On Thursday Mr. Borden, the Canadian Prime Minister, arrived in
London with his three colleagues to discuss Im- perial questions, and received an extremely hearty welcome. The chief question to be discussed is naval policy. The Laurier policy of a local Canadian Navy is open to complete rediscussion. We cannot help thinking that on the whole the policy of a separate Canadian Navy would be best, as it would give Canadians a lively personal interest in naval defence such as nothing else could. At the same time we see that from the point of the Admiralty there is much to be said for the con- venience of having everything naval under its immediate and absolute control. As Canada is anxious to do something at once there will probably be an emergency scheme, to be replaced by a permanent policy later. In the Times it is suggested that the emergency contribution will take the form of two or three Dreadnoughts.
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