DOMINION NAVIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1561, 3 October 1912, Page 7

DOMINION NAVIES.

CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION. By Telerraph— Press Aeeociation-Oopyrlthl Ottawa, October 1. It is practically certain that Cniinila will contribute an emergency nmouiit to the British Naval Fund, and withhold ■the Using of- a general policy until next session uf Parliament. (Ike. October 3, 0.25 a.m.) London, October 2. The Toronto correspondent* of "The Times" says there are increasing signs that the Opposition will ilisist that the Navy must unequivocally be under tho control of the Canadian Parliament. AUSTRALIA'S AIM. . New York, October 1. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Anetralia in London, was entertained at dinner at the City Club. In a.speech he said Australia was not building a fleet through a spirit of ndvenruro, but to protect the coast of an island continent. Although he was a great lover of peace, tho only way he could see to maintain it was in being able to whip anyone tryuig to fracture it. SOUTH AFRICA INACTIVE. Cape Town, October 1. General Botha, Prime Minister of Kcuth Africa, speaking at Jlngaliesburg, deprecated Sir Thomas Smartt, Leader of the Opposition, making naval defence a party question. He admitted that something was required to protect the oversea trade, but public opinion on the subject; was insufficiently mature.