Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1914-04-04
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note: ~~~~SS The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. rol. XII, No. 6-Twelfth Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, April 4, 1914 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year Naval Defence "No policy will be satisfactory to the people of British Columbia which does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and the ESTABLISHMENT OP A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." The Home Rule Impasse rllE past week lias been one of continued strain and dramatic surprises. As it draws to a close the nation, aud, indeed, the world, breathes more easily, not because the vexed ques- >n of Home Rule is appreciably nearer to a settlement, but because o momentous issues which it had raised affecting the army, the overnment, nnd the people have been stripped of sensationalism id resolved into their right proportions. Leading statesmen on Mb sides, notably Sir Edward Grey and Mr. Balfour, have made perfectly cleat' thnt neither Government nor Opposition have any 'sire to modify thc constitutional status of the army, or to involve in political or factional fights. The memorable words of Sir Idward Grey on this subject produced a profound impression. He id: "If the army had taken active sides in politics, the country mid have faced a graver problem than it had faced in three coun- |es." Ho further said: 'If there is any question raised of govern- mt by Parliament without interference, I myself take a stand ns m as that of any Labour member." Mr. Balfour deplored the 3t that the army had over been brought into the Homo Rule dis- ssion and declared that nobody doubted that it ought not to be dor civil control. Ho continued: 'The army ought never to be t into tho position of saying whether any action of the civil power Is right or wrong." The world now knows that a gross tactical •or was made by tho Government in prosposing to move troops into Ister, and in ordering a portion of the fleet to Lamlash. The under has cost tho Government tho services of its Minister for [ar, Colonel Seeley, and the Service two of …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; �The Week� Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373751
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text