DEFENCE OF EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1692, 7 March 1913, Page 5

DEFENCE OF EMPIRE.

NEGOTIATIONS BY NEWFOUNDLAND. THE NAYY AND SCHOOL CADETS. INDIA'S NEW FLAGSHIP. By Telegraph—Prces Association— CopyriKht (Rec. March G, 11.10 p.m.) Ottawa, March 5. The Government of Newfoundland is about to. enter into;negotiations Tvitli tho Admiralty on tho question of participating in the naval defence of the Empire. SHORTAGE OF NAVAL OFFICERS. (Rec. March G, 11.10 p.m.) London, March G. The Admiralty has announced its ii.tention ■of taking cadets from the public schools, aged between eighteen and nineteen, to remedy the shortage of officers. THE EAST INDIA STATION. (Roc. March G, 11.10 p.m.) London, March G. The battleship Swiftsure, 11,800 tons, 12,500 h.p., four 10-in. and fourteen 7.5 in. guns, besides guns of smaller calibre, becomes the flagship, on the East India station. . _ [The Swiftsure and her sister ship, the Triumph, were purchased by the Admiralty mist prior to'the outbreak of the Russp-Japanese war.] PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS FOR BRITAIN. (Rec. March 7, 0.10 a.m.) Berlin, March 6. Britain has concluded an agreement whereby she will be ablo to build as many Parseval airships as may bo desired, the company reoeiviug a specified payment in casli.

COLONIAL EXAMPLE SUGGESTED. (Rec. March 7, 0.10 a.m.) London, March G. Lord Roberts telegraphed to the National Service League meeting that Australia and New Zealand approached the homo defence question on non-party lines. "Cannot we do the same?"