HIS263Y1 Lecture : Lecture 28-January 26.docx
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The 1911 election: 1910 : a navy, a journey. Naval service act (introduced january 1910, royal assent may 1910) He set up a cad navy service that came about from the naval service act introduced in january of 1910. Creating for the first time a canadian navy-a two year dist. 1928-increasing tension between india and germany-playing out at the concession of naval power, they. In 1909 britain asked the dominions for help in catching up to the navy buildings. Most canadians agreedcanada should have its own navy. Saw this as an opportunity to step up to the plate. Many anglo-imperialists: what kind of navy, what do we do in the short term?- buy ships, train sailors, etc. Even if our long term strategy to build a navy, what do we do immediately. We should just give britain the cash now-crises is amongst us. We should stay out of the british navy question entirely.
