THE EMPIRE’S SEA DEFENCE.
WHAT PART 15 CANADA’S? SPEECH BY THE DOMINION PREMIER.
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT} (Received July 11, 11.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 11. Mr. R. L. Borden (Canadian Premier), speaking at the Royal Colonial Institute’s dinner, said that Canada realised that the supremacy of- Bntain on tlie seas was the Empire’s very breath of life. They had never shown themselves afraid of responsibility, hut proposed to sacrifice their autonomy to the Empire’s sea defence- It was best, he thought, to secure one navy, but those responsible for Imperial defence must have a voice in the policy that shaped the issues. Canada meant to be a great part of a great whole, hut did not propose to he an adjunct even of the British Empire.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3573, 12 July 1912, Page 5
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125THE EMPIRE’S SEA DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3573, 12 July 1912, Page 5
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