GUARDING THE PACIFIC.
■ ;„ » ' - ' CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.' , By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. March 16, 9.40 p.m.) ■■■»< <<>London,'Mareh46;''; The Navy''Estima r te l s"include an' item of £80,972, the first instalment in the cost or' construction of ships to carry sea' It!is stated that tho plane carrier will act as' tho "mother ship" does to the submarines at present. The aviators will thence scout and report by wireless for tho .purpose of directing the operations of submarines.^ Advices frooi Toronto indicate that the most' influential _ members of the Cabinet favour a joint understanding with Australia, New Zealand, and tho Motherland in the .defence of Imperial interests in the Pacific, but that until Mr. Borden is able to control hotli Houses in the Canadian Parliament 'he will not consider'it expedient to join any Imperial Conference in that direction. There is no immediate likelihood of an agreement on tho naval proposal finding scceptance by Mr. Borden's and Sir Wilfrid Laurier's followers conjointly. ' . -
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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158GUARDING THE PACIFIC. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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