IMPERIAL DEFENCE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 December 1912, Page 5

IMPERIAL DEFENCE

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM

OF OVERSEAS DOMINIONS

(Received Last Night, 9.20 o'clock.) LONDON, Doc-ember 9. Mr Bonar La.w will to-day ask Mr Asquith to afford liim an opportunity in the House of Commons to express Ms deep appreciation of the public spirit and patriotism displayed by the Overseas Dominions in contributing to the efficiency of Imperial defence. ' 'CANA DA' S WONDERFUL OFFER." LORD ROBERTS'S MESSAGE TO MR BORDEN. (Received December 9, 8.10 a.m.) OTTAWA, December 8. Mr Borden ha 3 • received congratulatory messages from all parts of the Empire. Lord Roberts sent a message as follows: "You ha.ve earned the gratitude of England and the Empire for Canada's wonderful offer."

ACCUSATION OF INSINCERITY.

AGAINST MR ASQUITH AND MR CHURCHILL.

(Re.'-oivc'il December 9, 8.10 a.m.) BERLIN; December 8. Count Von Reyentlow, the German naval expert, accused Mr Asquitb and Mr Churchill of insincerity in appealing to Germany to consider the lnidrea of naval expenditure. He knew of Mr Borden's proposal' in the spring. Unless Great Britain substitutes three of the Canadian Dreadnoughts for three of the British Dreadnoughts lie declared it would raise afresh the whole question of Gennan naval policy.

ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS

AN IMPERIAL PATROL

(Received December 9. 8.10 a.m.) | LONDON, December 8. [ The Ob»orver states that three of the six Dreadnoughts now being built were projected by the Dominions or dependencies. ' Canada expects a strong fleet in the Pacific, and Australia,, was doggedly, but lightly determined to keep her fleet in-the Pacific, from where it should go to New Zealand and the Malayan Islands. Thus an Imperial patrol would be brought into being. Probably South Africa cain be persuaded to substitute a powerful armoured unit for her six useless little cruisers. Great Britain, declares the paper, must have seventy Dreadnoughts by 1920, forty-eight in Home water?, sixteen in the Mediterranea.n. and six for an Imperial patrol. She mn.st lav dow?i six Dreadnought:-;,an<punllv until 1918. \ •