SUPREMACY OF THE SEAS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1772, 5 January 1918, Page 2

SUPREMACY OF THE SEAS.

SPEAKING at the Trafalgar Day dinner in London, the Japanese Ambassador said: —“After the reduction of Kaiau-Chau and the clearing of the South Pacific, the Japanese Navy kept extending constantly their field of action in the West, until to-day they are busily engaged in their activities in certain portions of European waters, where you can see the Union Jack and the Rising Sun Hying side by side. I 510 not feel myself at liberty to dwell in any more detail on the work now being undertaken by our' naval forces in different theatres of this world-wide war. All that I will say is this — that our navy are doing their best and their utmost, in spite of the difficulties arising out of their geographical positions and their limited national resources. It seems to me that three years’ experience of constant warfare has brought one fact conspicuously to our minds, and that is the undisputed and indisputable supremacy of the British sea power. I say this with a full cognisance of (he frantic effort put forth by our common enemy in their submarine warfare. It seems to mo amusing to watch how the Germans glory in the nefarious efforts of their submarines, and speak of their success in breaking down this supremacy of British sea power. When a fighter stoops down and begins to hit below .the belt, that is the'best evidence that he is a ‘gone man.’ ’’