Lord Jellicoe is being sent in the New Year to
the Dominions sad India to advise the respective Governments, at their own request, on naval matters. The significance of this mission was explained by Sir Joseph Cook, the Australian Navy Minister, in a speech on Saturday last. The general idea of Empire naval defence was, he said, that "though the Dominions retain the control of their ships, there should be a complete standardization of personnel and ships and equipment." "What is required," he added, "is a oon.seant circulation of the beet naval ability throughout the Empire, coupled with a full recognition of the principle that an officer who goes abroad to a Dominion should be entitled to special recognition on that account." Just as Lord Kitohener's visit had proved of great benefit to the Australian Army before the war, so, he hoped, Lord Jellieoe's mission would invigorate the Australian Navy and ingress° its high reputation. The full story of the work of the &tetragon ships—not only of the 'Sydney,' which destroyed the EmdetV- as well as of the 'New Zealand,' should now be told. "The Dominions have helped us by sea as well as on land, and their help will be still more effective in the future.
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