POLICING THE PACIFIC.
DIVISION OF THE BURDEN. AGREEMENT NOT CARRIED OUT. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Gopyrigttt Sydney, Friday.
Explaining recent references to the naval agreement, Senator Pearce, Minister of Defence, says that the 1909 Conference agreed that there should be a Pacific fleet, to which Canada and Australia should contribute units, Britain contributing the China.fleet. New Zealand was enjoined by the Admiralty to give her contributions to the China station under certain conditions.
The idea regarding what should be the class and number of ships and the personnel of the crews originated in a memorandum from the Admiralty presented to the Conference.
"We are just about completing our fleet unit under agreement," continued Mr Pearce. "Canada has not done so, nor has New Zealand, excepting the Dreadnought presented to the Admiralty. The Admiralty has only the China fleet that existed at the time of the Conference. I don'c presume for a moment to tell or suggest to the other Dominions what they should do, but we have not heard anything since then regarding whether the proposals are incapable of beine carried out. It was in line with our policy, and in any case we kept our word."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 5
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195POLICING THE PACIFIC. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 5
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