The Objects of the Navy League.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1910, Page 4

The Objects of the Navy League.

ADAPTED TO SEW ZEALAN

(»y n Fric'iid.l First.— To bring homo to every "will, n-omnn and child in tJie dominion that we «,-o dependent upon the kiMim-e lor a market lor the uholo ol our .stsiplo iin.diicts, which must ho salely transported across the. sea; that if any interruption should come m th o transmission of "in - commodities ol" exchange, or even any inconvenience rendered unprofitable, and useless (,(> lIS . |m [ our industries will at once collapse ■'iiitl tho industrial population ol' the Dominion will be throw.n out of employment and bwomo destitute •since all classes will be a fleeted; and by no can a disaster bo avoided should tlio Kinpiru lose com'"'•'"id of tho sea. That consequently, reliance .solely on the. land tie leuces ol' \en- Zealand will not avail to protect our trade or even oiip .shores from invasion or raid. That tho protection of commerce at sea is, therefore, vital to the people in this country. That commerce can l>e guarded Only by a supremelv powerful navy, able to assort and to maintain tho coinuiaiul of tlio sea. ! Second.—To convince- overv taxpayer and o very politician* that judicious expenditure upon tlio navy is, for the nation, and for Xew Zealand particularly, only tho or binary insurance which no .snim person in private affairs, applied to risks appalling in their natiiro and intent. Third. To enlist, on national grounds, the support of all classes in maintaining tho fleet at the requisite standard of .strength, and to denounce any shortcomings in this respect. Fourth.—To insist that the question of the navy lies above and beyond all considerations of party politics, that a sudden development in naval strength is impossible, nnd that continuity of preparation is the essence of national security, •and the only preventative of ruinous and discreditable scares. Fifth. -Throughout Xew Zealand, to explain by lectures, by the dissemination of literature, hy meetings, and by private propaganda, how naval supremacy, the heritage banded down I>y generations of British senmon. has been alike the source of national prosperity and the sure safeguard of the liberties of Jhe people in periods of ritress. Sixth and Finally.—Tlv inculcating and strenuously upholding the imnciples of a great national policy linked upon sea nrnw-T to bind tosrether the scattered members of the Empire into i no great whole, united in interest as in heart, and prepared to maintain intact in territory, and unt'iriiMied in honour. Hie splendid inheritance received firm our forefathers.