Mr. Churchill, the Admiralty and the Selfgoverning Dominions

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Excerpt from Mr. Churchill, the Admiralty and the Selfgoverning Dominions: A Short Examination of Admiralty Intervention in the Sphere of Imperial Politics With a Foreword by H. W. Massingham The following pamphlet is a clear and powerful statement of the case between the British Admiralty and the self-governing British peoples in regard to naval defence. It is also, and necessarily, an exposition of the true attitude of Liberalism, from which the policy of naval contributions is a departure. The history of that policy is divided into three chapters. The first -chapter exhibits the Admiralty in an effort to press upon the Colonial Ministries the idea of a single Imperial Navy, directed from the centre, and fed by voluntary levies, in the shape of grants of money, men, or ships, from the Dominions. The second shows the breakdown of this idea, and the reversion, under Mr. McKenna, to the sounder conception of local Colonial navies, organised for Colonial purposes, but subject to the call of the Motherland in case of need. This, in brief, is the policy of co-operation, as opposed to that of contribution. It has the great advantage of stimulating the affectionate feeling of the younger British nations for the Motherland, while preserving their constitutional rights and responsibilities, and uniting payment and control. It also follows the general line of development of Colonial statesmanship in regard to defence. The third chapter records a sharp and sudden reversion, under Mr. Churchill's guidance, to the almost obsolete policy of contributions. The results of this throw-back to conservatism and centralisation are before the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.