprc: ithp.ugbt : pnd preparation .would majte >ns ,solf(reliant for « great emprgpney. . Tjje Hon..'l. ym): 4npv,ed p ;rpsp)ut}o)l in Jav.qur p,f ,uni,vpr-sal training, ;S0 -latest pffor was ■not Intended ,to interfere .with.;|\er .provisiori ifor locil defence, ithich shouid ,bs>. subpxdin. ,ate to Imperial nopds. flie .believed it iva.< ,p\csirp .tjsajt jthe ,natk>n' L s imnphoofJ i.shpnld bo.trained so tiat if -an eraergencj ■ arose it could bo organised into ap efficient military unit.' ■-■."'". -'~-> Lord ißoporfp as .RJ,(s,sk)t\ary. Mr. Markeohon (Dunedin) seconded -the Hbn. ! T. jFink's niotipn in .favour of uniyer ; sa; tf. a '?.>ng... Hp sa|4 tjj,e colonies. flppni large sums on education, and it. was .sural} rightful to ask -for somß'return-for .that'.e* 'penditureio < r,.Jhp:p.urposps of 4«fencs. Aftei the words of warning frdm'Lord ltoberts anc the statesmen -who hod -oome before the Conf tljey w.erp . to $$0 further notice of armchair critics who dreadoc advised that Lqrd iHpbert! bo £ent as a missipnary \, hrpughpuj; ifop JJm Wt' - . ' '" ""' ': !.',, . ' :' '." , : !sev(iral spqnlcers objfiotcd to the jniotiot ,as being putsido the objept of tbe meeting The'resolution was withdrawn, ' . '. .Jflfaps ,0, JFftirfaj jiaft ,tha< if ;the fqr.ces of .the overseas Dpmlniofl! pndprtpok an inipprtant share jjf Imppria' defehce,. some. steps wpuld bp rcq\iirpd. X< giyp ibfi Pominjons p. 'share in .fihe ,guiiSanp( ~qf ithpsp fprpps. Further .questions arise respecting their shqre ;n arriving a d,ccisipns upon peace .or war. Though '% was a jpijitpnt fpderaiiqnist, tja« points hp had tonphed on'ought irtot'to pas unheeded. • m&mwof Lord Koberts stated that if tho -resolu tion had boon pressed he would have sup ported jtj bepausp .tlip .v.pitwtary hai utterly failed, and modern warfare require good training]." l • . '!&.? Lpf.d flaypr .(Sir ,G. Truficott) gar. a liiushpon -to -.the delegates and to. a bundrci others. '"' "]'■". CO,L9.N|AL ' WITH A iGB-EAT EMWfIE ; JLondoni. ,Juw.p.i . Jtr. : J.-W." Kirwan-Ccditor of tiip ■': "Kai goorlic Miner," West Australia), to tho toast of - li '£he-Giiesta,- J -'.-at'the liiiich epii jto tlip- JH-pss delegates in |th« HpuKp oi Coinmonsi pmplitiß.isod tie ■ utcatly ftrongtt. eiiing of the fnirijt-of n.am?l|V„ tlip *pir/jt'-an,d .pf being Austra'liflßS, GniiAdians, ,or tf\ a change was coming over the Dominions and the Etnp)rc. They were 'jurply .■tentling towards a. period pf pjpsyr ajlipxlcej anij the jßmpjre }n -)vpuld bp .pajiieler. .apd greater -tbaii in iho past, inasmuch a* it

.would 'consist of .a' great family: ©f nolv . nft ..- ,tjo|is, which wpnld givfr'str<>ngtli aiifl pfida' Sowinri Ministers. <radirll the-..Lop- i ■doH -odrtois .wp.ro present at tie ,gir<Jn ; ,lo ;M gross deicrgatos :b? -Mr. fckjypV jGeorge .(Chancellor of t}i,e ISojipOTo'rO ,-nt' jbJB Official ; rp»i<lfrico ,in downing ,sfeoet. ■' Tho ..Woathor wap t d<fliglitful faring .Lord' •No.l|lld.li(rp'6..^itpi l |ai v tint{iilt of tho qt.,Suitoii jfyiqo, Gu'ityfM. .There- jVerp ,np. r sjwohoai -jTlip .230 iguifsts .Fio'ldjjfaffihal :Lorrt Boberts, 'Viscount Ether, ■ iai ' rhember ,of .tho Gopimittce. of Imperial De-' ifpnee, and Lords "Robert and, Hugh Cojjil, of the late Manjuis of Salisbury'.. • In the oyenipg, Sir Richard Bcachcroft .(formerly dhiiirrnan Of tie 'London County ,(jkmncil) gOTO.a reception-in tho [Grafton-gal-'.lprjes. Thor.e .about a tbpusond guests, ; ijf6 LonfJ6.li. and .muitibipal': ojffipials,. ; ;. .'SOME OPINIONS. . '< iLontloji, ,'Juno ; 9. ,' The ''baily iGhroniile," in .an article on. 'tlhp .'ProSi (%nfor£tice, siy.6 ifio 'endor,semeny :.$ i^ r 4 IWfflbery'if .warnings .made -a „aeep, .impression ,on : tho tnpdiOpce. -fylr. •Ward's' : Bpdeali, shewed 'that •ith© Coiiferonoe was of; ojflinjpii .that'tboso Who,sheltered ,the,ro6elvcß' behind i&o nag; ought tp Mkp f,beir tfMre .of [ .ijhe .|of ,$e (fleet. ' The "Daily Express" says ' the . Speeches of Sir -Edward -Grey,. Mr. Alfred tytteltonj ond JJr. will roako ,far .TOP for than.itinerani junketings. Tjy> iW'pi'r ipa<ters ,pr<* P.f .the .opinion :th.Rt>sqch (discussions ss'.tnojsp of jcs-. (jofdtiy Are to'bestpoEsiblo'nrepsraitipn (fori .tie -official :debateo -.which -will' .W'.plAoe.j»t the .Cpnfer.oncp pummpnpd ,by $r. ; A's.gpitn,.' jflie ,op-., portunjty,of meeting nnd hewing .Britain's, 'leading-public-nien-wjll give the best result*' ; <ff':iu6 | V,isit.' '