CANADA AND THE NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1809, 23 July 1913, Page 7

CANADA AND THE NAVY.

THE TRIPLE-DREADNOUGHT OFFER. By Telegraph—Press l Association—Copyright (Sydney "Sun" Special.) Ottawa, July 21. It is reported from Toronto that there is not likely to bo a renewal of the discussion 011 the naval question, and that the Government is determined to contribute the three Dreadnoughts when it secures a majority in the Senate. MR, CHURCHILL'S "BOUNCE." , (Sydney "Sun" Special—July 22, 6.5 p.m.) Ottawa, Jitly 22. The "Free Press" states that Mr. Churchill (First Lord of the British Admiralty) has failed in his "attempt to bounce Canada into giving three battleships." The journal adds that Mr. Churchill's latest dream for an Imperial taxation for insular defence purposes in I the North Sea will not be realised.

Thero is hardly any doubt, wrote tho Toronto correspondent of the London "Times" recently, that within tirelro months Wib Canadian Government ivill yrnttoV \wVv\ ltQvisss o£ SaxUamcut. t\. change of 12 or 15 seats vrill giw the Conservatives a majority in the Senate. Next session a measure of redistribution will bo introduced, and increased re[)i"~ fcnlutioii in the Commons in)] eudtle the SS'est to nino additional senatorstwo each {or Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, .and thitu for British Columbia. This method of dealing with a difficult question probably means that' no general election wili be hold until the close of the regular Parliamentary term, and possibly also means delay in the struggle over the constitution of tho Upper Chamber. Oil account of the immense patronage which the existing Senate gives to the party in power, Oppositions in Canada are generally unfavourable to tho Senato and Governments are generally favourable. It is certain that great pressure will be put upon, Ministers to avert any radical reconstruction of the Upper Chamber and to ensure tho retention of the senatorship as a valuable portion of Ministerial patronage. .