NEW ZEALAND’S NAVY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 17 December 1913, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND’S NAVY.

WELCOME FROM AUSTRALIA,

'By Electric Telegraph— Copyright]!

[United Press Association.] (Received 10. oa.m.) Sydney, December 17,

The Herald says: “Australians welcome the decision of the New Zealand Government in favor of a New Zealand navy because it is the only scheme which fits perfectly with the Australian ideal. The Pacific fleet will be composed of Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and British sections, but Australians will know that the one thing more than any other which will prejudice the success of the scheme will be any attempt on Australia’s part to claim any sort of ascendancy or control over whatever force New Zealand decides upon. If thin great scheme is ever to see the light, Australia and New Zealand must enter as equals. The success of . New Zealand’s

infant is a project far too important in the success of tlie Anglo-Saxon races in the Pacific for ns to imperil by any short-sighted claim to ascendancy. This is a danger that it is well should be realised in Australia, and is

one that New Zealand need never fear.”