§ Mr. HERBERT CRAIGasked the Secretary for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to confirm the dropping of the Canadian Navy by the present Canadian Government; whether the existing Canadian 984W Navy scheme was approved by the Colonial Conference; and what steps will be taken to urge upon the Canadian Government the necessity of continuing to make some provision towards Imperial naval defence?
Mr. HARCOURTI have no official information from the Canadian Government with regard to a change of policy, and in the absence of a communication from Ministers I do not at present propose to address them on the subject. With regard to the Imperial Conference, I would refer to page 1 of Cd. 5742–2 and page 432 of Cd. 5745, as well as to the account of the Conference of 1909 published in Cd. 4948.