WHICH DEFENDER?
SOLDIER, SAILOR, AND AEROPLANIST. RELIANCE ON THE NAVY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, May J. Mr. Lewis Harcourt, .Secretary of State for tho Colonies, speaking at Crawshawbooth, Lancashire, said tho national service policy masqueraded under many aliases, but all mean conscription. Invasion would lie futile and unnecessary if our command of the sea was gone. .We would be easily starved into submission. Mr. Percy lllingworth, Libera! M.P., speaking, at Shipley, Yorkshire, said Lord Roberts wanted a nation of soldiers and the Navy League a nation of sailors, while another school of enthusiasts wanted to obscuro tho sun and moon with aerial flights. Tho Government relied on tho Navy, and would spare no efforts to mainlain its efficiency.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1742, 6 May 1913, Page 5
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118WHICH DEFENDER? Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1742, 6 May 1913, Page 5
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