CANADA.
AS MR. ALLEN SEES IT.
DEFENCE OF PACIFIC TRADE ROUTES,
By Telearanli-Press Association—Oonrrlcht (Pec. May 2, 0.20 a.m.) Montreal, May 1. Mr. James Allen, New Zealand Defence Minister, speaking at the Canadian Club, said it seemed strange to him as a. New Zcalander, passing through Canada, to find the country divided inlo Lastei ners and Westerners. Could New Zealand, he asked, expect to find Canada one da> stand'by her ami by Vho Empire? Now Zealand' was ready again In aid tho Mother Country if she asks for further helpMr. Allen advocated tho importance of preserving tho British supremacy in tho Pacific. New Zealand and Australia, he said, alone were unablo to protect the Pacific trade routes. Those must bo kept open .as they uro the Kmpire s bonds, and New Zealand was determined, at any sacrifice, to keep them open.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1739, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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141CANADA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1739, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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