LORD JELLICOE'S TOUR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 140, 9 March 1920, Page 7

LORD JELLICOE'S TOUR

APPRECIATION OF DOMINIONS' i; WELCOME 1 j NAVY'S PART IN BUILDING! UP THE EMPIRE i (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyrlirlit j London, March 2. Admiral Lord Jellicoe, in a message to ! the Dominions appearing in the March, j iss~e of the "United Empire Magazine," • says: "On •'ay return from the : ions, whilst the memory of tho wonder- j ful welcome given to the officers ana | men of H.M.S. New Zealand, as repre-' • senting the Boyal Navy, is still iresn, J-; should like to savhow deeply I apprecijated the extraoi 'linary kindness extended ] to us everywhere. The p«ople literally ; took us to their hearts and homes. Cei- : tain features of the tour are outstand- ! ing: First, the depth of loyalty to the ; Kiug ni'd Etipire, and love of Mother-. land; second, the promise tlie Do- : minions hold out for the future, which, j comlined with the virility of the people, ; 'should ensure prosperity to all who cast j the.H' lot in these far-flung portions of thS Empire." • . ! Lord .Tellicoe adde<l: "No one can see, i as we saw, the efforts which are being i made to bring homo to iho children oij the Dominions their dependence npon 66a ; po-er for security aiftl development", > without realising that these efforts wih' inevitably '"ad tn a fuller understand- ; ing of the part the Navy has taken in : building' up the Emnirs. and the part it i must take if the Empire is to be re- ! tained. I think the' peonle of the Do- I minions agree with me that one of tho i strongest ties of Emnire is the Eoyal I Navy, whether that Navy is maintained ! solely by Great Britain, or whether there ! nre constituent portions which, whilst i they have their home in Dominion wat- j ers, act in the closest co-operation with j the fleets of the Mother Country.—Aus.-1 N.Z. Cable Assn. j