THE RACE FOR DREADNOUGHTS
BRITAIN'S NEED FOR SPECIAL EFFORT, !A GROUNDLESS HOPE. Received June 20, ."> p.m. London, June 10. Speaking at Middleton, Lancashire, Mr. Reginald Mclienna (First Lord of the Admiralty) emphasised the need of special effort in regard to battleship construction. Whereas Britain had only eight large ships laid down Germany had 10. .For the present at any rate, he said, hopes of limiting the naval programme by arrangement had prove 1 groundless. The speech shows that the British Government calculates upon three German battleships in 1009,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 21 June 1909, Page 2
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88THE RACE FOR DREADNOUGHTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 21 June 1909, Page 2
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