NEW NAYAL BASE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1820, 5 August 1913, Page 5

NEW NAYAL BASE.

IN BERMUDA.

A MOMENTOUS STEP.

By Tdeerajh—Pros® Association—Co'pyxisM. (Rec. August 4, 11.40 p.m.) Washington,' August 4. Information, has been received by the United States State Department that Great Britain is contemplating the formation of a naval base in the Bermuda Islands. It is thought that Britain is contemplating the same protection of her interests in Panama as for her interests in the Mediterranean. The proceeding may, it is stated, affect the life of the Monroe Doctrine, and effect a change in tho naval policy of the -whole of tho Western HemispTiere.

PRIMACY IN ALL SEAS. MORE SHIPS REQUIRED. (Rec. August 4, 10.50 p.m.) London, August 4. Tlie "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent, after a careful review of tho position, admits that the Admiralty is maintaining the sixty per cent, standard. It is pure sophistry, lie says, for critics to Eay that the Navy is sis ships short. He argues that the British fleet is becoming too domestic, a policy unsuitable to its fighting force.

With such world-wide responsibility, he adds, it is incumbent upon Britain to resume her primacy in all seas, not the North Sea. alone. This reassertioni of her prestige would mean more ships, and if tlie Dominions did not come forward to help, the Motherland must be prepared to make further sacrifices,