NO COLD FEET IN THE NAVY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 7

NO COLD FEET IN THE NAVY

SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD CARSON (Rec. May IS, G. 30 p.m.) London, May 17. ' At the Navy League luncheon in honour of the United States Navy, Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the Admiralty) declared that the arrival of the American flotilla was one of the most important events in the history of the world. It was a recognition of the fact that the old and now worlds mean to complete and reserve the freedom of the seas and the interests of civilisation and humanity agains't plunder and savagery. Tie admitted that "subroarinisni" was a real danger, but the Navy, assisted by the American Navy, would counteract it. Referring to criticisms of the Admiralty, Sir E. Carson said: "Let the growlers continue to growl; the Navy is doing its work silently and courageously. Tho submarine menace would not bo solved by abuse or funk. Our people might be sorely tried in tho coming months; there wisjli't bo a long run of trouble, but the question was which nation would 6tick it out. We were going to stick it out. In the Navy there were neither; swollen heads nor cold feet." . • He advised the country not to pay the slightest attention to thoso who imagined the Navy and the Admiralty did not knew what they were about.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .