Show PlANS fOR EMPIRE NAVY I Fleets for Great Britain Canada Australia New Nev Zealand South Africa Outlined by Admiral W T Stead Sharply Sh Rebukes Reb kes Reference Made ji to Bureau 8 r au VV London June 26 Admiral Lord was the lie principal speaker at the closing meeting this morning of or the Imperial press conference and anti gave his views on the question of ot the tho empire and the nit y lilt It Is Impossible I ble he declared lito to maintain a two power powel standard unless unies the thc dominions come com in and assist Tho The speakers general set eral plan for an empire navy as outlined In his speech contemplates distinct dl fleets for each of the five nations of the empire Great Britain Canada Australia A New Zea Zealand Zealand Zealand land and South Africa These fleets should bo be mobile able ablo to protect the routes of trade and capable of being turned quickly into offense weapons There should be he standardization Inter Interchange change chanh of officers as c as Inter Interchange Interi change of hips chips 1 and repairing station st should be established throughout the empire By some extraordinary mad infatuation I tUition for which I 1 am UtU quite unable to account said saHI aitI Lord the re repairing repairing pairing stations upon which wo e have havo spent so much money mono have boon been dis dismantled disman mantled man tied Continuing Con tin ii i a g the th e admiral ad ni I ra I I suggested that the dominions could assist greatly In this general genora plan by h rebuilding hg and reequipping these the so abandoned naval bases In the event of if war iyar ar the ships would have havo to act un under der central bureau which w would have to be established by b the tho admiralty At the tho same time thore there roust must be no hint blat of tho tIle domination of or ortie tie the home government during Times The speaker then hell contended that the t grave warnings uttered by various statesmen proved that they lucy the knew mew the empire to be unprepared for forwar or 01 orvar war var This Tiui anxiety was emphasized by bythe b the offers of from Colo Culo Colonial Cob nial governments and tho the fact act that the he colonies are recognizing the of the tho navy navr he regarded us as tho severest possible condemnation condom nation of the Ole imperial policy of defense In conclusion Lord Lon Beresford said ho Ito believed the primary object of all nil nations at the tho present nt moment was peace p ace and aud that If the tho British empire was vms properly prepared there would be beno beno beio no io war Wal warLord Lord Lard reference to the lie absence of or a bureau at the admiralty called out a sharp rebuke from W r T Stead who declared that I no 10 man should his position In so society clety or his popularity in the lie news newspapers I papers to Intrigue against and a I man Admiral Sir John Fisher FisherI I I whom the lie kin kins and two successive I ministers had placed in office ollice He lie sub said sullI subie I he le ie was sure that In his wiser mo moments m ments Lord Beresford would recognize nize tho the Impropriety of a statement I calculated to shako the confidence of the he colonies In Gloat ability II to Vo govern the empire |