GERMANY'S PLACE.
AT BRITAIN'S SIDE.
LECTURE BY AN ADMIRAL
NEED FOR AN ADEQUATE NAVY.
By Tetocrapli—Press Aijoolatlnn-Copyrlirht "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Berlin, February 15. Admiral Breusing, lecturing on "Tho Strategy of an Anglo-German Naval War," assorted that tho British Admiralty at present favoured a close blockade, the primary object being to safeguard Britain from starvation. Britain had only sufficient corn for a month, and must keep the sea routes open. This would bo difficult to accomplish; German submarines and torpedo boats based upon Heligoland could frustrate this object by laying mines, while fast cruisers could break tho North Sea blockade, and action by the German Allies in the Mediterranean would menace Britain's imports. Tho future of tho German people, continued tho Admiral, rested entirely on tho navy. Twenty years henco Germany would be unabio to feed her people on her own produce; she would be compelled to import it. If she had not an adequate navy she would become Britain's vassal. Her place was neither before nor behind Britain, but at her side. '"■ _■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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173GERMANY'S PLACE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1986, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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