MUTUAL DEFENCE.
COMMONWEALTH AND DOMINION, ' A LONG STEP FORWARD. By Teleerapli—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, March 11. The "Sydney Morning Herald," commenting on Lord Kitchener's report with regard to New Zealand's defences, says: I "It was a poor argument to 6ettlo the [question of New Zealand's joining the Australian Federation on the score of distance, because Perth is further from Sydney and Melbourne than the latter capitals are from Auckland and Wellington. Moreover, seas unite, and do not divide, people of the same race. "Now Lord Kitchener finds Australia I and New Zealand must bo taken together; in war they must be associated, and although in this connection the advice which suits one is appropriate to the other, it would be absurd to say that that must draw New Zealand into the Commonwealth. We do not believe anything of the kind. : "But not until each'gets its baptism of fire will-there be any needful pressure.for union. Lord Kitchener's programme will prepare the way; there will be a combining in the near future for mutual defence of a mighty Empire, and this will be a long step forward."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 5
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184MUTUAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 5
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