IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
MR. ALLEN'S VIEWS.' UNDIVIDED NAVY NEEDED. By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrieM (Rec. March 14, 0.15 a.m.) London, March 14. Sir Joseph Ward presided at a Liberal Colonial Club dinner at which the. Hon. J. Allen, Minister for Defence, was the principal guest. Mr. Allen initialed a discussion on Imperial Defence. He said he regarded land and sea defences as inter-dependent, and hence arose the necessity for national service and a naval force. He warmly commended the Australian Navy, which was not for Australian defence alone, but for Imperial defence. Mr. Allen said he did not care whether the Dominions built a unit or contributed Dreadnoughts, bnt there must ultimately be an undivided Imperial Navy. Sir Joseph Ward said lie disagreed with the idea of sectional navies. No single Dominion was able to build an effective unit for itself or the Empire. He repeated the arguments for a capita contribution as cabled on May 20, 1911. This would enable British payments to be reduced to secure not four, but forty, Dreadnoughts, and would give Australia a fleet .twice as strong as at present and equal to a unit and a half at the present cost.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 5
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194IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 5
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