"WISE OLE BIRDS"
FIGHTING TUB U-BOATS. BRITAIN’S METHODS QUESTIONED VANCOUVER, April 23. “The British are pretty wise old birds.* said Captain Pratt before the Senate Naval Inquiry’ at Washington, adding, “The United States navy failed to realise the submarine danger when it entered the war because the British kept everything to themselves. “If the danger was as serious as Admiral Sims pointed out, ’ he asked, why did tha British keep a hundred destroyers with the fleet instead of using them against the submarines?”
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Southland Times, Issue 18816, 8 May 1920, Page 5
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83"WISE OLE BIRDS" Southland Times, Issue 18816, 8 May 1920, Page 5
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