The letter which we publish to-day from the President of the Scottish National Movement cannot fail to 'The Navy gave the Dominions Premiers and thole friends End thunderous display" inthe Channel ons Saturday' axe, all quite inthe Dest "Kipling athle—even tothe weather, "Ts it too much to hope that Rimidst their impress fast lif action' thee, distinguished guests rave a pesaing thought tothe, cost of fea. power, and. the, share which his particular Dominion. la bearing. in that. Cent? The battleship from which they Saw the pageant cost 3,000,000, The Dats "erulscrs. blazed off vain to the probable value of Canada's annual contribution. This sear the Navy.
costing close upon £00,000,000. "Out bout one-third of it isin fern which micana. that. the {distributed for the protection of the Empire, "Ht ie true hat since. we live Batts, im doing ce, we ate Mikewise "the sea we ust kosed the.
usedinge the routes of Dominion trade, fre surely have fright to claim a more Henerous recognition of the tha we are. now teelting, Mr. Bruce's speech, reported in our Saturday's issue, showed generally that Australia is taking this question iously; and New Zealand's share] is noteworthy, for a comparatively' small very remote Dominion. But 'New Zealand has always been distinguished for its strongly patriotic and Imperial views. The contributions of the other two great Dominions are certainly not worthy' of them,
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