NAVAL HOLIDAY DEBATED.
IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS. Ky Telegraph—Press Association—Oomit,'ht Washingioft, December 7. The House of Representatives is debating "the naval holiday" suggestion put forward by Mr. Churchill (First Lord of tho British Admiralty). Mr., Huling claimed that Tho Hague Conference had broken down bccauso it lacked in tho power to enforce its rulings. Ho added that until the day arrived when inventions ni.tdo war impossible tho United Slates ought to bo ready for any call:- like tho porcupine, she should bo impregnable to atlatjk. Tho debafo was adjourned. * A STRIKING ARTICLE. (Rcc. December 0, 1.10 a.m.) Vienna, December 8. A. striking urticle in the "None Swicner Tagblatt" suggests tho signing of a convention, covering a fixed number of years, for the establishment of a benevolent neutrality between Great Britain and Austria-Hungary in the event of any Mediterranean conflict-. Tho Aust-ro-Hungarian Navy, it is pointed out, will soon be equal to tho British Navy in tho Mediterranean; hence the agreement could bo based -on equal mutual value. The. maritime interests of Austria consist in guaranteeing the safety of the Adriatic, with a free passage through tho straits.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 7
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187NAVAL HOLIDAY DEBATED. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1927, 9 December 1913, Page 7
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