NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 21 November 1927, Page 9

NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

(To the Editor).' Sir,—ln limiting naval strength, the chief difficulty since the war has been, and is, the American-Japan-ese rivalry, and Japan's pride in her navy, which defeated China and Russia, and alone enables Japan to rank as a 1 Great Rower.” America wants merely enough cruisers to keep somewhat ahead ol Japan, though at present japan is ahead, with about 21 ■ tast modern light cruisers to Britain s IU, aud America s ID. it seems absurd that a comparatively small aim poolcountry like japan shoipd have more last cruisers than the British Empire and the tinted States combined. Neither of those enormously wealthy Bowers wishes to go to the expense of keeping a powerful and well proportioned navy. Ke ‘‘general knowledge,” “Henry VIII.” etc. Of the 34 English Kings from William I. to Edward VII., only three lived to 70 or over, and none before George 11. Ages at which varioiis sovereigns died were: Richard 1.. 42; Richard 11., 33; Henry V., 34; Richard 111., 33; Henry Vlil., 66; Queen Anne, 50. I am, etc., R.H.F. Havelock North, 17/11/27.