BIGGER NAVY FOR BRITAIN
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Two-Hemisphere Basis Is Proposed
SAFETY OF TRADE ROUTE
(By Telegraph-
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(Received 27, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. A huge naval programme for 1938 has been already tentatively draftcd, according to Mr Hector Bywater, in the Daily Telegraph. He says: "The Government 's plans are not confined to making good the deficiency caused by the years of disarmament. On the contrary, the aim is the establishing of the British Navy on a two-hemisphere basis, involving the provision of snfficient tonnage to maintain a powerful battle fleet, complete with auxiliaries, in European waters and another available for service in the Far East. "This policy has been devised for the single purpose of safeguarding the Empire 's communications, the maintenance of which is now regarded as the Navy's primary function. It is being pursued with the approval and co-opera-tion of the Dominions, whose share in the task of naval defence is about to be enlarged."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 3, 27 September 1937, Page 7
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