ANGLO-AMERICAN NAVIES.
BRI'I.‘ISI-I ADMIRALTY’S FINE
SENTIMENTS.
LONDON, March 17‘
, 111.1119 House of Commons, Hon. IW. H. Long, in introducing the Navy lestimates, emphasised <their smallness, which was due to the absence of ’senenlie.s likely to challenge our suprexmacy on the sea. The only navy apipmxiln2l’rin§___>' ours xvas that of the f'L.7uil:ed States, but the idea of com-
petition in :n'nl:unents wasi'epugnant to us -.111. (Choers.) He hoped any emulation would 60 directed towards the reduction of HlO ample" margin over other navics which Britain :m.<‘. America alike possessed. That was the foundation of the Governmcnt’s nzxval ‘polivy. He dwelt on the Ad--Inil':L]ty's belivf in the big ship as a pl'Qlni'ncnt factor in naval warfare.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3440, 20 March 1920, Page 7
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