SOUTH AFRICA AND THE EMPIRE
LORD SEERORNE'S EETTER. A VIGOROUS RETORT. Received July 21, i».l!n p.m. Hy Tclcpi'Mpll Tick- Av.-on ;it inn. (-ojiyTiirlU London, Yesterday. Lord Selborno, in a letter in reply to a South African paper's attitude shows that all parts of the Empire are dependent on tho Njiv.t for safety. Its duty is to destroy She rncmy'." ships wherever found. Under no circumstances could it ho Jo tho Empire'.'? interest (hat South Africa should remain neutral in a war wherein the Empire was encaged. The Admiralty had not spent £2. 000,0dd on dor!, vjinis at Simom'town for amusement nor docs anybody suppose Simonsiowii r:ui ho used as a naval base and the rev!. of South Africa remain neotnil. There was not- a part of the Empire whereto the command of the sea wjis more essential, and if South Af<rca lost the command of the- w'h South Africa would he unable ti [freely develop their nationality, and a foreign Power possessing the eon • mnnd of the sen nerd only sei;<.e every port from Capetown to IVlagoa Ray to inflict on South Africi the enmplet;e loss of her trade, or compliance with its directions.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 380, 22 July 1911, Page 5
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194SOUTH AFRICA AND THE EMPIRE King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 380, 22 July 1911, Page 5
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