CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
IMPERIAL DEFENCE QUESTION.
REPRESENTATION DESIRED,
(Received Last Night, 11.25 o'clock.J
LONDON, July 11
The Hon. R. L. Borden, Pireiiiier" of Canada, speaking at the Royal 'Colonial Institute, said that the Canadians .realised that the supremacy 'of Bjrftaaii on the seas was) the Empire's very breath of life. They bad never shewn themselves afmid of the responsibiWty, tint had .proposed t'o Jtacrifioe their autonomy. :';i the Emipke'.s eea defence. It was ibest to ■seouire one navy, but those responsible* for Imperial defence must have » .voice in (the policy that ; shaped the issues. Canada, he said, meant to be a great part" of a great wtbole, but s,fc did not pi-fpose to ibe an adjunct,, even *>f the Bfritis'h Empire.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 12 July 1912, Page 5
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122CANADA AND THE EMPIRE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 12 July 1912, Page 5
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