IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 2 September 1909, Page 2

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

DOMINION'S SHARING THE BURDEN. EXSL'RINU SAFETY. By Cable.—Prea. yisociatkra.—Copyrig'at Ottawa, August 31. 'Lord Charles Bcresford, speaking at Toronto, said: "Withthe Imperial defence complete un the basis of tlte dominions shuring a burden necessary to maintain the security of trade routes I lietween the Empire's scattered unit*, wo shall ensure safety." CONTRACT FOiTnEW WARSHIPS.

London, August 31. -Messrs Victors awl Whitworth and Messrs Vickers, Sons a:\i Maxim, respectively, supply armaments for a large cruiser and a battleship to be Uid nt Dcvonpurt and Portsmouth oil November 1.

THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET. Melbourne, September 1. Mr. Deakin, Federal Premier, replying to questions in the House regarding the scope and supervision of the new squadron, said the sthenic did not provide for any additions to the British squadion in Australia. The character of the new unit would be entirely Australian and entirely different to the existing squadron. It would lie mrinned as fnr an possible by Australians, with addition* from the Royal 'Navy in cases where there iwus not n sufficient number of Australians offering. The Commonwealth would luwc control of the large cruisers as well as the small vessels.

SCTRREXDERTNT, TO THE CRITICS. THE ADMIRALTY AND THE PACIFIC ADMIRALTY HOAXED BY THE f.KRMANS. Received 1. 10.10 p.m. London, September 1. Lieut. Carlyon Bellaris, member for Kin<r'« T.vnn," and late torturer to the Naval War cOirnse, comlmentiiing on, the Defence (onferenee. istivtc* the Admiralty was surrendering to tlw» critics in deciding to re-occupy the iPacific. In strength the (left will consist of three fast battleships, officially classed as armored cruiseT*, of the improved Invincible type, but which are spoken of by hot* front 'benches as Dreadnoughts, also 18 destroyers, one second-class j cruiser and submarines. Another change is abandoned of the all-big gun Dreadnoughts by introducing six-inch for secondary armaments. The Germans, h* says, had hoaxed the Admiralty by Hie use of painted canvas screen* into believing they had abandoned the six-inch guns. When the Nto-sMii was launched fi was discovered that she had 12 11-in.-.h Willis and 12 fl-inch (runs.

" ONE NAVY. ONE ARMY, ONE FLAG, ONE THRONE.". Received 1. 10.35 p.m. London, September .1. Lord diaries iTScre-sford, spenkwii? at thV Toronto KxlAMHfat, «"d th'at if tno result iof llil- Ddfcnce Cnnfcrtenw nrodufe/1 rn» Tmpci-ia,l anranientlon of -the whole Emprra. it should preserve uur supremacy nit «<n imtalct. He pleaded for mm ioii<siinAsßtroi!| ilftwed on broa'd and nfl'tiarAl Iraperral iSmes. founded am the i'rineiple of tflfe five nations—'tonta navy, on<\ army; one .(lag, one throne."