NEW ZEALAND'S NAVAL POLICY.
WHY THE GOVERNMENT 18 WAITING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! Auckland, December 20. Speaking it a meeting of the Women's Reform League, the Hon. I'. M. B. Fisher said that concerning defence the Government had been, blamed because it had made no declaration of policy;' The circumstances preceding its entry to office must be considered. When air Joseph Ward and Sir John Findlay attended the Sudsidiarv Defence Conference they received confidential informafon, nono of which was committed to writing. They returned sworn to secrecy. The. Government went out of office. It could not impart any of its knowledge m this matter to its successor. The Government was thoroughly capable of devising a naval defence policy, but, as Imperialists, considered it unwise to originate any scheme without first learning the intentions of. the Imperial Government.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 6
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136NEW ZEALAND'S NAVAL POLICY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 6
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