IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
MR MASSEY EXPLAINS
NEW ZELAND'S POSITION.
[BY TELEGKAPH.—PHESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday.
The cable message received from London regarding the Hon. James Allen's reference to an expeditionary force of 8000 men from New Zealand, was referred to-day to the Prime Minister, who was asked whether the Minister of Defence in making this statement had the sanction and concurrence of Cabinet and the Government.
The Prime Minster explained that what Mr Allen had stated was merely a hope that in time of danger New Zealand would furnish a contingent, or contingents, as was done on the occasion of the South African War, when about this number of volunteer troops was dispatched from New Zealand to the assistance of the Mother Country. The Defence Act did not contemplate the sending of expeditionary forceß from the Dominion to places outside, and such a measure Would obviously have to be sanctioned by Parliament. His reading of the cable was that Mr Allen had simply said he hoped the Dominion would on a future occasion, if needs be, furnish to the Mother Country aid similar to that provided in the Boer War.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 539, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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188IMPERIAL DEFENCE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 539, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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