IMPERIAL DFENCE.
'THE TIMES'' ON AUSTRALIA'S PROPOSAL
London, August 20
The "Times," in an article dealing with the report of the Committee on Imperial Defence, relative tz Australian defence, says:—Lord S*l- - when First Lord of the Admiralty told the Colonial Conferee-" that the solitary task of the Imperial Fleet was to seek the enemy's ships and destroy them. Australian feeling regarding foreign bases and preparations ignores the fact that a base does not menace anything beyond the range of its own guns, hßless a mobile naval force is station cd there, in which case it become* the British Fleet's solitary task to seek to destroy that force. Nevertheless, Australia's laudable aspiration to participate in defence hland and sea is deserving of nothing but encouragement trim the MoThe real problem is tc yield whatever cari be conceded without weakening the panoply o! Imperial defence and to eschew bickerings. An advance towards that problem should be made at the Colonial Conference, which will at least give Australian delegates an opportunity of hearing, and perhaps appreciating the views of the Committee on Imperial defence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81828, 22 August 1906, Page 3
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181IMPERIAL DFENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81828, 22 August 1906, Page 3
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