A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DREAD-NOUGHTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 10

A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DREADNOUGHTS.

■■'. //through :' your '/ widelycirculated'."journal ''-to. suggest; a .'substitute .for'thb, sensational' offer/of; a' proadnpught; : ; or; ■ two •-' bind their/ armaments ; niadb, by I Sir 'Josopli;'^'srd-autl:i-his Cabinet;jfcb/th.b : richest valid:: nipst,'.i.ppwqrlul ';■} Government ■':the i world •■■ lias ; yet-known', ; 'as, ; .it J . savours more of.,pat-: ronago..than;loyalty, \particularly:..\yhen<''tho o(t'er : tho/press. solicited | to'"•■ lend', their powerful irifluenco to ■bleed /the ,tazpayq;'s rt '..o/jNow: Zealand until thia unique : and - per^pnal'-assumption f. of, : political: po>yer; :rca.chfl'dvwjie/Homeland/-, ;:■ ■'fi'V'.v' w. :■:.■;'. '•' tv^H^pplly/for,us, : poli£ipians?'at .Homojstill 'poS3||s'iho; sense.ofNjjrppriety/which inducps ] tlipm)''fp!?c^nsuliJ"^iin'r,.:suppbrterß;piv all 'im'-. I :Tashly-'.^irtflfttTih^iiicial'burdens : 6n a young ■ cblfinj^swithbut':" due" consideration'••of "how at;-?)v {Flip ; -£5,000;0Q0' iiyh'tbfeit •reprc.sents.js. guit&lof 1 , a/'charnctor* to';' cbllXforiiKiuiryj as ! N6w'Zealaiid only possesses /onomillion inhabitants (European /and including^;mcn,;,'_;. women,. 'and •wul3ran#anii-^M''hV^iirov?'alrca^y^'^bui , done(l "with'.v. £71,000,000 ':/ national ./debtr-half.'.'". of '";whiohf.haa 1 been■/■ raised and 'spent.-by thb; iSedtlbii-Wiirdfpolitipaliparty, who/ make tlio' offers -That Now | Zealand, settlors' aro willing .andi.dosirpus.'io: join ~ih any national, pr -Im.-. perial I mbypfipnt -cann'Ofi/ bo/.'doubted after 'thoyurohint^erqd^fbpthb'Ga'pb,.' and left.homo and ;family/:tp.support the Homeland ■ in ifs "rigKtcouS'Vrbtbntitjiirof .'that Colony. .-'■;.,.' •,' 'remarks, •': L beg ito projwso; a" practical 1 sub'Btituto'for. tlio'Drcd'dimpost; £6,000,0.00, ;tp:: carry iqut,>Vn'f! it/will have; the "merit ibf meeting.art existing,:nnd recognised.-wantfin ■naval niattars"/ in /the South' | .tho'^prbviding'pfi_'a.-ishiiiiablo'j harbour,/ with j docksb.and r 'repairing-:yards,;fl(iual'' : to' thoJ .' h wants>of- Drcudnbughts',; or tho "largest :war;ships 'that-.will 'be built, "'in'- tho futurbi. .Jin •doing- this,,' wo",shall also-reap; the advantage ,of, helping',aiid..developing;' : our own ■•'shipping j ' mtcrestsj and other almost': latenf.: New. : . Zealand's /"West'! Coast'- country/ •:'Port Elizabeth :on : tho AV&t : Coast'has; already; been favourably reported. ■on/liy Home -experts, and 'possesses all tho. requisites .'for becoming a, great 'naval liaiv 'whero; flying squadrbns,'' which •' visit' \ *-Sdnthbrh- : ';'-wat^ coal, and -obtain stores, to' our .'benefit- and itheir'own- convenience. : ." '.'-.-. '/.'<'.:":"";"■::-.' r ; • r,3.1n" vioyftof ;,W.hat: the, fjreatj Canadian : Do•:niiiiion'' is doing:.' in :the, samb lino" for their .-own and . the British , Navy in the .Atlantic, our -, recently-hatched.- Dominion may/'safely ;and/- wisely;follow;/and/; in 'doing- so, ,tboy/ ./will' rccoivP/.the/..thanks' and■ support .of ! -tho ;Homo,Gp'v6rnment';fbr/an-act of/wisdom and forctliou«!it.;.. ! 3 , rusting/t'his suggestion .may reobive! tho'.consideration-it; deserves.—l ;: am, .;etc:(/.;i^:'v:,; ; ,r:;;.-, : i;-K,; V:,. //-,' ■/.;,; ,C.lj!. /';| / ; 2/ 1909,/:/'/ ...v cV'.-i/j