IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
AUSTRALIA’S, POSITION.
DELEGATE TO DEFENCE CONFERENCE INTERVIEWED.
United Press Association —Copyright (Received July 25, 5.5 p.m.)
LONDON, July 25.
Colonel Foxton, Commonwealth delegate to the Defence Conference, interviewed in reference to the conference, said that he was pretty certain that Australia would adopt compulsory training to the age of 18, perhaps 22, and afterwards possibly to mature age. The -latter step depended on the experience of the senior cadet system. He hoped for an interchange of officers and men in the navy. The offer of a Dreadnought or some alternative had been made unconditionally. He was not prepared to say what the alternative should be, “but,” he added, “we desire to contribute* towards the \ maintenance of the Empire’s naval 'Supremacy, irrespective of our measures for defence of Australia and the j trade routes.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2563, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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135IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2563, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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