NAVAL PROTECTION OF NEW ZEALAND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2301, 7 November 1914, Page 8

NAVAL PROTECTION OF NEW ZEALAND

- ;■■:•■; AUSTRALIA'S HELP LESSONS OF THE WAR F ; ''4™ ; •'■'■'■' / :; SydP e yi : November 6. :.- i.v'lhe. Daily Telegraph," commenting ; on -Mr. Massey'sthanks for the pro- ' i ..tectidn. of the Australian Navy, eays: :.'Mt may occur to the people of New .Zealand that it exemplifies (the, value - fto them'of a regular naval co-operation v with Australia,, New ■ Zealand/ cannot . ' Jiope to effectively protect itself at'sea ..tor many years; whereas by Combining :, fvnth- Australia,, she would ensuro • al- ; most ait dnco'the handy pfesence'.'of a :'.strong; navy." ,;.. / ■ •• ■ . ;■ The "Sydney Morning Herald," in a r ;. expresses appreciation ;at Mr. : JUassey's. thanks, and refers to the envied position of the battleship New , Zealand in defending the heart of the ; Empire. ....If the Australian Navy: had . i remained as in the subsidy era: there ' V wciuld have been no: expedition to New or Samoa; trade would not ■ enjoyed.the freedom it possesses, ■ ■-. and Noumea' would not have ieceived ■ ■• the assurance of safety from a visit , from'cruisers of war.. Whatever ques-j'-tion it leaves unanswered, the defined' .:.■■luture of the relations between ' Aus- , | : .tralia and New Zealand'has settled any I: doubts in tho minds of Australians as '- i? i V s ¥ nairal Policy 'for them; : r.leoplo who have shared in the same en- ' i- terpnso and the same dangers need v nothing'.more to bind them together un;;.less' it bo such frank recognition of :.the .services freely- rendered>contain-■ , cd m Mr. Massey's.; speech." A nation ; which has known the presence'within '.-striking distance;of the coast of enemv ' ; ships .powerful enough to " bombard- ' ■ towns and destroy commerce needs no /.other proof of .the value'of a local navy The value of ,a battleship of ! ; .the Australia class in these waters is m effect ten times, greater than had : she. been, m the. North Sea. -'

':'■_ ; iVISCOUNT BRYCE'S VIEW. ; - London, November' 5. ' Presiding at. a lecture at the TJni- ■ rersity of. London ,on the defence of : the Empire, Viscount Brycc said' an . argument in favour of colonial navies was that they excited'greater local patTictism and -interest. On the other , hand, it ;would doubtless be mbro 'con- ! venient that the Admiralty should .have . at; its unqualified disposal every' fehip • Hying the ensign whenever urgent neeessity arose. Everyone folt that cen- . trar control was absolutely necessary ;. m tho ; easc of. naval and military opera- ; ■ tioiis, both ,n the interests of 'tho col- ; onies and tlio Motherland.