On the Sea
BRITISH NAVAL POLICY. AN OFFENSIVE DEMANDED. Press Association—Uopyngm. (Router's Telegrams. London, December 1. At a City meeting Lord Beresford said the navy was never better, hut was fettered by the Government," which had taken no apparent steps to grapple with the submarine, menace to our food supplies. He urged that the hornets' nest at Zeehrugge should be smashed up. The present naval policy was defence, instead of offence. The changes at the Admiralty would not make any difference as long ;s the administration was unchanged. Lord Beresford, continuing, said the Germans were going to send submarines to the Pacific and other trade routes. It was a crime to allow merchantmen to go to sea unarmed. We ought to have a thousand aeroplanes over Zeehrugge day and night with instructions to pulverise the place. A resolution was carried demanding a more effective blockade of the Germans and more efficient steps for dealing with the submarine menace.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 8, 4 December 1916, Page 5
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158On the Sea Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 8, 4 December 1916, Page 5
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