Imperial Defence.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 5

Imperial Defence.

PACIFIC NAVAL QUESTION.

"THE TIMES" COMMENT. i [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Abbociation.] (Received 8.20 a.m.) Loudon, April 28.

The Times, commenting on the Pacific naval question from an Admiralty point of view, says the change in the 1909 agreement is doubtless completely demonstrable. The strain of armaments competition is much greater since then, and the development of the Dominion navies makes considerable demands on the manning resources of the Navy. The Dominions are unable at present to man them. The abstract proposition that their safety depends on Britain's strength in the North Sea is an unpalatable consolation contrasted with battleships being stationed in their waters. "MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND PERPLEXITIES." London, April 26. The Times, in a leader on Imperial Defence, says that the Imperial Government seems to bo singularly unfortunate at present in its dealings witli Australia and New Zealand. A number of most important questions are under discussion, and on each of them constant misunderstanding and perplexities keep arising. Tho quibbles regarding the promised Naval Conference are unlikely to make a favorable impression in the Dominions concerned.