COMMAND OF THE SEAS
BNgLISH EQUIVADENT OF THE ; MCCNRGE POOTIIINE. ".- ; New York, "January ;19, , Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, in an article published in the New York papers, ,says that' England's fleet must ..com-; inand the.seas, "No rival .or .coiribina-! tipn of rivals' fleets must be capable, of overppming our fleet. Jf Jhe -Unitr- : ,ed States builds ,a thousa,nd new bat■tlesh,ips, England will build two .thp.u-: sand five hundred. England cannot; permit ;a iGbntinental Ppwnr .to lacquire l such military predominance in Europe; .as f would deprive England .of her power : I of defeating her ,bjr'tlir.o,w;ing the British forces in the .scale against her. .Np 'great power mnst ;be allowed to .con- :• ■trol the shores of the North ;Sea, .and. so to put.off military ac-i cess, to'the Continent. ■This -is the,' English equivalent .of the "Monroe doc- '■■ .trine..-r:Aus.^N T ..2. Cable Assn. '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 102, 24 January 1919, Page 5
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141COMMAND OF THE SEAS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 102, 24 January 1919, Page 5
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