TRUST BETTER THAN WORDS.
■■for all their line words and gdd•eimcd signatures, not one of Liie im- - oils will trust the other when the piestim of national safety arises,” -.rites ‘‘Scrutator" in ‘‘Truth.” “It is mi only France v.ln will not trust ieminny and will not accept the ccurily ol any treaty in p.ace of t-lmt .1 her army. I asked a naval expert lie other day why the British (toven,icut attaches such supreme import.nice to the limitation <d navies by ategorics of ships, while the l’Ten - h illa> lies equal importance to liniita- . i n by total tonnage with freedom ti ■aeh power to distribute 1 lit* total as it pleases among ships of different, •asses. He answered, in effect, that the defence of our Dominions and til" trade routes requires every class of warship, while the .French policy now •; to let her overseas ne'e-ess ions lake their chance in war with a superior naval power, and to put all her naval strength into light cruisers, destr vers, •iml submarines, which can make things "iipleasant for the enemy close at home.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 7
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182TRUST BETTER THAN WORDS. Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 7
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