THE SCEPTRE OF THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 304, 28 December 1907, Page 5

THE SCEPTRE OF THE SEA.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright).

A CANDID CKITIC OF COLONIAL UECJUESTS. ~ NAVSL BURDEN MUST UK SHARED. IF BRITAIN' IS TO ASiSJijl ALL HED ROUTE. Received 27th, 9.26 p.m. London, December 27Sir John Colomb, jn a letter to the Times, says it is a mischievous misnomer to describe the route from England to Australia via Canada "All Ited." The calling of a route, mainly maritime, by s false name woul3 neither prevent commercial competition in peace, nor frighten victorious admirals in war tune, from shutting it up like a teleMope. The attempt to delude lKipular opinion means that emotional clap tran ™ay again impose upon the nation the puns and penalties of a gigantic" and costly sha m. After Mr Ualdane's warn . ing cabled on the lHth, if the nation wishes to postpone so terrific a catastrophe as tiie abandonment of t; : .. twoPower standard, it must refuse to listen to colonial appeals for monev t:, niultiply sea routes in order to facilu:iT-> commercial operations, unless the onion ie.s consent to share the responsible,- s and the cost of {Tie maintenance of the fi-et If the several parts of the Empire can- ' not, or will not, combine to provide the : naval power necessary to secure what is j 1 common and essential to all of them ' i ... 8 9 e P' r<> °' tlle must pass from ! - British hands. I t P

CHINESE POLITICAL AGITATORS EFFECT OF MODERN" EDUCATION. GOVERXIiavTS SUPPRESSION' i . METHODS Received 27th, 9.26 p.m. • . Pekin, December 27. Owing to active political agitation on Ine part of students returning from Japan, the Chinese Government threatens to punish teachers in provincial Schools if they permit students to interfere in affairs of State and also threatens to expel unruly students.