SUPREMACY OF THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 172, 29 October 1910, Page 5

SUPREMACY OF THE SEA.

I ANGLO-GERMAN RIVALRY. ' SHOULD BRITAIN BORROW? By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, October 27. Mr. Eonnr Law, addressing five thousand persons in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, said: "We are ensraged with German}' in a war of armaments. Victory will rest with the Power possessing the greatest resources. Germany's resources equal those of Britain, and she is building a navy which means loans. I have been reluctantly driven to the view that we must do likewise."

I He added that judging by their utterances, Messrs Lloyd-George and Churchill had been driven, probably more reluctantly, to the same view. "FOUNDATION OF OUR MILITARY POLICY." London, October 27. Mr. Haldane, speaking at Edinburgh, said: "The command of the sea is the root and foundation of our military policy. If.l thought we were not keeping that command I would not consent to hold office a day longer." IS GERMANY BEHIND IN THE RACE? SOME STRIKING FIGURES. London, October 27. j The Daily Telegraph confirms the statement of the naval correspondent of the Daily News that in consequence of Britain commencing to arm her vessels with 13V2-inch guns, while Germany has just commenced to arm hers with 12-inch guns, Germany has not begun the four Dreadnoughts which the programme proposed should be laid down this year, and that the probable delay in German construction will be twelve months.

Air. Asquith's statement as to the strength of the two nations in capital ships must accordingly be re-cast as follows: Britain. Germany. December, 1911 ..16 11 April, 1912 20 13 April 1913 25 13 The Telegraph adds that Germany will probably be able by April, 1914, to complete twenty-one Dreadnoughts. Britain will then have twenty-five, in addition to those of next year's programme. NAVY LOAN DENIED. London, October 27. Mr. R. McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, has authorised the statement that he knows nothing of the naval loan the Government is alleged to contemplate. ' THE TWO-POWER STANDARD. London, October 27. Mr. Allan H. Burgoyne, the well-known authority on naval subjects, writing in tike Navy League Annual, reckons that the British Dreadnoughts in March, 1913, will number 27, and those of Germany 17. • i Germany and America will have 25, Germany, Italy and Austria 21.