THE WARTIME POLICY
DEFENDED BY SIR ERIC GEDDES,
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COFIMGHI.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION^) (Received May 31, 1 p.m.) 'LONDON, 19th May. Sir Eric Geddes, speaking in the ' House of Commons, warmly defended the policy of building destroyers at the ! expense of merchantmen. . Without it, the sea so far ns merchantmen was con-. cerned would have been our weakest > front, and would have necessitated with- . drawing men from the army. The Go- ' 'vernment' action had enabled the traiis- ; ports to carry the American troops. The submarine sinkings had created one of the gravest situations of the war. The Government did--the right thing in es-:. tablishing the national shipyards, and i^ would have been guilty of criminal , neglect if it had not made every effort ; to' supply ships.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 6
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