BRITAIN'S SECOND NAVY.
"Englishmen are taking an increasing interest in the problems of their food supply," avers Le Cri de Paris. ''The British Government is confident because of the great strength of the British merchant marine. British shipa have principles altogether different to the shipping of other nations. There is hardly a single Englifehman who does not consider the British merchant vessels as a necessary addition to the armed Navy. "It is almost a second Navy; strong, confident, courageous. The British Government is aetively preparing for any emergency, even though it keeps very silent about anything it does. But it seems that our British friends act as if the war was going to be here to-morrow. They are wise, and we can learn a lot from them-"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 135, 24 June 1937, Page 4
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127BRITAIN'S SECOND NAVY. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 135, 24 June 1937, Page 4
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