EMPIRE DEFENCE.
y —: —j- .. •FIRST NEED IS MEN. 1 ' TRAINING FARMB PREFERRED TO NAVAL COLLEGES. SEA-POWER IS LEARNED AT SEA. (By Tclcsrraph.—Presa Aesoclatlon.—Oopyrlcht.) London, September 14. Tho "Standard'!' warmly eulogises tlie Lor Mayor of Sydney's proposal for tho disposa of a portion of tho Australian Dreadnoueh subscriptions towards training farms for Bri tisti lads. ■ ' ■ Tho -paper emphasises tho logical connec tion between immigration and defence, am argues that tho establishment of a nava collcgo in-Australia would be a doubtful ex poriment. Tho collegian system introduce! of lato years into naval education in Britau is, it says, a complete revorsalof sound'tra dition, and the results have yet to be tested Australia is warned that tho clemontary pen ditions of'sea-power are only to bc'le&rn at sea and; tinder discipline.' Meanwhile, le the Commonwealth get . men. The hope is expressed that Australia's'ex amplo in promoting immigration in. connec tion with a British league will'be followed b; New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 7
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159EMPIRE DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 7
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