Churchill, Borden and Anglo-Canadian Naval Relations, 1911–14

207 Pages·2013·0.92 MB·English

by  Martin Thornton (auth.)

Churchill, Borden and Anglo-Canadian
Naval Relations, 1911–14
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Churchill, Borden and
Anglo-Canadian Naval
Relations, 1911–14
Martin Thornton
Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, UK
© Martin Thornton 2013
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Robert L. Borden and Winston S. Churchill leaving the Admiralty, 1912
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‘When I resided in Halifax, Nova Scotia, I was one thousand miles nearer to
London than to Vancouver on our western coast. If you could pivot Canada
upon its eastern seaboard it would cover the northern part of the Atlantic
Ocean, the British Islands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
the northern part of France, the entire German Empire and a considerable
portion of European Russia.’
(Speech by Prime Minister Robert L. Borden at the
Royal Colonial Institute, London, 10 July 1912)1
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Contents
List of Illustrations xi
List of Tables xii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xviii
1 Anglo-Canadian Imperial Relations in the Nineteenth and 1
Early Twentieth Centuries
2 The Rise to Eminence of Winston S. Churchill and 24
Robert L. Borden
3 Winston S. Churchill Fears the Worst 35
4 Robert L. Borden, Canadian Naval Issues and His Visit to 46
Great Britain of 1912
5 Policy Developments and the Two Memoranda of 1912 63
6 The Naval Aid Bill and the Canadian House of Commons: 76
The Long Debate Begins
7 The Naval Aid Bill Reaches Closure in the House of 99
Commons
8 Rejection by the Canadian Senate, 1913 111
9 Aftermath: Canada, Great Britain and Developments in 123
International Affairs, 1913–14
Appendices
Appendix A.1 Admiralty’s Secret Memorandum 137
Appendix A.2 Naval Aid Bill, 1912–13 150
Appendix A.3 Admiralty Memorandum put before the 151
Canadian House of Commons, 5 December
1912
Appendix A.4 The World’s Dreadnoughts – October 1912 156
Appendix A.5 Situation of Naval Powers in March 1913, 157
in Ships Built, Building and Projected
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