THE BRITISH NAVY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 87, 29 August 1912, Page 5

THE BRITISH NAVY.

AUSTRALIA'S CONTRIBUTION. By Cable—Press Associate*— London, August 27. The Times publishes a series of articles, detailing the. growth of Australian naval opinion. The writer asserts that the visit of the American fleet started 1 the desire, hitherto unspoken, into expression. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting ion the articles, says they will act as a corrective of the somewhat widely held British view tliat the Australians arc less Imperially minded than the Can--1 adians and New Zealandere, in that they prefer their own navy to contributing to the British Navy. CANADA'S ATTITUDE, Received 29, 1.10 a.m. New York, August 28. Mr. F. M. Smith, a British member of Parliament, interviewed, said that English pubic men were awaiting Mr. Borden's statement before expressing an opinion on the Canadian navy question. Mr. Borden's attitude when in Engand touched the British imagination as of an equality with Canada's assistance during the South African War. Mr. Walter Long says that Canada answered the Motherland's need with a mighty shout, saying: "We will see the navy sufficient for any occasion.'' OJttawa, August 28. Sir W. Laurier, *in a striking speech on the naval question in Great Britain, said that the people were always thinking of war. In Canada nobody thought of war. Canada had only one neighbor. with whom she had not been at war for a hundred years. If Germany was only, ve she stated, seeking for peace, she need not he apprehensive. The German peril did not exist. "Thank God, North America is free in the race for armaments. Shall we enter such a race, or settle our disputes by arbitration?" Later he said that he hoped this would always he Canada's course.