DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.
MR;.ALLEN ON THE POSITION. [P*B PWffli AbKDOIAtJoN. i v ■■-. I April 22. jf eierring to .the ''Standard's" comments, stated, in an interview with "a "Post" representative; that the '.'Standard" had. no auti&rity for staling that New Zealand rSlisted'"that there was no necessity fdr its ! being" represented on the 'Committee of'lmperial Defence unless there was full co-operation between themselves and" the Mother Country in the Pacific. His experience was that the 'committee was thoroughly sympathetic with New Zealand. The Admiralty might not he altogether sympathetic, but the Committee was. "Our safety,',' he added, "is with the committee of Imperial Defence. A far as the Admiralty is concerned, although they may differ from us in opinion, as soon as any difference of opinion is settled, they have been as far as I know quite loyal to New Zeaiancl.and. New. Zealand aspirations. I the It committee of Imperial Defence as the first step in the voluntary process towards more complete representation of the Dominions. In my qpnionifirttfanVonly go step by step. It is perfectly true that the agreement of 1909 has been abandoned by the Mother Country., and I thinkvery improperly abandoned without having represented the maetter both to Australia arid New Zealand before acting. Unquestionably, the time has come, or just about come, when the - whole matter must be threshed out as between the Dominions and the Mother Country, and the Dominions must be placed in a position in which they can rely upon agreements that have been entered into. A conference is the place to thresh this out, and I hope the conference will take place." . Mr Allen said he agreed with "The Standard" that Australia took the view that Imperialism was above party politics, and that the time must come when something more than a British Cabinet will have control.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 22 April 1914, Page 6
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304DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 22 April 1914, Page 6
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