NAVAL BASE AT BERMUDA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 6 August 1913, Page 3

NAVAL BASE AT BERMUDA.

[ AMERICAN OPINION. [Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association. 1 London,* August 5. The American Statement says that the statement that Britain-, contemplates a great naval base at Bermuda is an exaggeration. During the naval pressure in Europe the number of vessels was temporarily reduced. The Admiralty now propose to ; tation four cruisers at County tlm West Indies, during the winter months, which is a smaller force, than was based there in earlier years. Some New York correspondents declare that the American ,story is.twaddle, and point out that Bermuda <v as a naval station even before the Monroe doctrine came into force. , ,

OUR OCEAN HIGHWAYS. The Daily Telegraph says that if it is worth Germany's while to establish a flying squadron in distant seas, how much more insistent is the need to all the British: peoples, who own half the shipping world, to whom open ocean highways are essential. The need of showing the flag in outer seas was never denied, but the Motherland's resources have proved insufficient for the Empire's needs.