BRITAIN'S NAVY
FL'RTHER INCREASE SUGGESTED. TO KEEP PACE WITH I'OHKRiN NATIONS. Received Jan. 17. 0.4 a.m. London, .lanuaiy 1(1, Earl Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Northumberland, reiterated that "if foreign nations execute in its entirety the'programme as announced, it will undoubtedly be necessary for us, for the preservation of our independence and safety at home, to make a further increase in the Navy,"but we need strength besides the Army and Navy. We require," he said, "a wise policy ae well." He agreed with Lord Cromer that protective duties must 'greatly increase ilio possibility of a hostile combination. Only a pedant would say that the point did not deserve ecrious consideration. The worse tariff reformers fared, he • concluded, the more fanatical they became.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 318, 17 January 1908, Page 2
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126BRITAIN'S NAVY Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 318, 17 January 1908, Page 2
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