CHAP. II] IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION 1483 
Britain with Canada, and through Canada with Australia 
and New Zealand! 
In 1909 the first subsidiary Conference under the resolution 
of the Conference of 1907 was held to deal with the question 
of military and naval defence. The conclusions resulted in 
the decision of Australia and Canada to establish auxiliary 
fHeets, and of New Zealand to contribute a cruiser, besides 
a subsidy of £100,000 a year to a squadron of the new Pacific 
fleet, to be composed of three units, one in Indian waters, 
one in New Zealand and China seas, and one in Australian 
waters 2 
' Naturalization was more successfully discussed at the Imperial Con- 
ference of 1911, and the ¢ All-Red Route ’ scheme has so far not eventuated 
in any practical result ; see Jebb, op. cit., il. 339-64; below, chap. iii, § 4. 
¥ See Part V, chap. x; Parl. Pap., Cd. 5135, pp. 3, 4; 5582, p. 18.