THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
I)k|.'KM'K a dm INISTCATUIN ■•lt i> precisely because the expenditure on the Navy is so iiliieh open to criticism and because t lie outlook of the Admiralty is so unrelated to that of the two other defence administrations > that we shall never obtain an adequate reduction of our annual bill for the fighting forces or make any intelligible or just contribution to ail international plan of armament reduction until the three services are ad ministered on a clearly-defined scientific basis of co-ordination. The need for a real Ministry of Defence is even greater now than it was in 192.1 "hen (lie Government of the day appointed a committee to inquire, as it did inquire in a half-hearted, haphazard way. into this important question. Tf the general public realised bow important tbs question is in peace no less than in time of war. the stubborn hostility of the Admiralty would he over-ruled in a week and the Government cimm-lkT to net.”— “Daily News’’ (London').
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1927, Page 2
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167THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1927, Page 2
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