PACIFIC FLEETS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 5

PACIFIC FLEETS.

NEW ZEALAND AID NEEDED."''" r >'o. PLEA POR, COOPERATION. By Telegraph--Pr.e6.s. ABSoc'iatdon-^Gos jrirtt M*'..Melbourne,. .November 11, ■ -:..e- 'K Speaking at a Jfaj-oral iuiicliebn, Hie 7yV Governor-general, Lord- De.nina'ny jrint-. •".;•/ '.V ■raehstetl universal training, its it ;,:;*;/;;; l,y to act ns a check on, militarism iiir v^ stoftcV of oii,cpurng.iug it. He jioped %■,:.*, '.yV tt'supplemented"■sclieme'of'''naval defence,';';'"■; no in which New Zotilfl.nd'' lvo'iiild co-cper'ate; 'K'^V Ad.mir.nl.Sir Gepi'jrp, "lung-Hoil, ly; ,iiig'.;^lie:'riccpsslty.'&if.Vdeveloping I defence; 'said;'that"if cjirci.Was not takon, v to safeguard thorn, 'both Australia-: arid ;-;o£vv;. Now Zealand would ha farced to enter tho: : ; ;.,'::';'■: : ■orbit of world politics,' : wlii?lV : wpuid : ;afv^f;' ; ' ' feet the l!rnpii*.- : He'..would like;to : :sea*;:.; ;=';■ New- Zealand' .joui with the Gdm';nonT.-eniti;';'..'.' v v; : ■' in creating a forinidaljlo Of tho, Imperial'fleet ' :.'■ '■'V..:, ? 'The Prime Minister, Mr.. Andrew,, ■■'.'"s'■: Fishe'W s&id official lip )y:as' satisfied. •.';•' that the. feeling that should 'e.o-opMrato,7witli', Australia} in. naval"v. ■ matters wa.s growing. He* .trWed .that^}'' ■' before .'long th'ere'AVould'pc/;closer'fecipr* ; ':" : ' ! - Ottl'trad« relations with New,Zealand.'HaP V did not wish. that • direction, 'but- tho/;:CbmniqnwoaltlV' ; -:\ was, willing .at .all times to ■di^nss;pucli';' :: !' : '': matters," notVfrom ■.partylr^Hi;' ; tics, but froni<a national, standpoint,..'asii. ,■.'. tending to the, progress and safety Dominions in the P.aoific; ,! : " '" ! '' : .'s'*.':.'