THE NAVAL CRISIS.
SOUTH AFRICA AND TEE EMPIRE. SPEECH BY A TRANSVAAL MINISTER. LONDON, April 2. Mr Jacob da Villiers, AttorneyGeneral of the Transvaal, speaking in the Assembly at Pretoria, referred to a suggestion regarding the offer of a Dreadnought to Imperial Government. He said his opinion was that the best present would be a united community. Any European race imagining that in the event of a European war they might look for help from a portion of the inhabitants of South Africa, would be much mistaken. South Africa, he added, would stand as one man with the Empire. Mr Robert Blatchford, in "The Clarion," publishes a strong.article advocating a powerful fleet and a perfect army. The Navy Leasue has already arranged for thirty-four meetings in large provincial towns. The "Pall Mall Gazette" expresses itself amazed that the Labourite commoners should got out of their way to protest against somebody else offering help to insure the country's protection.
MR FISHER'S POLICY. REPLY TO ATTACKS. MELBOURNE, April 3. The Federal Attorney-General, the ! Hon. W. M.* Hughes, replying to the attacks on Mr Fisher's policy, declared:—"The bulk crying out for Dreadnoughts are doing so for no other reason than to dish the Labour ; Party. They are not so much afraid J of an attack on Great Britain as an attack on monopoly." A POPULAR MOVEMENT SYDNEY, April 3. | The Lord Mayor has decided that the movement in the direction of the presentation of a people's Drgeadnought shall go on. The "Sydney Morning Herald," in an appreciative article regarding the decision to present a Dreadnought, sa>s:—"Probably the other States will be compelled by public opinion to follow the Jead of New South Wales and Victoria." CREATION OF A CANADIAN NAVY. Received April 4, 4.15 p.m. LONDON, April 3. In pursuance of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's statement, the Hon. L. / P. Brodfcur, Minister of Marine, and two other Ministers will proceed to England after the, prorogation of the Dominion Parliament to confer with the Admiralty in regard to the creation of a Canadian navy.
Received April 5, 12,30 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 4. Mr Shtrwin, proprietor of the iron and coal blocks, has offered the Federal Government 10,000 tons of iron ore for use in the construction of the Commonwealth fleet.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3155, 5 April 1909, Page 5
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375THE NAVAL CRISIS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3155, 5 April 1909, Page 5
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