IMPERIAL DEFENCE CONFERENCE.
London, July 26. The Commonwealth delegates to the Defence Conference have arrived. Colonel Foxton represents the Commonwealth. He is accompanied by naval and military advisors. Colonel Foxton, interviewed in reference to the Conference, said it was pretty certain that Australia would adopt compulsory training to the age of 18, perhaps 21, afterwards possibly to a mature age. The latter step depended on the experience of the senior cadet system. He hoped for an interchange of officers and men in the Navy. The offer of a Dreadnought or some alternative was made unconditionally. He was not prepared to say what the alternative should be, but they desired to contribute in kind for the maintenance of naval supremacy irrespective of their measures of defence of Australia and trade routes. Major-General Hoad’s report on his tour of inspection in England lays stress on the great improvements in the methods of training in the British Army. The report says that common sense and practical methods are now employed generally, and no ornamental work is attempted-
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 27 July 1909, Page 3
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174IMPERIAL DEFENCE CONFERENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 27 July 1909, Page 3
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