GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 111, 13 January 1915, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

NAVAL CO-OPERATION ■ Press Association —Copyright. (Hec. &.15 a m.) SYDNEY, This.. Day. Tha Sydney Morning Herald, in a leader discussing the Fisher interview in New Zealand regarding Imperial defence, says the. war lias preyed conclusively that in naval affairs any want, cl co-operation between Australia and New Zealand must be disastrous to both. To .Australia because it diminishes tlte number of ships \vlierowii.il she can co-operate .iff trading and in manoeuvres, and , deprives her of_ valuable .assistance. It was suitable to New Zealand because in war lime it leaves her coasts depen.'lent ivf.cn the assistance of her neigh : _ hours. Referring to Mr, Fisher's wish r-3 holding the Imperial Conference in ti)ls,'the Herald deprecates a conference at present, as it could settle nothing, and the discussion would be worse than useless and only add burdens to the already harassed ImperiaL-Minis-tors. The paper endorses Mr. Massey's contention that ,t’he place for the -Dominions’'Prime Ministers at present is their own countries. They can at least do les? harm there than abroad.