BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8347, 6 February 1913, Page 7

BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND

THE INSPECTION BY HIS MAJESTY. "FREE-WILL OFFERING OF MOST DISTANT DOMINION." LONDON, February 5. As it will bo Ash Wednesday, the inspection by bis Majesty the King of the battlesbip Now Zealand will be semiprivate. There will bo no guard-of-honour, and only one reporter and one photographer. "DEEP HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE." HOME PRESS COMMENT. (Received February 5, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. . The newspapers are giving prominence to the King's visit to the New Zealand, and a number have long lenders. The " Daily Mail" says the King's visit has a deep historic significance. "The vessel is.a living proof that we have great allies in our kindred overseas. New Zealand's example is bearing splendid fruit, but the Dominions generosity in nowise diminished the need of British exertion. If only five battleships are laid down in 1913 we will not maintain our 60 per cent, margin." The "Morning Post" says that New Zealand has set a' movement in train which bids fair to culminate in the organisation of a great defensive league between the self-governing States of the Empire. The growth of nationality will give the sentiment of loyalty to the Empire more vigour and purpose. _ Experience will show the best, machinery to provide for united action. The " Daily Express " says that the King's visit puts a seal on a development which has completely changed British 6ea power. "A TETHER STRONGER THAN DEATH." (Received February 5, 3.23 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. Referring to the King's inspection of the battleship, the "Pall Mall Gazette" 6ays: "What an occasion I The Monarch, the captain, midshipman, bluejackets, and marines aboard a battleship which is the free-will offering of the' Empire's most distant Dominion, a sign and symbol of a tether stronger than death, binding the distant lands of the British Commonwealth 1 The New Zealand goes to greet South Africans, Australians, and Canadians in the name of their New Zealand brethren."